Brute
# Brute

Brute or The Brute may refer to:

## People

* Brute, a pseudonym of English commercial artist Aidan Hughes (born 1956)
* "Brute", nickname of US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak (1913–2008)
* Brute Bernard, ring name of Canadian wrestler Jim Bernard (1921–1984)
* Simon Bruté (1779–1839), missionary and first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana
* Brutus, the cognomen of an Ancient Roman family whose vocative form is "Brute"
* Bill "The Brute" Sanger, a member of the Cherry Hill Gang, a late nineteenth century New York City street gang
* The Brute (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler John Czawlytko in the early 1990s
* "The Brute", nickname of American jazz tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (1909–1973)
* Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, a Roman politician and one of Julius Caesar's assassins

## Arts, entertainment, and media

* BRUTE!, a magazine published by English artist Aidan Hughes who also occasionally uses "Brute" as pseudonym
* Et tu, Brute?, famous statement by Julius Caesar to Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar
* "The Brute", a short story by Joseph Conrad

### Fictional or mythological entities

* Brute (comics), various characters
* Brute or Brutus of Troy, a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Æneas, in mediæval British legend the founder and first king of Britain
* Brutes (Halo), an alien race in the Halo video game franchise

### Films

* The Brute (1914 film), a lost early silent feature film
* The Brute (1920 film), an American film produced for African-American audiences by director Oscar Micheaux
* The Brute (1927 film), a lost silent American Western film
* La Brute (1921), a French film directed by Daniel Bompard
* El Bruto (1953), a Mexican drama film directed by Luis Buñuel
* The Brute (1961 film), a Hungarian production directed by Zoltán Fábri
* The Brute (1977), a British film directed by Gerry O'Hara

### Music

* Brute (band), a side project band of guitarist Vic Chesnutt and members of blues-rock band Widespread Panic
* Brute (album), a 2016 protest album by Kuwait musician Fatima Al Qadiri
* "Brute" (song), a single from 1995 album, Nihil, by Hamburg-based, German industrial rock/metal group KMFDM

## Transportation

* AEV Brute, a compact pickup truck in production since 2011
* British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment (BRUTE), trolleys used from 1964 until 1999
