Bruyère is a

French name French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname. One given name, usually the first, and the surname are used in a person's daily life, with the other given names used mainly in official documents. Middle names, in ...

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

family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

Bruyère may refer to: *

Bernard Bruyère Bernard Bruyère (10 November 1879 – 4 December 1971) was a French Egyptologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Biography Born in Besançon, Bruyère devoted a large part of his career to archaeological excavations ...

(1879–1971), French Egyptologist *

Élisabeth Bruyère Élisabeth Bruyère (or ''Bruguier'') (March 19, 1818 – April 5, 1876) was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown and opened the first hospital there and the first bilingual school in Ontario. Biography She was born as ''Élisabeth ...

or Bruguier (1818–1876), the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown * Francesco Bruyere (1980), an Italian judoka *

Jean de La Bruyère Jean de La Bruyère (, , ; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Early years Jean de La Bruyère was born in Paris, in today's Essonne ''département'', in 1645. His family was mi ...

(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 Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

or Bruguière (1772–1813), French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars *

Joseph Bruyère Joseph Bruyere or Bruyère (born 5 October 1948 in Maastricht, Netherlands) is a former Belgian cyclist. Career Professional from 1970 to 1980, Joseph Bruyère, athlete of one meter 88 for 80 kilo, notably won Liège-Bastogne-Liège twice an ...

(1948), a former Belgian cyclist *

Marie-Louise Bruyère Marie-Louise Bruyère (6 October 1883 – ), mostly known as Madame Bruyère, was a French fashion designer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, operating out of Paris and importing her fashion lines abroad. Biography Bruyère was born in France in 188 ...

, aka Madame Bruyère, a French fashion designer who worked from 1928 until the 1950s * Robin Bruyère (born 1992), Belgian politician *

Véronique Bruyère Véronique Bruyère is a Belgian computer scientist working in automata theory, temporal logic, and combinatorics on words, among other topics. She is a professor of computer science at the University of Mons in Belgium. Education Bruyère studi ...

, Belgian computer scientist

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