Bernstein is a common surname in the

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

, meaning " amber" (literally "burn stone"). The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Jewish heritage. The German pronunciation is , but in English it is pronounced either as or .

Notable people sharing the surname "Bernstein"

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Aaron Bernstein Aaron David Bernstein (6 April 1812, Danzig12 February 1884, Berlin) was a German Jewish author, reformer and scientist. Biography Author His translation of the Song of Songs (published under the pseudonym of A. Bernstein, 1834) and his publicat ...

(1812–1884), German short story writer and historian * Abe Bernstein (1892–1968), American mobster * Abraham Bernstein (disambiguation), several people * Adam Bernstein (born 1960), American film, music video, television director, and screenwriter * Al Bernstein (born 1950), American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker * Al Bernstein (born 1949), Austrian contemporary artist * Al Bernstein (born 1950), American boxing commentator * Alan Bernstein (born 1947), Canadian medical researcher * Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1936–2010), British television executive and politician and psychologist, doctor of medicine, professor *

Alfred Bernstein Alfred David Bernstein (April 9, 1911 – February 28, 2003) was an American civil rights and union activist. Background Alfred David Bernstein was born on April 9, 1911, in New York City. He obtained two degrees from Columbia University, inc ...

(1911–2003), American civil rights and union activist * Andrew Bernstein (born 1949), American Objectivist philosopher * Armyan Bernstein, American film producer, director and screenwriter * Arnold Bernstein (1888–1971), German-American shipowner and pioneer of transatlantic car transport * Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), American jazz bassist * Aryeh Leib Bernstein (1708–1788), Chief Rabbi of

Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ...

* Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israeli director and screenwriter. *

Basil Bernstein Basil Bernard Bernstein (1 November 1924 – 24 September 2000) was a British sociologist known for his work in the sociology of education. He worked on socio-linguistics and the connection between the manner of speaking and social organizatio ...

(1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist * Benjamin Abram Bernstein (1881–1964), American mathematician * Bernard Bernstein (1908–1990), American economist and public official * Bernard Bernstein (1899–1963), English table tennis player * Byron Bernstein (1989–2020), known as Reckful, Israeli-American Twitch streamer and former professional Esports player * Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sports broadcaster * Carl Bernstein (born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter * Charles Bernstein (poet) (born 1950), American poet, father of Felix Bernstein * Charles Bernstein (composer) (born 1943), film and television music composer * Daniel Bernstein, video game and movie composer, and CEO of Sandlot Games *

Daniel J. Bernstein Daniel Julius Bernstein (sometimes known as djb; born October 29, 1971) is an American German mathematician, cryptologist, and computer scientist. He is a visiting professor at CASA at Ruhr University Bochum, as well as a research professor of ...

(born 1971), American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in ''Bernstein v. United States'' * David Bernstein (executive) (born 1943), English football and business executive *

David E. Bernstein David E. Bernstein (born 1967) is a law professor at the George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia, where he has taught since 1995. His primary areas of scholarly research are constitutional history and the admissibility of ex ...

(born 1967), American law professor, writer, libertarian *

David I. Bernstein David I. Bernstein has been the dean of The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and New York City since 1998. Previously, he was the director of Midreshet Lindenbaum, popularly known as Brovender's, for 12 years. Bernstein was a Jerus ...

, Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City *

Eduard Bernstein Eduard Bernstein (; 6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic Marxist theorist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Bernstein had held close association to Karl Marx and Friedric ...

(1850–1932), German Social Democrat *

Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 origi ...

(1922–2004), American composer and conductor *

Elsa Bernstein Elsa Bernstein (née Porges; pseudonym, Ernst Rosmer; 27 October 1866 – 2 July 1949) was an Austrian-German writer, dramatist, and literary figure. Life Elsa Porges was born in Vienna, a daughter of Heinrich Porges (a close friend of Richar ...

(1866–1949), Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent * Evan Bernstein (born 1960), Israeli Olympic wrestler *

Felix Bernstein (artist) Felix Bernstein (born May 20, 1992) is a performance artist, video artist, writer, and cultural critic. Bernstein was born in New York City to poet Charles Bernstein and artist Susan Bee, and attended Bard College, graduating in 2013. Bernstein' ...

(born 1992), American performance artist, son of Charles Bernstein *

Felix Bernstein (mathematician) Felix Bernstein (24 February 1878 in Halle, Germany – 3 December 1956 in Zürich, Switzerland), was a German Jewish mathematician known for proving in 1896 the Schröder–Bernstein theorem, a central result in set theory,In 1897 (aged 19 ...

(1878–1956), German mathematician *

F. W. Bernstein F. W. Bernstein (born Fritz Weigle; 4 March 1938 – 20 December 2018) was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist, and academic. He worked for the satirical biweekly ''pardon''. After teaching at schools, he was professor of caricature and comics at ...

