Brute or The Brute may refer to:

People

* Brute, a pseudonym of English commercial artist

Aidan Hughes Aidan Hughes is a commercial artist. He was born in 1956 in Wallasey, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, and was trained as an artist by his father, himself a landscape painter. In the 1980s, Hughes published a Pulp magazine, pulp-style magazine cal ...

(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 Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur (March 20, 1779 – June 26, 1839) was a French Catholic missionary to the United States who served as the first Bishop of Vincenne s from 1834 until his death in 1839. President John Quincy Adams called Br ...

(1779–1839), missionary and first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana *

Brutus Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was reta ...

, 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 Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor Saxophone, saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, a ...

(1909–1973) *

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of assassination of Julius Caesar, the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by Quintus Servilius Caepio (adoptive father of B ...

, 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? ''Et tu, Brute?'' () is a Latin phrase literally meaning "and you, Brutus?" or "also you, Brutus?", often translated as "You as well, Brutus?", "You too, Brutus?", or "Even you, Brutus?". The quote appears in Act 3 Scene 1 of William Shakesp ...

'', famous statement by Julius Caesar to Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, in Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar'' * ''The Brute: A Joke in One Act'' (1888), a play by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

* ''The Brute: A Comic Opera in One Act'' (1967), a comic opera by

Lawrence Moss Lawrence Kenneth Moss (November 18, 1927 – June 24, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was born in Los Angeles. He held a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. from the Eastman Schoo ...

based on the Chekhov play

Fictional or mythological entities

* Brute (comics), various characters * Brute or

Brutus of Troy Brutus, also called Brute of Troy, is a mythical British king. He is described as a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas, known in medieval British legend as the eponymous founder and first king of Britain. This legend first appears ...

, a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Æneas, in mediæval British legend the founder and first king of Britain *

Brutes (Halo) ''Halo'' is a military science fiction video game series and media franchise, originally developed by Bungie and currently managed and developed by Halo Studios (previously 343 Industries), part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios. The series launc ...

, 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 Gerald O'Hara (1 October 1924 – 9 January 2023) was a British film and television writer and director. Life and career O'Hara was born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 1 October 1924, to James O'Hara, a bookmaker, and Jeannie O’Hara (née Beamont) ...

Literature

* "The Brute" (1906), a short story by

Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Eng ...

* ''The Brute'' (1912), a novel by

Frederic Arnold Kummer Frederic Arnold Kummer Sr. (August 5, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was an American author, playwright and screenwriter. He also used the pseudonym Arnold Fredericks. Several of his works were made into movies. A caricature of him is on the wall of ...

* ''The Brute'' (1924), a novel by W. Douglas Newton * ''The Brute'' (1925), a novel by

Max Brand Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American writer known primarily for his Western (genre), Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. As Max Brand, he also created the popular fictional character of young ...

, writing as David Manning * ''The Brute'' (1946), a novel by Paul Rénin * '' The Brute'' (1951), a novel by

Guy des Cars Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars (6 May 1911 – 21 December 1993) was a best-selling French author of popular novels. Personal life Born in Paris on 6 May 1911, des Cars was from an aristocratic family. He was the second son of ...

* ''Les Brutes'' (2006), a novel by

Philippe Jaenada Philippe Jaenada (; born 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French writer. The author of over a dozen books, he won the Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively fema ...

* '' Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine'' (2010), a biography by Robert Coram * ''Brutes'' (2015), a novel by

Anthony Breznican Anthony Breznican (born 1976) is an American journalist and novelist who currently writes for '' Vanity Fair''. He is the author of the 2014 novel ''Brutal Youth'', about first-year students dealing with bullying at their Catholic high school. Br ...

* ''Brutes'' (2021), a book by Bill Whitten

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

Television

* "The Brute", ''Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans'' episode 17 (1957)

Transportation

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