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 (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Francis Xavier * Bernardo Accolti (1465–1536), Italian poet *

Bernardo Bellotto Bernardo Bellotto (c. 1721/2 or 30 January 172117 November 1780), was an Italian urban landscape painter or ''vedutista'', and printmaker in etching famous for his ''vedute'' of European cities – Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw. He was ...

(c. 1721/2-1780), Venetian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching *

Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...

(born 1940), Italian film director and screenwriter *

Bernardo Buontalenti Bernardo Buontalenti (), byname of Bernardo Delle Girandole ( 1531 – June 1608), was an Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist and inventor of italian ice cream. Biography Buontalenti was born in ...

(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 Bernardo Corradi (; born 30 March 1976) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward, and current coach. He played top-division football for several teams in Italy, Spain, and England, and last played for Canadian side Montreal Impa ...

(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 Bernardo Domínguez Fernández (born 6 July 1979), known simply as Bernardo, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Zafra, Province of Badajoz, Bernardo started playing professionally with Rea ...

(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 Bernardo José Espinosa Zúñiga (; born 11 July 1989) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Girona. Club career Sevilla Born in Cali, Espinosa finished his youth career in Spain with Sevilla FC. ...

(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 Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 14 May 1995), known simply as Bernardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg. Club career Early career Bernardo started his career at Audax S� ...

(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 Bernardo Mario Kuczer (born 30 April 1955) is an Argentinian composer, music theoretician and architect. Biography Argentina Bernardo Mario Kuczer was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 30 April 1955. Until his early twenties, he was involv ...

, 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 Bernardo Pasquini (Massa e Cozzile, 7 December 1637Rome, 21 November 1710) was an Italian composer of operas, oratorios, cantatas and keyboard music. A renowned virtuoso keyboard player in his day, he was one of the most important Italian compose ...

(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 Bernardo Putairi (died 1 January or 7 January 1889) was the Prince Regent of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe from 1873 to 1881. He served as regent and de facto monarch during the i ...

(died 1889), last native ruler of Mangareva *

Bernardo Provenzano Bernardo Provenzano (; 31 January 1933 – 13 July 2016) was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia clan known as the Corleonesi, a Mafia faction that originated in the town of Corleone, and ''de facto'' the boss of bosses (''il c ...

(born 1933), leader of the Sicilian Mafia *

Bernardo Reyes Bernardo Doroteo Reyes Ogazón (30 August 1850 – 9 February 1913) was a Mexican general and politician, with aspirations to be President of Mexico. He died in a coup d'état against President Francisco I. Madero. Born in a prominent liberal ...

(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 secon ...

(1409–1464), Italian sculptor and architect *

Bernardo Rucellai Bernardo Rucellai (11 August 1448 – 7 October 1514), also known as Bernardo di Giovanni Rucellai or as la, Bernardus Oricellarius, italic=no, was a member of the Florentine political and social elite. He was the son of Giovanni di Paolo R ...

(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 Bernardo Saraiva (born 6 August 1993) is a Portuguese tennis player. Saraiva has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 694 achieved on 4 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 243 achieved on 10 December 2018. Saraiva has wo ...

(born 1993), Portuguese tennis player *

Bernardo Segura Bernardo Segura Rivera (born February 11, 1970 in San Mateo Atenco) is a Mexican race walker. He is the current holder of the 20,000m World Record for Race Walking on a track with a time of 1:17:25.6. In the 2000 Olympic Games, Segura finished fi ...

(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 Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

(c. 1581–1644), Italian painter *

Bernardo Tolomei Bernardo Tolomei (10 May 1272 – 20 August 1348) was an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto. In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on August 20, but in the Benedic ...

(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 Bernardo Vieira de Souza (born 20 May 1990), better known as Bernardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Rio Branco. Club career Bernardo was promoted to professionals in 2009 to the pro ...

(born 1990), Brazilian footballer better known as Bernardo *

Bernardo Yorba Bernardo Yorba (August 20, 1800 – November 28, 1858), was a prominent Californio landowner, public figure, and one of the wealthiest men in early 19th-century California. Yorba also served as alcalde (mayor) of Santa Ana. The city of 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 Zorro (Spanish language, Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp magazine, pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed a ...

'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 ''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film '' Seven Samurai'' (itself initially relea ...

* Bernardo de la Paz in

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The novel illustrates and discusses w:libertarian, libertarian ideals. It is r ...

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 Jhonatan Mariano Bernardo (born 7 November 1988 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Phatthalung in the Thai League 3. Honour ;Nakhon Pathom United * Thai League 2: 2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consi ...

(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 Noah "Wuv" Bernardo Jr. (born February 24, 1974) is an American musician, most notably the guitarist and drummer for Christian nu metal band P.O.D.. According to a FAQ, Bernardo is Filipino, Italian, German, and Chamorro. He is the first cousi ...

(born 1972), drummer and a founding member of the San Diego-based band P.O.D. *

Paul Bernardo Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as The Scarborough Rapist and The Schoolgirl Killer, is a Canadian serial killer and serial rapist. He is known for initially committing a series of rapes in Scarborough, Ontario, a subu ...

(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 Binibining Pilipinas (abbreviated as Bb. Pilipinas; ) is a national beauty pageant in the Philippines that selects Filipina representatives to compete in one of the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss International and selects two ot ...

Grand International 2020, and 1st runner up Miss Grand International 2020

Places

Bernardo, Texas Bernardo is an unincorporated community in northeastern Colorado County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The small community is located on FM 949 between Interstate 10 (I-10) and Cat Spring. The town was first settled by German immigrants in t ...

References

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