Bart is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, usually a diminutive of Bartholomew, sometimes of Barton, Bartolomeo, etc. Bart is a Dutch and

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

, and derives from the name ''Bartholomäus'', a German form of the

biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

name ''Bartholomew'' meaning 'son of talmai' in Aramaic.

Given names

* Bart Andrus (born 1958), American football player and coach *

Bart Arens Bart Arens (born 2 March 1978) is a Dutch radio DJ. He currently presents 3 radio programs on 3FM: 3FM Weekend Request, Mega Top 50 __NOTOC__ Mega Top 30 is a Dutch music chart compiled by SoundAware and broadcast every Saturday from 14:00 - 1 ...

(born 1978), Dutch radio DJ *

Bart Baker Bart Baker (born May 5, 1986) is an American entertainer, web-based comedian, video producer, singer, rapper, and parody artist. He is best known for making parody videos of notable songs, for which ''Billboard'' dubbed him one of the most prolif ...

(born 1986), American comedian and parody musician *

Bart Bassett Bart Edward Bassett (born 4 March 1961) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2015, representing the electorate of Londonderry. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party, bu ...

(born 1961), Australian politician * Bart Baxter, American poet *

Bart Becht Lambertus Johannes Hermanus "Bart" Becht (born 29 July 1956) is a Dutch businessman. An executive with more than 35 years of business experience working with consumer brands, Becht is the former Chief Executive Officer of Reckitt, which he led from ...

(born 1956), Dutch businessman *

Bart Berman Bart Berman ( he, ברט ברמן; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music. Career Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor ...

(born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer * Bart Biemans (born 1988), Belgian footballer *

Bart Bok Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok (April 28, 1906 – August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer, teacher, and lecturer. He is best known for his work on the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, and for the discovery of Bok globules, ...

(1906–1983), Dutch-American astronomer *

Bart Bongers Bart Bongers (October 6, 1946 – May 3, 2007) was a water polo player from The Netherlands who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He was born in Arnhem, Gelderland Gel ...

(born 1946), Dutch water polo player * Bart Bowen (born 1967), American cyclist *

Bart Bradley Barton William "Bart" Bradley (July 29, 1930 – September 16, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1949–50 NHL season, 1949–50 s ...

(1930–2006), Canadian ice hockey centre *

Bart Braverman Bartley Louis Braverman (born February 1, 1946, Los Angeles) is an American actor, best known as "Binzer" during the entire run of the ABC prime time series ''Vega$'' (1978–1981). Braverman has also guest starred on many television shows. Earl ...

(born 1946), American actor *

Bart Brentjens Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens (born 10 October 1968 in Haelen) is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking. Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as an ...

(born 1968), Dutch cyclist * Bart Bryant (born 1962), American golfer * Bart Bull, American writer, reporter, author, columnist, and critic * Bart Bunting (born 1976), Australian blind Paralympic alpine skier * Bart Burns (1918–2007), American actor * Bart Buysse (born 1986), Belgian footballer * Bart Cambré (born 1970), Belgian business theorist * Bart Campolo, American humanist writer and former Christian pastor * Bart Cantz (1860–1943), American baseball player * Bart Carlier (1929–2017), Dutch footballer * Bart Carlton, American basketball player *

Bart Claessen Bart Claessen (; born 22 January 1980, Asten, Netherlands) is a Dutch dance DJ. He is best known for the trance songs "On the Move" and "Infected" (both 2001 and as Barthezz), which reached numbers 18 and 25 in the UK Singles Chart The ...

(born 1980), Dutch trance music DJ *

Bart Conner Bart Wayne Conner (born March 28, 1958) is a retired American Olympic gymnast. As a member of the US men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Conner won two gold medals. He owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in N ...

(born 1958), American Olympic gymnast *

Bart Cummings James Bartholomew Cummings (14 November 1927 – 30 August 2015), also known by his initials J. B. Cummings, was one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He was known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as he w ...

(1927–2015), Australian racehorse trainer *

Bart Davis Bart McKay Davis (born March 7, 1955) is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate, representing Di ...

(born 1955), American lawyer and politician *

Bart De Clercq Bart De Clercq (born 26 August 1986) is a Belgium, Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the and teams. His first professional victory was the seventh stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia. ...

(born 1986), Belgian cyclist *

Bart Decrem Bart Decrem is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who, most recently, headed the Mobile Games business for The Walt Disney Company between July 2010 and the Fall of 2013. He was born and raised in Belgium. Early life His first entrepreneurial ventur ...

, Belgian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur * Bart Deelkens (born 1978), Belgian footballer * Bart De Wever (born 1970), Belgian politician *

Bart de Graaff Bart Frederikus de Graaff (;In isolation, ''Frederikus'' is pronounced . 16 April 1967 – 25 May 2002) was an influential Dutch television presenter, comedian and creator, as well as the founder and chairman of the public broadcasting network ...

(1967–2002), Dutch television personality *

Bart de Liefde Barthold Charles (Bart) de Liefde (born 18 September 1976 in London) is a Dutch former politician and field hockey umpire. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Dutch: ''Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie'') he was an ...