(1938–2018), German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic * Georg Heinrich Bernstein (1787–1860), German orientalist * Harry Bernstein (1910–2011), British-born American author * Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (1828–1865), German naturalist, zoologist and explorer * Henri Bernstein (also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876–1953), French playwright * Henry Bernstein (sociologist) (1912–1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist * Herman Bernstein (1876–1935), Jewish American journalist and writer *

Hilda Bernstein Hilda Bernstein (15 May 1915 – 8 September 2006) was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights. She was born Hilda Schwarz in London, England, and emigrated to South Africa at the age of 18 years, ...

(1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights

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Ignatius Bernstein Ignatius Abramovich Bernstein (, ) was a Railway engineering, railroad engineer and activist in the Russian Empire. Biography Ignatius Bernstein was born in Kremenets, Kremenetz, Volhynian Governorate, in 1846. He was educated at the high school o ...

(1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer * Ira B. Bernstein (born 1924), American physicist, specializing in theoretical plasma physics * Isadore Bernstein (1876–1944), American screenwriter * J. Sidney Bernstein (1877–1943), Russian-American lawyer, politician, and judge *

Jack Bernstein Jack Bernstein (November 5, 1899 – December 26, 1945) was an American boxer given the birthname John Dodick. He became World Junior lightweight Champion, on May 30, 1923, against Johnny Dundee at the Coney Island Velodrome in Brooklyn. When he ...

(1899–1945), American boxer * Jake Bernstein, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author * Jake Bernstein (born 1946), American financial businesspeople * Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist * Jed Bernstein (born 1955), American executive in the performing arts * Jeremy Bernstein (born 1929), Physicist on Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) * Joseph Bernstein (born 1945), Israeli mathematician * Joseph Milton Bernstein (1908–1975), alleged spy * Josh Bernstein (born 1971), American explorer, author, and television personality * Julius Bernstein (1839–1917), German neurobiologist *

Léna Bernstein Léna Bernstein (1906–1932) was the first woman to fly across the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north ...

(1906–1932), German aviator *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

(1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist, author, and teacher * Lionel Bernstein (1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner *

Ludwig B. Bernstein Ludwig Behr Bernstein (May 4, 1870 – December 27, 1944) was a Latvian-American Jewish-American sociologist and social worker. Early life and education Bernstein was born on May 4, 1870, in Mitau, Courland Governorate, Russia, the son of Moses ...

(1870–1944), Latvian-American sociologist and social worker *

Matt Bernstein Matt Bernstein (born December 26, 1982) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He attempted to play in the Arena Football League after a stint in the National Football League wit ...

(born 1982), American football player *

Max Bernstein Max Bernstein (May 12, 1854, Fürth – March 5, 1925, München) was a German art and theatre critic and author. He was the husband of Elsa Bernstein. The Salon Bernstein Bernstein and his wife Elsa had one of the most prominent salons during t ...

(1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author *

Melanie Bernstein Melanie Bernstein (born 28 September 1976) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein from 2017 German federal ...

(born 1976), German politician *

Michèle Bernstein Michèle Bernstein (born 28 April 1932) is a French novelist and critic, most often remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the first wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord. ...

(born 1932), French writer * Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Soviet painter and art educator *

Miriam Bernstein-Cohen Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (russian: Мария Яковлевна Бернштейн-Коган he, מרים ברנשטיין-כהן), 1895–1991, was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator. Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was born in Kishinev ...

(1895–1991), Israeli actress, director, poet and translator *

Morris Louis Bernstein Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C ...

(1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter * Nikolai Bernstein (1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist

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* Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian chess master * Peretz Bernstein (1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician * Phil Bernstein, American computer scientist *

Rhett Bernstein Rhett Anthony Bernstein (born September 10, 1987) is an American former soccer player. In 2009, he won the Hermann Trophy. He played for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico, Mjøndalen, and Miami FC. Early and personal life Bernstein was born in San Diego, ...

(born 1987), American soccer player * Ronni Reis-Bernstein (born 1966), American tennis player * Roxy Bernstein (born 1972), American sportscaster * Salomon Bernstein (1886–1968), Israeli painter * Samuil Bernstein (1911–1997), Soviet linguist * Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician * Sid Bernstein (editor) (1907–1993), Advertising Age co-founder, Crain publications chairman, Ad Age writer/editor * Sid Bernstein (impresario) (1918–2013), brought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to America, organized rock concerts * Sidney Bernstein (disambiguation) *

Seymour Bernstein Seymour Bernstein (born April 24, 1927) is an American pianist, composer, and teacher. He is the subject of the documentary '' Seymour: An Introduction'' directed by the actor Ethan Hawke. Hawke describes Bernstein as a mentor figure. Biography ...

