Bronk or Bronck may refer to:
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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 ...
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Pieter 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 ...
, son or brother of Jonas Bronck
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Bronck House, historic landmark home of Pieter Bronck
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Deborah Bronk
Deborah Ann Bronk is an American oceanographer and the president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. She leads the nonprofit research institution in East Boothbay, Maine in its mission to understand the ocean's microbial engine and ...
, American oceanographer
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Detlev Wulf Bronk (1897–1975), president of Johns Hopkins University
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Isabelle Bronk
Isabelle Anna Bronk (December 4, 1858 – January 10, 1943) was an American college professor and head of the Romance Languages department at Swarthmore College from 1901 to 1927.
Early life and education
Isabelle Bronk was born in Duanesburg ...
(1858–1943), American professor of French
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Benjy Bronk
Throughout its run spanning four decades and multiple media, ''The Howard Stern Show'' has been home to a number of staff members and contributors.
Current staff
These staffers currently work for and appear on the show on a regular, if not ...
, American producer and comedian
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Bronk (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
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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.
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, Canadian Football team now known as the ''Calgary Stampeders''
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''Bronk'' (TV series), a 1975 TV series
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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 N ...
winner for ''Life Supports''
See also
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Pronk (disambiguation) Pronk is a Dutch surname, which means "flamboyance" in modern Dutch or "sullen" in Middle Dutch. It may refer to:
*Travis Hafner (born 1977), American baseball player, who is nicknamed "Pronk"
* Anton Pronk (1941-2016), Dutch footballer
*Bert Pron ...
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