Bernard (''
Bernhard
Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
* Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...
'') is a
French and
West Germanic
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into ...
masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Con ...
. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among
Old Frisian
Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and Weser rivers. The Frisian settlers on the coast of South Jutland (today's Northern Fri ...
speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint
Bernhard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O. Cist. ( la, Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templars, and a major leader in the reformation of the Bened ...
(canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of
France
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(frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the
United States
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(1:7,203), 7.0% of
Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of
Tanzania
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(1:1,961), 4.8% of
Canada
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(1:1,896), 3.6% of
Nigeria
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(1:12,221), 2.7% of
Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of
Belgium
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(1:1,500), 1.6% of
Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of
Germany
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(1:16,397), 1.2% of
Jamaica
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(1:595), 1.1% of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
(1:6,179), 1.0% of
England
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(1:13,691) and 1.0% of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
(1:6,098).
In
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:392) in the following regions:
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* 1. Collectivity of Saint Martin
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(1:60)
* 2. Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy (french: Saint-Barthélemy, ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in English ...
(1:189)
* 3. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
(1:260)
* 4. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...
(1:283)
* 5. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:296)
* 6. Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
(1:333)
* 7. Pays de la Loire (1:336)
* 8. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...
(1:348)
* 9. Hauts-de-France (1:391)
List of people with the name
The following people and items share the name Bernard.
Given name
Catholic saints
*Saint Bernard: see Saint Bernard (disambiguation)#People
Medieval
* Bernard (bishop of Carlisle)
Bernard (died 1214) was a medieval English Bishop of Carlisle.
Bernard was the custodian of vacant see of Carlisle from about 1200. He was translated from the bishopric of Ragusa to the bishopric of Carlisle on 15 May 1203 by Pope Innocent III ...
(died 1214), 13th-century Catholic bishop
* Bernard (bishop of Gaeta) (died 1047)
* Bernard (bishop of St Davids)
Bernard was the first Norman bishop of St David's (1115–1148).
Originally an erudite layman serving as chancellor to Queen Matilda, he was abruptly appointed the bishop of St. David's on 18 September 1115, when King Henry I (Matilda's husband) ...
(1115–1148)
* Bernard (son of Charles the Fat) Bernard or Bernhard (c. 870 – 891/2) was the only child of Emperor Charles the Fat. He was born of an unknown concubine and was thus considered illegitimate. Charles tried to make him his heir, but failed in two attempts.
Charles tried to have Be ...
(died 891 or 892), Duke of Alemannia
* Bernard Gui
Bernard Gui (), also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis (c. 1261/62 – 30 December 1331), was a Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition.
Due to his fictionali ...
(c. 1260–1331), 14th century inquisitor
* Bernard of Calvo (Bernat Calbó
Bernat Calbó (or Calvó) (''c''. 1180 – 26 October 1243), sometimes called Bernard of Calvo, was a Catalan jurist, bureaucrat, monk, bishop, and soldier.
Born and educated in Manso Calvo near Reus, Bernat belonged to a family of the knightly c ...
), 13th-century saint and Bishop of Vich
* Bernard of Carinola
Bernard of Carinola, also known as Bernard of Capua, was Bishop of Carinola. He was the confessor of Duke Richard II of Capua until appointed the Bishop of Forum Claudii in 1087 by Pope Victor III. He was later transferred to the see of Carinola ...
(died 1109), 12th-century saint and Bishop of Carinola
* Bernard of Cluny
Bernard of Cluny (or, of Morlaix or Morlay) was a twelfth-century French Benedictine monk, best known as the author of '' De contemptu mundi'' (''On Contempt for the World''), a long verse satire in Latin.
Life
Bernard's family of origin and plac ...
, 12th-century Benedictine monk
* Bernard of Kilwinning (d. c. 1331), Scottish abbot and chancellor
* Bernard of Quintavalle
Bernard of Quintavalle (died 1241) was the first disciple of St. Francis of Assisi. Bernard was declared as the ''Minorum Ordinis prima plantula,'' the "First fruits of the Minor Orders". He accompanied Francis on a number of missionary journeys ...
(died 1241), companion of St. Francis of Assisi
* Bernard of Verdun, author of the ''Tractatus super totam astrologiam''
Modern
* Bernard (footballer)
Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte (born 8 September 1992), better known as Bernard () and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. A left-sided player, he is known for his pace ...
(Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte), Brazilian footballer
* Bernard Aluwihare (1902–1961), Sri Lankan politician
* Bernard Alvarez, NASCAR racing driver
* Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte
Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte (born 8 September 1992), better known as Bernard () and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. A left-sided player, he is known for his pace ...
, known as "Bernard", Brazilian footballer
* Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier and political adviser
* Bernard Berrian
Bernard Berrian (born December 27, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State.
Berrian also played for the Minnes ...
(born 1980), American football player
* Bernard Blaut
Bernard Blaut (3 January 1940 – 19 May 2007) was a Polish football player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team.
Between 1960 and 1971 he was capped 36 times for Poland, scoring three g ...
(1940–2007), Polish football player
* Bernard Bonnejean
Bernard Bonnejean (born 10 June 1950 in Ernée, Mayenne), is a French author, specialist of catholic French poetry of 19th and 20th centuries.
Youth
Bernard Bonnejean is the last of eight children of a family of Picardy’s origin. In 1959 the f ...
(born 1950), French author
* Bernard Boursicot
Bernard Boursicot (born on 12 August 1944) is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap (seducing him to participate in Chinese espionage) by Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer who performed female roles, whom Boursicot believed to ...
(born 1944), on whom the play ''M. Butterfly'' was based
* Bernard Butler
Bernard Joseph Butler (born 1 May 1970) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the first guitarist with Suede, until his departure in 1994. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of hi ...
(born 1970), English musician
* Bernard Caprasse (born 1949), Belgian politician
* Bernard Cerquiglini (born 1947), French linguist
* Bernard Cottret
Bernard Cottret (1951 – July 13, 2020) was a French historian and literary scholar.
Biography
Stemming from a family of artists and musicians, Bernard (Jean) Cottret is the son of Bernard Cottret (1923–2011) and Geneviève Aurel († 1999) ...
(1951–2020), French historian
* Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over seven decades.
During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records " The Hole in the Groun ...
(1928–2022), English children's TV personality, actor and voice artist
* Bernard Ebbers
Bernard John Ebbers (August 27, 1941 – February 2, 2020) was a Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom and a convicted fraudster. Under his management, WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting ...
(born 1941), engineered an accounting fraud at WorldCom while he was its CEO
* Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British business magnate and primary authority in Formula One
* Bernard Edwards (American football)
Bernard Edwards (born February 24, 1969) is a former American football player who played eight seasons in the Arena Football League with the Miami Hooters/Florida Bobcats and Tampa Bay Storm. He played college football at Ohio State University
...
(born 1969), American football player
* Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989.
Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning receive ...
(born 1969), Australian singer, Powderfinger
* Bernard Finnigan (born 1972), Australian politician and sex offender
* Bernard T. Feld (1919–1993), 20th century physicist and anti-nuclear activist
* Bernard Fox (Irish republican)
Bernard Fox (born c. 1951) is a former member of the Army Council of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Fox, an apprentice coach builder from the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, jo ...
(born 1951), Provisional Irish Republican Army member
* Bernard Freeman, birth name of American rapper Bun B
* Bernard Freyberg, New Zealand's most famous soldier and General of World War II
* Bernard Guignedoux
Bernard Guignedoux (31 January 1947 – 1 January 2021) was a French professional football player and manager. He is known for being the first goal-scorer in the history of Paris Saint-Germain.
Playing career
Guignedoux was a graduate of the ...
(1947–2021), French football player
* Bernard Hall (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bernard Henry (born 1960), American football player
* Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely r ...
(1911–1975), American film composer
* Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English actor. He is well recognized for playing King Théoden in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in ''Titanic'', and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in t ...
(born 1944), English actor
* Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
(born 1954), French cyclist, five-time winner of the Tour de France
* Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight clas ...
(born 1965), boxer
* Bernard Jayamanna (1908-1965), Sri Lankan Sinhala playwright, director, producer, actor
* Bernard Jayasuriya
Bernard Jayasuriya was a Ceylonese businessman and politician.
Bernard Jayasuriya was the son of D. C. D. Jayasuriya, a rubber plantation and graphite mine owner. He received his education at S. Thomas College and St. Joseph's College, Colombo, ...
, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
* Bernard Kalb
Bernard Kalb (born February 4, 1922) is an American journalist, moderator, media critic, lecturer, and author.
Life and career
Born in New York City, he covered international affairs for more than three decades at CBS News, NBC News and '' The ...
(born 1922), American broadcast journalist
* Bernard Koura (1923–2018), French painter
* Bernard Ładysz (1922–2020), Polish singer and actor
* Bernard Lagat (born 1974), Kenyan-American distance runner
* Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from ...
(1908–1981), English actor
* Bernard Lepkofker
Bernard Lepkofker (d. March 17, 2014) was a competitive judoka from Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. He was a two-time gold medalist at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, won a New York Judo gold medal, and twice won silver medals in the US ...
, American competitive judoka
* Bernard Looney
Bernard Looney (born 1970) is an Irish businessman and CEO of BP. During Looney's tenure as CEO of BP, he promised to end BP's relationship with Rosneft, the Russian state-owned energy giant, amid Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Looney was ...
(born 1969/1970), Irish businessman, CEO of BP
* Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American comedian and actor. Born and raised on Chicago's South Side, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined fell ...
(born Bernard McCullough, 1957–2008), comedian and actor
* Bernard Madoff
Bernard Lawrence Madoff ( ; April 29, 1938April 14, 2021) was an American fraudster and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64.8 billion. He was at one time chairman of the NASDAQ ...
(1938-2021), American stockbroker who engineered a $65 billion Ponzi scheme
* Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseba ...
(1914–1986), American writer
* Bernard Manning (1930–2007), British stand-up comedian
* Bernard Matthews
Bernard Trevor Matthews CVO CBE QSM (24 January 1930 – 25 November 2010) was the founder of Bernard Matthews Farms, a company that is best known for producing turkey meat products.
Early life
Bernard Trevor Matthews was born in 1930 in Br ...
, English turkey farmer, founder of Bernard Matthews Limited
* Bernard McGinley, American judge
* Bernard Ménétrel (1906–1947), French physician and advisor to Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II
* Bernard Mohlalisi
Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi O.M.I. (March 16, 1933 – July 24, 2020) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru in Lesotho from 1990 to 2009. On June 30, 2009, his resignation due to age was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI
...
(1933–2020), Mosotho Roman Catholic bishop
* Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976), English military officer
* Bernard Opper
Bernard Opper (September 1, 1915 – February 24, 2000) was an All-American basketball player at Kentucky and then professional player in the National Basketball League and American Basketball League.
Early life
Opper was a native of the Bron ...
(1915–2000), American basketball player
* Bernard Peiris
Bernard Percival Peiris, OBE, JP (29 March 1908 – 18 January 1977) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was the former Cabinet Secretary and the Legal Draftsmen who drafted the ''Ceylon Order in Council'', the first constitution of independent Ceyl ...
(1908–1977), Sri Lankan lawyer
* Bernard Perera (1956–2012), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Brazilian volleyball player
* Bernard H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977), American politician
* Bernard Sachs
Bernard Sachs (January 2, 1858 – February 8, 1944) was an American neurologist.
Early life and education
After graduating with a B.A. from Harvard in 1878, Sachs travelled to Europe and studied under some of the more prominent physicians o ...
(1858–1944), American neurologist
* Bernie Sanders (born 1941), US Senator from Vermont
* Bernard Satenstein (1906–1959), American football player
* Bernard Schuiteman (born 1973), Dutch football player
* George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
(1856–1950), usually referred to as "Bernard Shaw", Irish playwright, critic, and essayist
* Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
(1940–2022), American broadcast journalist
* Bernard Shir-Cliff
Bernard W. Shir-Cliff (November 7, 1924-February 28, 2017) was an editor for Ballantine Books, Contemporary Books, Warner Books and other publishers, who also translated books and later became a well-known literary agent. As a senior editor at War ...
(1924-2017), American editor
* Bernard Spilsbury
Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury (16 May 1877 – 17 December 1947) was a British pathologist. His cases include Hawley Crippen, the Seddon case, the Major Armstrong poisoning, the "Brides in the Bath" murders by George Joseph Smith, the Crumbles ...
