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Berke Khan Berke Khan (died 1266) (also Birkai; , tt-Cyrl, Бәркә хан) was a grandson of Genghis Khan and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde (division of the Mongol Empire) who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue ...

(died 1266), a ruler of the Golden Horde *

Berke Özer Berke Özer (born 25 May 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ümraniyespor on loan from Eyüpspor. Club career Fenerbahçe signed in Berke Özer along with his team-mate Barış Alıcı from Altınordu, on ...

(born 2000), Turkish footballer

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Andy Berke Andrew Lawrence Berke (born March 31, 1968) is an American attorney and politician from Tennessee. He served as the mayor of Chattanooga from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Hamilton and Marion counties in the 1 ...

, a Democratic State Senator in Tennessee * Balázs Berke, a Slovene poet, writer and Lutheran priest in Hungary, in the Slovene March * Deborah Berke (born 1954), American architect and academic * Ferenc Berke, (c. 1764–1841), a Hungarian Slovene Lutheran *

Joseph Berke Joseph H. Berke, M.D., (January 17, 1939 – January 11, 2021) was an American–born psychotherapist, author and lecturer. He studied at Columbia College of Columbia University and graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New ...

, an American psychotherapist *

Steve Berke Steve Ryan Berke (born 5 May 1981) is a co-founder of the International Church of Cannabis, two-time candidate for mayor of Miami Beach, cannabis activist, rapper, YouTuber, entrepreneur, and former All-American tennis player. As a college tenni ...

(born 1981), American cannabis activist * Von Berke, an old noble family in Vas County (nowadays: Prekmurje, Slovenia) *

William Berke William A. Berke (born October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – died February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a ...

(1903–1958), an American film director, producer and screenwriter

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