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Jonas Bronck Jonas Bronck (alternatively Jonas Jonsson Brunk, Jonas Jonasson Bronk, or Jonas Jonassen Bronck) was born around year 1600 and died in 1643. Bronck was an immigrant to the Dutch colony of New Netherland after whom the Bronx River, and by extension ...
(1600–1643), Swedish immigrant who gave his name to
The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
** Pieter Bronck, son or brother of Jonas Bronck **
Bronck House The Bronck House, also known as the Pieter Bronck House, is a historic house museum west of Coxsackie in Greene County, New York. With a construction history dating to 1663, it is believed to be the oldest surviving building in Upstate New Yo ...
, historic landmark home of Pieter Bronck * Deborah Bronk, American oceanographer * Detlev Wulf Bronk (1897–1975), president of Johns Hopkins University * Isabelle Bronk (1858–1943), American professor of French * Benjy Bronk, American producer and comedian * Bronk (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon *
Calgary Bronks The Calgary Bronks were a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta, that competed in the Alberta Rugby Football Union (ARFU) in 1935 and 1936, as well as the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) from 1936 and 1940. ...
, Canadian Football team now known as the ''Calgary Stampeders'' * ''Bronk'' (TV series), a 1975 TV series *
William Bronk William Bronk (February 17, 1918 – February 22, 1999) was an American poet. For his book, ''Life Supports'' (1981), he won the National Book Award for Poetry. He was also a veteran of World War II and a businessman. After teaching at Union Co ...
, American poet and
National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...
winner for ''Life Supports''


See also

* Pronk (disambiguation) {{Surname