Bruyère is a French name (the word ''bruyère'' means heather in French or a place where heather grows, ''brugière'' derives from it). The

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Bruyère may refer to: * Bernard Bruyère (1879–1971), French Egyptologist * Élisabeth Bruyère or Bruguier (1818–1876), the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown * Francesco Bruyere (1980), an Italian judoka * Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696), French essayist and moralist, also known for his writing skills shown in his "The Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus" * Jean Pierre Joseph Bruyère or Bruguière (1772–1813), French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars * Joseph Bruyère (1948), a former Belgian cyclist * Marie-Louise Bruyère, aka Madame Bruyère, a French fashion designer who worked from 1928 until the 1950s * Véronique Bruyère, Belgian computer scientist

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