Brute or The Brute may refer to:

• Brute of Troy, a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Æneas, known in mediæval British legend as the founder and first king of Britain
• Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger (85 BC–42 BC), a politician of the late Roman Republic, best known for key role in the assassination of Julius Caesar ("Et tu, Brute?")
• Brute Bernard, ring name of Canadian wrestler Jim Bernard (1921–1984)
• The Brute (wrestler), professional wrestler John Czawlytko, who used this ring name in the early 1990s
• The Brute, nickname of American jazz tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (1909–1973)
• Brute, a pseudonym of English commercial artist Aidan Hughes (born 1956)
• Simon Bruté (1779–1839), the first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana

Aidan Hughes is a commercial artist. He was born in 1956 in Merseyside, England, and was trained as an artist by his father, himself a landscape painter.

British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment (BRUTE) was a system of mobile containers used by British Rail from 1964 to the early 1990s to enable the sorting, handling and distribution of parcels, newspapers etc. in connection with railway operations.

brute. was a side project band by guitarist Vic Chesnutt and the members of Widespread Panic.

brute. war eine US-amerikanische Rockband.

Aidan Hughes (известен под псевдонимом Brute!) (род. в 1956 в г. Мерсисайд) — английский художник — график, рисующий в стиле советского плакатного искусства обложки для KMFDM.