Bernardo is a

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and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish

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. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard".

Given name

People

Bernardo the Japanese was an early Japanese Christian convert of the 16th century, born in Kagoshima, and the first Japanese person to set foot in Europe. Bernardo was one of the first converts of Saint Francis Xavier, and one of his two disciples. Bernardo was baptiz ...

(died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Francis Xavier *

Bernardo Accolti Bernardo Accolti (September 11, 1465March 1, 1536) was an Italian poet. He was born at Arezzo, the son of Benedetto Accolti. Known in his own day as ''l'Unico Aretino'', he acquired great fame as a reciter of impromptu verse. He was listened to ...

(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 Bernardo Clesio (; 1 March 1484 – 30 July 1539) was an Italian Cardinal, bishop, diplomat, humanist and botanist. Born in Cles, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, today Trentino, he graduated from the University of Bologna. He later became Prin ...

(1484–1539), Italian cardinal, bishop, prince, diplomat, humanist and botanist * Bernardo Corradi (born 1976), Italian footballer *

Bernardo Daddi Bernardo Daddi ( 1280 – 1348) was an early Italian Renaissance painter and the leading painter of Florence of his generation. He was one of the artists who contributed to the revolutionary art of the Renaissance, which broke away from the conven ...

(c. 1280–1348), Italian Renaissance painter * Bernardo Domínguez (born 1979), Spanish footballer known as Bernardo *

Bernardo Dovizi Bernardo Dovizi of Bibbiena (4 August 1470 – 9 November 1520) was an Italian cardinal and comedy writer, known best as Cardinal Bibbiena, for the town of Bibbiena, where he was born. Biography He received a substantial literary training, a ...

(1470–1520), Italian cardinal and comedy writer * Bernardo Espinosa (born 1989), Colombian footballer *

Bernardo Frizoni Bernardo Frizoni (born 12 March 1990 in Volta Redonda) is a Brazilian Association football, football player who plays for Czech club TJ Slavoj Mýt. Career FK Bodva Moldava nad Bodvou In winter 2011, Bernardo Frizoni has signed contract for Slov ...

(born 1990), Brazilian footballer *

Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Bernardo Fernandes da Silva or simply Bernardo (born 20 April 1965) is a retired Brazilian football player. He is now a player agent. His son Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 14 May 1995), known sim ...

(born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 1995), Brazilian footballer and son of the previous Bernardo *

Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez (23 July 1746 – 30 November 1786) was a Spanish military leader and government official who served as colonial governor of Spanish Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New Spa ...

(1746–1786), Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the United States in the American Revolutionary War *

Bernardo Gandulla Bernardo José Gandulla, better known as Bernardo Gandulla (March 1, 1916 – July 7, 1999) was an Argentine football forward and head coach. He died in Buenos Aires from respiratory problems. Career Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Ber ...

, Argentine footballer *

Bernardo Guimarães Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães (; August 15, 1825 – March 10, 1884) was a Brazilian poet and novelist. He is the author of the famous romances '' A Escrava Isaura'' and '' O Seminarista''. He also introduced to Brazilian poetry the ''verso ...

(1825–1884), Brazilian poet and novelist *

Bernardo Houssay Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971) was an Argentine physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating th ...

(1887–1971), Argentine physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Bernardo Kuczer, Argentinian composer, music theoretician and architect *

Bernardo Leighton Bernardo Leighton Guzmán (August 16, 1909, Negrete, Bío Bío Province – January 26, 1995, Santiago) was a Chilean Christian Democratic Party politician and lawyer. He served as minister of state under three presidents over a 36-year care ...

(1909–1995), Chilean politician *

Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli (between 1426 and 1429 – 1500) was a citizen of Florence and father to Niccolò Machiavelli. Although he was a Doctor of Law (hence, his title of ''Messer''), debts inherited from his father and uncles limiting his ...