(1877–1947), English pathologist
* Bernard Soysa
Bernard Soysa (20 March 1914 - 30 December 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician.
Early life and education
Bernard Soysa was born 20 March 1914 in Colombo, Ceylon. He attended the Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lav ...
(1914–1997), Sri Lankan Trotskyist
* Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, and Electronic. Sumner was an early force in several areas, including the po ...
(born 1956), British musician
* Bernard Tapie
Bernard Roger Tapie (; 26 January 1943 – 3 October 2021) was a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Minister of City Affairs in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy.
Life and career
Tapie was bor ...
(1943–2021), French businessman and politician
* Bernie Taupin (born 1950), British songwriter and collaborator with Elton John
* Bernard Tilakaratna (1927–2004), Sri Lankan diplomat
* Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; hr, Bernard Tomić, ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player whose career-high ranking was world No. 17. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Orange Bowl title and two ju ...
(born 1992), Australian tennis player
* Bernard Vogler (1935–2020), French historian and academic
* Bernard "Bernie" Wolfe (born 1951), Canadian hockey player
* Bernard Wolfman
Bernard Wolfman (July 8, 1924 – August 20, 2011) was the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School as well as its Gemmill Professor of Tax Law and Tax Policy, and the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Biography
Wolfma ...
(1924–2011), American dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and law professor
*Bernard Zehrfuss
Bernard Louis Zehrfuss (Angers, 20 October 1911 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 3 July 1996) was a French architect.
Life
He was born at Angers, into a family that had fled from the Alsace in 1870 after the Franco-Prussian War.
Zehrfuss's father was ki ...
(1911–1996), French architect
* Bernard Welsh (1959)
Surname
* Agnes Bernard
Agnes Morrogh Bernard aka Sister Mary Joseph Arsenius (24 February 1842 – 20 April 1932) was a Roman Catholic nun who founded two convents, and a woollen mill in Foxford, Ireland.
Life
Bernard was born in Cheltenham on 24 February 1842 to John ...
(1842–1932), British Roman Catholic nun
* Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard (; born 1 May 1983) is a former French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.
Bernard won a total of four medals (two golds, one silver, and one bronze) at two Olympic Games (2008 and 2012). He also won numerous medals at the W ...
(born 1983), French swimmer
* Alfred Aloysous Bernard
Alfred Aloysous Bernard (November 23, 1888 – March 6, 1949) was an American vaudeville singer, known as "The Boy From Dixie", who was most popular during the 1910s through early 1930s.
Life
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he became a blackface ...
(1888–1949) American vaudeville singer
* Antoine Bernard d'Attanoux
Antoine Bernard d'Attanoux (18 March 1853 – December 1954) was a French soldier, journalist and explorer.
After leaving the army he spent several years in Morocco as correspondent for the newspaper ''Le Temps''.
He is known for a mission he und ...
(1853–1954), French journalist and explorer
* Armand Bernard
Armand Bernard (born Armand Joseph Bernard; 21 March 1893 – 13 June 1968) was a French comic actor and composer known mainly for his prolific work in film.
Selected filmography
* '' Le traitement du hoquet'' (1918)
* '' The Little Cafe ...
(1893–1968), French comic actor and composer
* Brandon Bernard (1980–2020), American convicted murderer
* Carlos Bernard
Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962) is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in '' 24'', which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009, 2014 in '' 24: Solitary'' and 2017 in ' ...
(born 1962), American actor
* Catherine Bernard
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
In the early Chris ...
(1662–1712), French novelist
* Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her ...
(born 1966), Canadian curler
* Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard (; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". He originated the term '' milieu intérieur'', and the ...
(1813–1878), French physiologist
* Crystal Bernard
Crystal Lynn Bernard (born September 30, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her roles as Helen Chappel-Hackett on the sitcom ''Wings'' (1990-1997), Amy on ''It's a Living'' (1985–1989), and K.C. Cunningham on ' ...
(born 1961), American actress
* Daniel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dave Bernard (American football)
David Edgar "King" Bernard (born September 26, 1912, died July 17, 1973) was an American football player who played two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Rams.
Early life
Bernard was born in Jefferson, South Dakota and attended Cen ...
