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 (born 1986), American comedian and parody musician * Bart Bassett (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 (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 (born 1980), Dutch trance music DJ * Bart Conner (born 1958), American Olympic gymnast * Bart Cummings (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 (born 1986), Belgian cyclist * Bart Decrem, Belgian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur * Bart Deelkens (born 1978), Belgian footballer * Bart De Wever (born 1970), Belgian politician * Bart de Graaff (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, 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 (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), 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, 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 (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 (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 (born 1980), American football player * Bart Sibrel (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 (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 ...

(born 1952), Polish-American politician * Bart Taminiau (born 1947), Dutch field hockey player * Bart Tanski (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, 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 (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 ...

(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 (born 1951), Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director * Cécile Bart (born 1958), French painter * François Cornil Bart (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 (born 1942), Dutch mathematician and economist * Harriet Bart (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 (1930–2021), American sociologist * Peter Bart (born 1932), American journalist, former editor-in-chief of ''Variety'' magazine * Philippe-François Bart (1706–1784), Governor of Saint-Domingue * Roger Bart (born 1962), American actor

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See also