Bernardo is a given name and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard".

Given name

People

* Bernardo the Japanese (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Francis Xavier * Bernardo Accolti (1465–1536), Italian poet * Bernardo Bellotto (c. 1721/2-1780), Venetian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching * Bernardo Bertolucci (born 1940), Italian film director and screenwriter * Bernardo Buontalenti (c. 1531–1608), Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist * Bernardo Clesio (1484–1539), Italian cardinal, bishop, prince, diplomat, humanist and botanist * Bernardo Corradi (born 1976), Italian footballer * Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280–1348), Italian Renaissance painter * Bernardo Domínguez (born 1979), Spanish footballer known as Bernardo * Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520), Italian cardinal and comedy writer * Bernardo Espinosa (born 1989), Colombian footballer * Bernardo Frizoni (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 1995), Brazilian footballer and son of the previous Bernardo * Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786), Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the United States in the American Revolutionary War * Bernardo Gandulla, Argentine footballer * Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884), Brazilian poet and novelist * Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), Argentine physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Bernardo Kuczer, Argentinian composer, music theoretician and architect * Bernardo Leighton (1909–1995), Chilean politician * Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli (between 1426 and 1429–1500), Doctor of Law and father of Niccolò Machiavelli * Bernardo Mattarella (1905–1971), Italian politician * Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713–1785), cartographer and artist in New Spain * Bernardo Mota (born 1971), Portuguese tennis player * Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842), Chilean independence leader, one of the founders and ruler of Chile * Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710), Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player * Bernardo Peres da Silva (1775–1844), only native governor of Portuguese India * Bernardo Putairi (died 1889), last native ruler of Mangareva * Bernardo Provenzano (born 1933), leader of the Sicilian Mafia * Bernardo Reyes (1850–1913), Mexican general and state governor * Bernardo Rezende (born 1959), Brazilian volleyball coach and player * Bernardo Romeo (born 1977), Argentine footballer * Bernardo Rossellino (1409–1464), Italian sculptor and architect * Bernardo Rucellai (1448/49-1514), Italian oligarch, banker, ambassador and man of letters * Bernardo Samper, Colombian squash player * Bernardo Saraiva (born 1993), Portuguese tennis player * Bernardo Segura (born 1970), Mexican race walker * Bernardo Saracino, American actor * Bernardo Strozzi (c. 1581–1644), Italian painter * Bernardo Tolomei (1272–1348), Italian saint, theologian and founder of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto * Bernardo Trujillo (1920–1971), Colombian-born American marketing executive * Bernardo Vieira de Souza (born 1990), Brazilian footballer better known as Bernardo * Bernardo Yorba (1800–1858), American rancher

Fictional characters

* Bernardo, from William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'' * Bernardo, Zorro's deaf-mute servant * Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks in ''West Side Story'' * Bernardo O'Reilly in The Magnificent Seven * Bernardo de la Paz in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Mythical people

* Bernardo del Carpio, a mythical Spanish medieval hero.

Surname

* José-Miguel Bernardo, Spanish statistician * Joseph Bernardo (born 1929), French swimmer * Kathryn Bernardo (born 1996), Filipina actress * Mariano Bernardo (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Mike Bernardo (1969–2012), South African kickboxer and boxer * Noah Bernardo (born 1972), drummer and a founding member of the San Diego-based band P.O.D. * Paul Bernardo (born 1964), Canadians, Canadian serial killer and rapist * Samantha Bernardo (born 1992), Filipina beauty pageant titleholder, Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2020, and 1st runner up Miss Grand International 2020

Places

* Bernardo, Texas

References

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