(1912–1973), American football player
* David Bernard (cricketer)
David Eddison Bernard (born 19 July 1981) is a West Indian cricketer who has played for the West Indies in Tests and ODI
ODI may refer to:
* Object Design, Incorporated, a defunct database software company
* One Day International, cricket ma ...
(born 1981), West Indian cricketer
* David Bernard (orchestra conductor)
David Bernard is an American orchestral conductor.
David Bernard has conducted in the United States and in over 20 countries. He serves as Music Director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the Massapequa Philharmonic. A multiple First Pri ...
(born 1964), American conductor, pianist and clarinetist
* Dwight Bernard
Dwight Vern Bernard (born May 31, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who is and currently a coach in the San Francisco Giants organization.
Belmont University
After attending Mt. Vernon Township High School (Illinois), Mount Vernon T ...
(born 1952), American baseball player
* Ed Bernard
Ed Bernard (born July 4, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Detective Joe Styles on '' Police Woman'', Principal Jim Willis on '' The White Shadow'', and as Lieutenant Bill Giles on ''Hardcastle and McCormick''.
Career
Be ...
(born 1939), American actor
* Edward Bernard
Edward Bernard (1638 – 12 January 1697) was an English scholar and Savilian professor of astronomy at the University of Oxford, from 1673 to 1691.
Life
He was born at Paulerspury, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' Schoo ...
(1638–1697), English scholar
* Émile Bernard (composer)
Jean Émile Auguste Bernard (28 November 1843 – 11 September 1902) was a French Romantic composer and organist.
Bernard was born in Marseille and studied at the Paris Conservatoire; his organ teacher was François Benoist and his piano te ...
(1843–1902), French composer and organist
* Émile Bernard (painter)
Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his no ...
(1868–1941), French painter
* Francis Bernard (disambiguation) Francis Bernard may refer to:
* Francis Bernard (physician) (died 1698), English apothecary, physician and bibliophile
* Francis Bernard (judge) (1663–1731), Solicitor-General for Ireland and Irish MP for Clonakilty, Bandonbridge
*Sir Francis Be ...
, multiple people
* Giovani Bernard, American football player
* Henri Bernard (1899–1986), French judge
* Henri Bernard (1900–1967), French hurdler
* Henry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish Conservative Party politician, MP for Bandon 1863–68
* Henry Bernard, designer of the Palace of Europe, the seat of the Council of Europe
* Hilda Bernard
Hilda Sarah Bernard (29 October 1920 – 20 April 2022) was an Argentine actress. She had an extensive career on television, film, stage, and radio.
Biography Early career
Bernard was born in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. ...
(born 1920), Argentine actress
* Jacques Bernard (born 1929), French actor
* Jay Bernard Jay Bernard may refer to:
*Jay Bernard (writer)
Jay Bernard (born 1988), FRSL, is a British writer, artist, film programmer, and activist from London, UK. Bernard has been a programmer at BFI Flare since 2014, co-editor of ''Oxford Poetry'', an ...
FRSL (born 1988), British writer.
* Jean-David Bernard
Jean-David Bernard (born 27 July 1977 in Melun
Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre o ...
(born 1977), French rower
* Jean-Pierre Bernard (1933–2017), French actor
* Jeffrey Bernard
Jeffrey Joseph Bernard (; 27 May 1932 – 4 September 1997) was an English journalist, best known for his weekly column "Low Life" in ''The Spectator'' magazine, and also notorious for a feckless and chaotic career and life of alcohol abus ...
(1932–1997), English journalist
* John Henry Bernard
John Henry Bernard, PC (27 July 1860 – 29 August 1927), was an Irish Anglican clergyman.
Biography
Bernard was born in Raniganj, India. He was a scholar in Trinity College Dublin in 1879, graduated with a BA in mathematics in 1880. He was el ...
(1860–1927) Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin
* Joseph E. Bernard
Joseph E. Bernard (June 1, 1880 – October 18, 1958) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Bernard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to James Alfred Bernard and Katherine Bernard (née Tuite). He had a younger bro ...
(1880–1958), American character actor
* Joseph Karl Bernard (c.1781–1850), Austrian journalist and librettist
* Jules Bernard
Jules Liam Bernard (born January 21, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.
High school career
Bernard played basketball for Windward ...