(between 1426 and 1429–1500), Doctor of Law and father of Niccolò Machiavelli *

Bernardo Mattarella Bernardo Mattarella (15 September 1905 – 1 March 1971) was an Italian politician for the Christian Democrat party (''Democrazia Cristiana'', DC). He was a cabinet minister of Italy several times, becoming one of the most important politicians o ...

(1905–1971), Italian politician *

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco 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 Fran ...

(1713–1785), cartographer and artist in New Spain *

Bernardo Mota Bernardo Gonçalves Pereira Mota (born 14 July 1971 in Lisbon) is a former tennis player from Portugal, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the fir ...

(born 1971), Portuguese tennis player *

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Althou ...

(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 Bernardo Peres da Silva (15 October 1775—18 November 1844) was a governor of Portuguese India. He was the first and only native Goan to be appointed to this post during the 451 years of Portuguese colonial and provincial governance. He was al ...

(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 Bernardo Rocha de Rezende (born 25 August 1959), known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Rezende i ...

(born 1959), Brazilian volleyball coach and player *

Bernardo Romeo Bernardo Daniel Romeo (born 10 September 1977) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. He amassed Argentine Primera División totals of 226 games and 85 goals, mainly at the service of San Lorenzo with whom he had three s ...

(born 1977), Argentine footballer *

Bernardo Rossellino Bernardo di Matteo del Borra Gamberelli (1409 Settignano – 1464 Florence), better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, the elder brother of the sculptor Antonio Rossellino. As a member of the second ...

(1409–1464), Italian sculptor and architect * Bernardo Rucellai (1448/49-1514), Italian oligarch, banker, ambassador and man of letters *

Bernardo Samper Bernardo Samper García del Diestro (born April 8, 1982 in Bogotá), known as Bernardo Samper, is a professional male squash player who represented Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 57 in November 2007 after having jo ...

, Colombian squash player * Bernardo Saraiva (born 1993), Portuguese tennis player * Bernardo Segura (born 1970), Mexican race walker *

Bernardo Saracino Bernardo Saracino is an American actor. He is a native of New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialL ...

, 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 Bernardo Trujillo (1920-1971) was a Colombian-born American marketing executive. He hosted merchandizing seminars as part of cash register company NCR Corporation's marketing strategy, ultimately influencing the development of modern supermarke ...

(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 ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' * Bernardo, Zorro's deaf-mute servant * Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks in ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...

'' * Bernardo O'Reilly in The Magnificent Seven * Bernardo de la Paz in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Mythical people

Bernardo del Carpio Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled Bernaldo del Carpio) is a legendary hero of the medieval Spain. Until the end of the nineteenth century and the labors of Ramón Menéndez Pidal, he, not El Cid, was considered to have been the chief hero of mediev ...

, a mythical Spanish medieval hero.

Surname

José-Miguel Bernardo José-Miguel Bernardo Herranz (born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish mathematician and statistician. A noted Bayesian statistics, Bayesian, since 1978 he has been a professor of statistics at the University of Valencia. Bernardo was born in Valencia, ...

, Spanish statistician *

Joseph Bernardo Joseph Bernardo (born 31 May 1929) is a French swimmer and Olympic medalist. He married actress and theater director Simone Turck in 1952. Career Bernardo was born in Algiers, French Algeria. He competed at the 1952 Olympic Games i ...

(born 1929), French swimmer *

Kathryn Bernardo Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo (; born March 26, 1996) is a Filipino actress and singer. Dubbed as “''Asia's Superstar”'' by various media outlets, People Asia hailed Bernardo as the Box Office Queen of her generation for being the onl ...

(born 1996), Filipina actress * Mariano Bernardo (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Mike Bernardo Michael Shawn Bernardo (28 July 1969 – 14 February 2012) was a South African kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town. Bernardo was known as Beru-chan in Japan, where he has taken part in K-1 World GPs since 1994. He holds notable wins ove ...

(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),

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

serial killer and rapist *

Samantha Bernardo Samantha Mae Adaliga Bernardo (born November 10, 1992) is a Filipino television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2020. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Grand Int ...

(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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