(born 1927), American pianist, composer, and teacher. * Theodore Menline Bernstein (1904–1979), American journalist, ''New York Times'' editor * Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002), American artist and painter * Walter Bernstein (1919-2021), American film producer and screenwriter * William J. Bernstein (born 1948), American financial theorist * Zalman Bernstein (1926–1999), American billionaire businessman and philanthropist

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* (1870–1922), Russian and Soviet psychiatrist, psychotherapist * (born 1927), Romanian Jewish writer, journalist, literary critic and theater editor * (1672–1699), German hymn writer * (1868–?), French and Russian surgeon and medical scientist * (1974–2017), German politician ( CDU ) * (1839–1905), the first Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chayei Olam in Jerusalem. * (1924–2015), Estonian Soviet art historian, doctor of art history * (1797–1838), German writer * (born 1936), German screenwriter , director , audio book producer and radio writer * (born 1973), Russian-Israeli painter and sculptor * (born 1944), Israeli professor emeritus, sociologist and social historian * (born 1989), American tennis player * (1909–1993), educator, professor, editor and activist * (1910–1990), Chilean diplomat * (1929–1999), German photographer * (1899–1976), Soviet istorik- medievalist , translator from Old French and modern French language * (born 1964), German ancient historian * (1818–1886), German military and administrative officials * (1790–1861), Grand Ducal Hessian General of the Infantry and Minister of War * (?–1670), Domdechant Magdeburg and canon to Naumburg * (born 1924), American Contemporary artist * (born 1955), American screenwriter * (born 1955), officer in the IDF in the reserves with the rank of brigadier general * (1525–1589), Electoral Saxon Privy Council * (1930–2001), German lawyer and university professor * (1836–1909), Russian-Jewish folklorist and linguist * (1919–1992),　Soviet and Russian literary critic * (1929–2012), Soviet and Russian translator *

Jacob Bernstein-Kohan Jacob Bernstein-Kogan was a Russian physician, Zionist, and Jewish community activist. He was born in 1859 in what is now Chișinău, Moldova (then Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire). His father was an important figure in the Kishinev Jewish ...

(1859–1929), Russian doctor and Zionist * (1888–1943), Austrian actress * (1757–1838), Hesse-Darmstadt Lieutenant General * (1747–1835), German physician and professor of medicine * (1842–1894), Russian lawyer, professor of law * (1921–2019), commander of a partisan battalion * (1862–1889), Russian revolutionary , narodolets * (1867–1944 ), French sculptor * (1873–1931), Romanian Jew poet, playwright and editor * (born 1970), Brazilian screenwriter and film director * (1919–1989), leading materials scientists of the USSR * (1886–1918), Russian revolutionary , political figure, Ph.D. * (1911–1984), Soviet oil geologist, teacher * (1911–2002), Soviet literary critic * (1908–1943), Jewish teacher and communist * (1893–1983), Israeli writer , playwright , publisher and public figure * (1862–1934), one of the founders of Rosh Pina * (1892–1956), rabbi and Revisionist public activist * (1861–1927), Russian revolutionary and political activist. * (1836–1891), Russian doctor, physiologist * (1922–1997), Moldovan Soviet translator and journalist * (1876–1938), Russian musicologist, music critic and historian * (1891–1976), German engineer and cryptologist * (1897–1944 or 1945), German political scientist , journalist and community college teacher * (1870–1949), Soviet translator * (born 1939), German historian and publicist * (1869–1942), Jewish poet , novelist and playwright * (1896–1977), German comintern and film official * (born 1985), American jazz and improvisation musician * (1901–1958), Russian civil engineer * (1892–1970), Russian (Soviet) linguist , bibliographer , historian of the theater, one of the founders of OPOZAZ * (1886–1951), Russian and Soviet economist, economic geographer * (1884–1962), literary researcher, writer, editor and Zionist * (1907–1969), Israeli architect * (born 1957), German visual artist and art teacher * (1900–1936), Russian-born Italian mathematician * (1901–1981), German artist

Fictional people

* Rugal Bernstein, a major villain in the ''King of Fighters'' video game series *

Adelheid Bernstein ''The King of Fighters'' fighting game series, produced by SNK, includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games. The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fightin ...

, the son of Rugal, making a debut appearance in ''King of Fighters 2003'' * Mr. Bernstein, the business partner of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 film ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...

'' * Judith Bernstein, pseudonym of the character Janine Butcher in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a character in the mecha anime series '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans''

Places

* Château du Bernstein, a castle in Alsace, France * Bernstein im Burgenland, a village near the Austrian-Hungarian border * Pełczyce, a town in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship (part of Germany until 1945), known in German as ''Bernstein'' * Bernstein (Northern Black Forest), a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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