Bruton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bill Bruton
William Havon Bruton (November 9, 1925 – December 5, 1995) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who played for the Milwaukee Braves (1953–1960) and Detroit Tigers (1961–1964). Bruton batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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, center fielder for the Milwaukee Braves
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Cal Bruton
Calvin Thomas Bruton, (born 29 September 1954) is an American-born Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He has been an integral part of the National Basketball League (NBL) since its inception. Bruton won an NBL champio ...
, head coach of the West Sydney Razorbacks
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C. J. Bruton
Calvin Thomas "C. J." Bruton Jr. (born 13 December 1975) is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Adelaide 36ers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played the ma ...
, basketball player with the New Zealand Breakers
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Jack Bruton
John Bruton (21 November 1903 – 13 March 1986) was a professional footballer and manager who spent the major part of his career in both capacities with Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers.
Playing career
Born in Westhoughton, near Bolto ...
, English footballer, born as John Bruton
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Jenna Bruton, North Melbourne Football Club AFLW player
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Jo Bruton (born 1967), British artist
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John Bruton
John Gerard Bruton (born 18 May 1947) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States from 2004 to 2009, Leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 2001, Leader of ...
, former Irish Taoiseach, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States of America
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Kris Bruton
Kris Marcus Bruton (born January 10, 1971) is an American professional basketball player. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1994 NBA Draft, he was with the Bulls for two pre-seasons (1994 and 1995) before a serious thigh inju ...
, American basketball player
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Lauren Bruton
Lauren Marie Bruton (born 22 November 1992) is an English Association football, football Forward (association football), forward, who plays for FA Women's Championship side Charlton Athletic W.F.C., Charlton Athletic. She was born in Luton.
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(born 1992), English association footballer
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Niall Bruton
Niall Bruton (born 27 October 1971) is a former Irish runner who specialized in the 1500 metres, retiring around 2000. From Dublin Niall went to Larkhill National School and then St. Aidan's C.B.S. in Whitehall, he ran with Clonliffe Harriers.
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, middle-distance runner
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Ogden Bruton
Ogden Carr Bruton (born 14 June 1908 in Mount Gilead, North Carolina; died 20 January 2003) was a pediatrician and chief of pediatrics at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he organized the first pediatric residency at this hospital. He made impor ...
, paediatrician and immunologist
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Paul Bruton, American law professor
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Quintilla Geer Bruton
Emma Quintilla Geer Bruton (1907-1989) was a philanthropist and library advocate, the namesake for the Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City, Florida.
Early life
Geer was born in Walton, Kentucky and moved to Florida in 1923. She graduated fr ...
, American philanthropist and library advocate
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Richard Bruton
Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North since 2016, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He is the Chairman of th ...
, former Deputy Leader of Fine Gael and Opposition Spokesperson on Finance in Ireland
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