Thomas Bruce
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Thomas Bruce may refer to:
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), British nobleman and diplomat
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1656–1741), 3rd Earl of Elgin, British peer, M.P. for Marlborough, 1679–1681, and Wiltshire, 1685
Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan (died 1358/59)
Thomas Bruce (British Army officer) (1738–1797), British member of parliament for Marlborough, 1790–1796, and Great Bedwyn, 1796–1797
Thomas Charles Bruce (1825–1890), British member of parliament for Portsmouth, 1874–1885
Thomas R. Bruce, co-founder of the Legal Information Institute and author of Cello, the first web browser for Microsoft Windows
Thomas Bruce (cricketer) (born 1983), English cricketer
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663), Scottish nobleman
Thomas Bruce (priest) (1636–1689), Anglican priest in Ireland and archdeacon of Raphoe
T. Berry Bruce (1919–1994), Mississippi executioner
Tom Bruce (swimmer) (Thomas Edwin Bruce, 1952–2020), American swimmer
Tom Bruce (rugby league) (Thomas Fraser Bruce, 1885–1917), rugby league player in Australia
T. J. Bruce, American college baseball coach
See also
Tom Bruce (cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
Thomas de Brus (c.
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