(born 2000), American basketball player
* Laurent Bernard (born 1971), French basketball player
* Lawrence G. Bernard
Lawrence George Bernard (February 9, 1914 – March 29, 1997), was a submarine commander during World War II who reached the rank of Rear admiral (United States), rear admiral in the United States Navy. Ensign Bernard graduated from the United St ...
(1914-1997), rear admiral in the U.S. Navy
* Léonce Bernard
Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard, (May 23, 1943 in Abram Village, Prince Edward Island – March 25, 2013 in Prince Edward Island) was an Acadian-Canadian politician, who was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the third ...
(1943–2013), Canadian politician
* Lucas M. Bernard, American financial economist
* Marvin Bernard, American rapper, better known by his stage name Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his deb ...
* Michel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nikhil Bernard
Nikhil Bernard (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League.
Career Royal Wahingdoh
Born in Bangalore, Karnataka, Bernard started his career with Roya ...
, Indian footballer
* Oliver Bernard
Oliver Bernard (6 December 1925 – 1 June 2013) was an English poet and translation, translator. He is perhaps best known for translating Arthur Rimbaud into English as part of the Penguin Classics collection.
Bernard was born in London, to t ...
(1925–2013), English poet and translator
* Oliver Percy Bernard
Oliver Percy Bernard OBE MC (8 April 1881 – 15 April 1939) was an English architect, and scenic, graphic and industrial designer. He was instrumental in developing conservative Victorian British taste in a modernist European direction; mu ...
(1881–1939), English architect and scenic designer
* Raymond Bernard (1891–1977), French film director and screenwriter
* Raymond W. Bernard (1903–1965), early 20th-century American alternative health, esoteric writer, author, and mystic
* Rod Bernard
Rod Bernard () was an American singing, singer who helped to pioneer the musical genre known as "swamp pop", which combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and black Louisiana Creole people, Creole music. He ...
(1940–2020), American singer
* Samuel Bernard
Samuel Bernard (1651 in Sancerre – January 18, 1739, in Paris), Count of Coubert (1725), was a French noble and financier.
Life
Of Netherlands, Dutch origin, Samuel Bernard was the son of the painter and engraver Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1615- ...
(1615–1687), French miniature painter
* Sherman A. Bernard
Sherman Albert Bernard Sr. (June 10, 1925 – May 11, 2012) was an American businessman from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs, who served from 1972 to 1988 as the Insurance commissioner, Louisiana Commissio ...
(1925–2012), Louisiana politician
* Susan Bernard (1948–2019), American actress and author
* Suzanne Bernard (1892–1910), French aviator
* Terrel Bernard
Terrel Bernard (born May 7, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor.
Early life and high school
Bernard grew up in La Porte, Texas and attended ...
(born 1999), American football player
* Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
Life
He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, ...
(1866–1947), French playwright and novelist
* Valère Bernard
Valère Bernard ( oc, Valèri Bernard; 10 February 1860 – 6 October 1936) was a Provençal painter, engraver, novelist and poet, writing in the Occitan language. He left an important body of graphic work, and his works continued to be publis ...
(1860–1936), French artist and writer
* William Bernard (disambiguation) William Bernard may refer to:
* William Bernard (sailor) ( 1849), sailor known as the notorious "Barnacle Bill" of American yore
* William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875), American-born London playwright and drama critic
* William Larkins Bernard (1843 ...
, multiple people
* Wynton Bernard
Wynton Allen Bernard (born September 24, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies.
Amateur career
Bernard attende ...
(born 1990), American baseball player
Fictional characters
Given name
* ''Bernard'' (TV shorts), the curious polar bear from the animation series ''Bernard''Bernard (TV series)
''Bernard'', known as ''Backkom'' ( Hangul: 빼꼼) in South Korea and ''Berni'' in Spain, is a computer-animated television series produced by RG Animation Studios, with the investment of the French broadcaster M6. The animation style is of a ...
* Bernard
Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...
, a character from Blackadder II, who is usually only called by her title: Nursie
* Bernard, a character from ''Megamind
''Megamind'' is a 2010 American computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, the film stars ...
''
* Bernard, a character from ''The Waves
''The Waves'' is a 1931 novel by English novelist Virginia Woolf. It is critically regarded as her most experimental work, consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters; Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny a ...
