Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, ''berht'' meaning "bright" and ''wald'' meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to: *Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional

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People with the given name Berthold

Berthold, Duke of Bavaria Berthold (c. 900 – 23 November 947), of the Luitpolding dynasty, was the younger son of Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria and Cunigunda, sister of Duke Erchanger of Swabia. He followed his nephew Eberhard as Duke of Bavaria in 938. It is known th ...

, (c. 900 – 947), German duke *

Berthold, Margrave of Baden Berthold, Margrave of Baden (''Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl''; 24 February 1906 – 27 October 1963), was the head of the House of Baden, which had reigned over the Grand Duchy of Baden until 1918, from 1929 until his deat ...

(1906 - 1963), German aristocrat *

Berthold of Garsten Berthold of Garsten, O.S.B., also known as Berthold de Rachez ( 1060 – 27 July 1142), was a German Roman Catholic priest and a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was a noted abbot of a major monastic house in the region, and is revered for ...

(died 1142), Austrian prelate *

Berthold of Parma Berthold (died 1111) was a Benedictine lay brother. Born in Parma, Italy, to Anglo-saxon parents, who escaped to Italy, from the Norman conquest of England. Berthold spent the majority of his life serving nuns in Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ...

(died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint * Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1180 – 1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch *

Berthold of Ratisbon Berthold of Ratisbon was a Franciscan of the monastery of Ratisbon and the most powerful preacher of repentance in the thirteenth century. Biography He was born about 1210. He was probably a member of a well-to-do middle-class family of Ratisbon ...

(c. 1210–1272), German monk * Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author *

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

(1898–1956), German dramatist *

Berthold Englisch Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851, Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897, Vienna) was a leading Austrian chess master. Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia (then Austria-Hungary) into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent. He won ...

(1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master *

Berthold Laufer Berthold Laufer (October 11, 1874 – September 13, 1934) was a German anthropologist and Historical geography, historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages. The American Museum of Natural History calls him, "one of the most dis ...

(1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages * Berthold Lubetkin (1901—1990), Russian architect *

Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Berthold Alfred Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 March 1905, Stuttgart – 10 August 1944, Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the 20 July plot, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 19 ...

(1905—1944), German aristocrat and lawyer *

Berthold Schwarz Berthold Schwarz (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer, was a legendary German (or in some accounts Danish or Greek) alchemist of the late 14th century, credited with the invention of gunpowder by 15t ...

, semi-legendary inventor of gunpowder * Berthold Viertel (1953-1953), Austrian screenwriter and film director * Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen

People with the surname Berthold

Arnold Adolph Berthold Arnold Adolph Berthold (also Arnold Adolf Berthold) (26 February 1803, in Soest – 3 January 1861, in Göttingen) was a German scientist, most notably a physiologist and zoologist . He is best known in modern science for his pioneering experim ...

(1803-1861), German physiologist and zoologist * Avgust Berthold (1880–1919), Slovene photographer * David Berthold, Australian theatre director * Joseph Berchtold, early senior Nazi Party member and a co-founder of both the

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(SA) and

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...

(SS) * Rudolph Berthold (1891–1920), German WWI flying ace * Thomas Berthold (born 1964), soccer coach * Richard Berthold (born 1946), American professor of history (retired)

Companies

* Berthold Type Foundry, former German type foundry

Places

* Berthold, North Dakota, United States

People with the given name Berthold

People with the surname Berthold

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