(born 1976), Dutch politician and field hockey umpire * Bart de Ligt (1883—1938), Dutch anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist *

Bart DeLorenzo Bart DeLorenzo is a Los Angeles-based theater director and producer. He is the founding artistic director of the Evidence Room theater, a 17-year-old company renowned in Los Angeles for contemporary theater productions. He has directed many local ...

, American theatre director and producer *

Bart Dockx Bart Dockx (born 2 September 1981 in Turnhout, Antwerp) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2004 to 2011. Palmarès * Oostrozebeke Oostrozebeke (; vls, Ôostrôzebeke) is a municipality ...

(born 1981), Belgian cyclist *

Bart Dodson Bart Dodson is an American paralympic athlete. He is from the United States competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events. Biography Dodson has been part of five summer paralympics, winning twenty medals thirte ...

, American paralympic athlete *

Bart Dorsa Bart Dorsa (born 1967) is an American artist, photographer, film-maker. Dorsa works in an old photographic technique (Collodion process). Dorsa's notable exhibitions have been at the Venice Biennale and Moscow Museum of Modern Art. In 2011 Dorsa p ...

(born 1967), American artist, photographer, and filmmaker *

Bart D. Ehrman Bart Denton Ehrman (born 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including t ...

(born 1955), American biblical scholar and atheism activist *

Bart Evans Bart Evans is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born on December 30, 1970, in Springfield, Missouri. He attended college at Missouri State University and was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1992 MLB draft. ...

(born 1970), American baseball pitcher *

Bart Evans (polo) Bart Evans is an American polo player. Biography Bart Evans was born in Mission, Kansas. He first played in Kansas City at the age of 18. In 1972, 1975, and 1976, he won the Butler Handicap. The same year, he won the US Handicap C.V. Whitney Cu ...

, American polo player *

Bart Exposito Bart Exposito (born 1970, in Texas, US) is an artist based in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous ...

(born 1970), American painter *

Bart Farley Stewart Bart Farley is a retired American soccer Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League and MISL I, Major Indoor Soccer League. A nat ...

, American soccer goalkeeper * Bart Fletcher, American actor *

Bart Forbes Bart Forbes (born July 3, 1939 in Altus, Oklahoma) is an American painter and illustrator. He has worked for most of the popular magazines, amongst them ''Time'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', ''McCall's'' and ''Golf Digest'', a ...

(born 1939), American painter and illustrator * Bart Freundlich (born 1970), American film producer, director, and screenwriter *

Bart Giamatti Angelo Bartlett Giamatti (; April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was an American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh Commissioner of Baseball, Commissioner of Major League Baseball. ...

(1938–1989), American university president and baseball executive *

Bart Goor Bart Goor (; born 9 April 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Club career Geel Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth ra ...

(born 1973), Belgian soccer player *

Bart Gordon Barton Jennings Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of t ...

(born 1949), American lawyer and politician * Bart Groothuis (born 1981), Dutch politician * Bart Laeremans (born 1966), Belgian politician * Bart Moeyaert (born 1964), Belgian writer *

Bart Preneel Bart Preneel (born 15 October 1963 in Leuven, Belgium) is a Flemish cryptographer and cryptanalyst. He is a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in the COSIC group. He was the president of the International Association for Cryptologic R ...

(born 1963), Belgian scientist * Bart Ramakers (born 1963), Belgian artist and art curator *

Bart Schilperoord Bart Schilperoord (born 11 November 1982) is a Dutch former first-class cricketer. Schilperoord was born at Schiedam. A club cricketer for Hermes DVS, He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Netherlands against Canada in the ...

(born 1982), Dutch cricketer *

Bart Scott Bartholomew Edward Scott (born August 18, 1980) is an American sports analyst and former football player. Scott was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. After playing college football for the Southern Illinois S ...

(born 1980), American football player *

Bart Sibrel Bart Winfield Sibrel (born ) is an American conspiracy theorist who has written, produced, and directed works in support of the false belief that the Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 were staged by NASA under the control of the CIA ...

(born 1964), American conspiracy theory film maker *

Bart Somers Bartolomeus Jozef Lodewijk Rosalia "Bart" Somers (born 12 May 1964 in Mechelen) is a Belgian, Flemish politician. He is currently the mayor of Mechelen and President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of ...

(born 1964), Belgian politician *

Bart Staes Bart Hubert Wilfried Marcel Staes (; born 7 August 1958), is a Belgium, Belgian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Flanders from 1999 until 2019. He is a member of Groen (political party), Groen, part of the Europea ...

(born 1958), Belgian politician * Bart Starr (1934–2019), American football player and coach *

Bart Stupak Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (; born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Stupak served as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011. Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He dep ...

(born 1952), Polish-American politician *

Bart Taminiau Bernardus Philippus Wilhelmus Maria "Bart" Taminiau (born 27 March 1947) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, where his teams finished in fourth place on both occasions. Between 1970 ...