''
* Bernard, a mouse from ''The Rescuers
''The Rescuers'' is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 23rd Disney animated feature film, its story follows Bernard and Bianca, two members ...
'' books and films
* Bernard, the Sea Hag's pet vulture in the ''Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.[La casa de Bernarda Alba
''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not inc ...](_blank)
''
* Bernard Beasley, a character from the children's programme ''Bernard's Watch
''Bernard's Watch'' (informally known as ''Bernard'' in the reboot series) is a British children's drama series about a young boy who could stop time with a magical pocket watch. The show was created by Andrew Norriss and was produced for seven ...
''
* Bernard Bernoulli
''Maniac Mansion'' is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslav ...
, a character from ''Maniac Mansion''
* Bernard Black
''Black Books'' is a BAFTA Award winning sitcom first broadcast on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004. It revolves around the lives of three main characters: Bernard Black, played by Dylan Moran; Manny Bianco, played by Bill Bailey; and Fran Katzenja ...
, a character from ''Black Books''
* Bernard "Barney" Fife, deputy sheriff of Mayberry from ''The Andy Griffith Show
''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
The ...
''
* Bernard Lowe, a character from ''Westworld
''Westworld'' is an American science fiction-thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populate ...
''
* Bernard Marx
''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarc ...
from ''Brave New World''
* Bernard Nadler, a character from the television show ''Lost''
* Bernard the Arch-elf
''The Santa Clause'' is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy comedy film written by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick, and directed by John Pasquin. The first installment in ''The Santa Clause'' franchise, it stars Tim Allen as Scott Calvin, an ordi ...
, The Head elf from Disney's Santa Clause Movies
* Bernard the Bee Boy, a boy raised by bees seen in two commercials for Honey Comb cereal
* Bernard Wiseman
Bernard Wiseman (26 August 1922 – 11 January 1995) was an American author of children's books. He wrote ''Morris and Boris: Three Stories'' (1974) and other children's books. He was active from 1958 to 1995.
Early Years
Wiseman was born in the ...
, a character from ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket''
* Bernard Woolley
Sir Bernard Woolley, GCB, MA (Oxon) is one of the three main fictional characters of the 1980s British sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and its sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''. He was portrayed originally by Derek Fowlds, with Chris Larkin taking on t ...
, a character from ''Yes Minister
''Yes Minister'' is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ran for 16 episodes fr ...
''
* Bernard Mickey Wrangle, an explosive character from '' Still Life with Woodpecker'' by Tom Robbins
* Bernardo, Zorro
Zorro ( Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante w ...
's companion
* Giant Bernard, wrestling name of Matt Bloom
Matthew Jason Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler and professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Bloom ...
* Bernie Lomax The Boss who dies in the 80's comedy film Weekend at Bernie's
''Weekend at Bernie's'' is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff and written by Robert Klane, loosely based on the 1959 novella '' The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell'' by Jorge Amado. The film stars Andrew McCarthy and ...
Surname
* Andy Bernard
Andrew Baines Bernard is a fictional character from the NBC comedy television series ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', portrayed by Ed Helms. He is introduced in Season 3 as the Regional Director in Charge of Sales at the Stamford br ...
, character on the United States television series ''The Office''
See also
*
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* Barnard (disambiguation)
* Barney (disambiguation)
Barney may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Barney (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Barney (surname), a list of people
Film and television
* the title character of ''Barney & Friends'', an American live actio ...
* Bernat (disambiguation)
* Bernhard (disambiguation) Bernhard is a given name and family name.
Bernhard may also refer to:
Places
* Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen, Austria; a town
* Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia, Germany; a municipality in Thuringia
* Sànkt Bernhàrd, Alsace, France
Other
* Bernhard-T ...
* Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 382 at the 2010 census, up from 343 in 2000. It is part of the Paducah micropolitan area.
Geography
Grand Rivers is located at (3 ...
, United States, formerly known as Bernard
* Saint Bernard (disambiguation) Saint Bernard refers primarily to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a Christian saint, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order.
Another prominent meaning is St. Bernard (dog), a breed of dog.
St. Bernard, St Bernard or San Bernard may also ...
References
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French-language surnames
English masculine given names
Patronymic surnames
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