(born 1947), Dutch field hockey player *

Bart Tanski Bart James Tanski (born January 7, 1990) is a former American football player and current college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and Safety (gridiron football position), safeties coach for Robert Morris University, positions h ...

(born 1990), American football player * Bart Veldkamp (born 1967), Dutch speed skater * Bart Voskamp (born 1968), Dutch cyclist * Bart Wellens (born 1978), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist *

Bart Wenrich Bart Wenrich is an American Television Producer, Director and Unit Production Manager based in New York City. Since the late 1980s, Wenrich has served as a location manager on a number of films set in New York City. Some of those films include, ' ...

, American television producer *

Bart Whiteman Bart Whiteman (1948-March 14, 2006) was a Washington, D.C. theatre actor, director, and producer. He founded the Source Theatre in 1977 and served as its artistic director until 1986. He was influential in defining theatre in Washington as wel ...

(1948–2006), American theatre actor, director, producer, and critic *

Bart Willoughby Bart Willoughby (born 12 September 1960) is an Indigenous Australian musician, noted for his pioneering fusion of reggae with Indigenous Australian musical influences, and for his contribution to growth of Indigenous music in Australia. A Pitj ...

(born 1960), Indigenous Australian musician *

Bart Wuyts Bart Wuyts (born 15 September 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. Wuyts never reached a final on the ATP Tour, the closest he got was in 1992, when he reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Moroc ...

(born 1969), Belgian tennis player *

Bart Yasso Bart Yasso, the "mayor of running", is Runner's World's Chief Running Officer. Yasso is one of a few people to have completed races on all seven continents, including the Mount Kilimanjaro marathon, and won the 1987 U.S. National Biathlon Long Cour ...

, American runner and biathlete *

Bart Yates Bart Yates is an American novelist, from Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center ...

, American novelist * Bart Zeller (born 1941), American baseball player *

Bart Zoet Hubertus Balthazar "Bart" Zoet (20 October 1942 – 13 May 1992) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1961 and 1969. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the 100 km team time trial, alongside Gerben K ...

(1942–1992), Dutch cyclist

Fictional characters

Bart Allen Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A speedster (fiction), speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash (c ...

, a DC Comics superhero called Flash, Kid Flash and Impulse *

Bart Hamilton The Green Goblin is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first and best-known incarnation Norman Osborn, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, is generally regarded as one of the ar ...

, the third Green Goblin, a ''Spider-Man'' villain * Bart Hawk, a military pilot who went by the codename Blackhawk in the 1940s Quality Comics incarnation * Bart McQueen, in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Bart Rathbone, a salesman in the radio drama and comedy series '' Adventures in Odyssey'' *

Bart Simpson Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' ...

, in the television series ''The Simpsons''

Animals

* Bart the Bear (1977–2000), an Alaskan Kodiak bear who appeared in many Hollywood films * Bart the Bear 2 (born 2000), an Alaskan brown bear who appears in films and television

Surname

Andrzej Bart Andrzej Bart (born 1951 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director. He is called the Polish Thomas PynchonCécile Bart Cécile Bart, (born 1958 Dijon, Côte-d'Or), is a French painter and visual artist. She lives and works in Marsannay-la-Côte. Life Cécile Bart enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts of Dijon in September 1982, where she met French conceptual ...

(born 1958), French painter *

François Cornil Bart François Cornil Bart (16 June 1677 – 22 April 1755) was a French naval officer who reached the rank of vice admiral. He was the son of the famous privateer Jean Bart. Family François Cornil Bart was the oldest of four children of Jean Bart a ...

(1677–1755), French vice admiral *

Frank J. Bart Frank J. Bart (April 15, 1883 – March 31, 1961) was a Medal of Honor recipient for World War I. Born in New York City, he joined the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey, during World War I, as a Private (rank), private in Company C, 9th Inf ...

(1883–1961), United States Army private awarded the Medal of Honor *

Harm Bart Harm Bart (born 5 August 1942) is a Dutch mathematician, economist, and Professor of Mathematics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam,Harriet Bart Harriet Bart is a Minneapolis based conceptual artist, known for her objects, installations, and artists books. Early life Harriet Bart was born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, and earned a degree in textiles from the University of Minnesota in 197 ...

(born 1941), American artist * Jean Bart (1650–1702), French naval commander and privateer * Joey Bart (born 1996), American baseball player * Lionel Bart (1930–1999), composer of musicals *

Pauline Bart Pauline Bernice Bart ( née Lackow; February 18, 1930October 8, 2021) was an American sociologist who studied gender inequality, violence against women, and women's development. Early life Pauline Bernice Lackow was born on February 18, 193 ...

(1930–2021), American sociologist * Peter Bart (born 1932), American journalist, former editor-in-chief of ''Variety'' magazine *

Philippe-François Bart Philippe-François Bart (28 February 1706 – 12 March 1784) Grandson of Admiral Jean Bart, was a French naval officer who was Governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1757 to 1761 during the Seven Years' War. Early years (1706–1722) Philipp ...

(1706–1784), Governor of Saint-Domingue * Roger Bart (born 1962), American actor

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