Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild
boar.
People
First name
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Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
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Eberhard of Béthune
Eberhard of Béthune (also known as Everard of Béthune, Évrard de Béthune, Éverard de Béthune, Ebrardus Bethuniensis or Bithuniensis, Eberhardus Bethuniensis, Eberard, Ebrard, Ebrad; d. c. 1212) was a Flemish grammarian of the early thirteenth ...
(died 1212), Flemish grammarian
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Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–1496)
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Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392)
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Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau
Eberhard I, count of Bonngau and count in Zulpichgau and in Keldachgau (904 – 937), son of Erenfried I of Maasgau.
He left children:
*Hermann I count in Auelgau (922/48), who had children:
**Eberhard II count in Auelgau (died 966), and
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(died 937)
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Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia
Eberhard III (c. 885 – 2 October 939), a member of the Conradines, Conradine dynasty, was Duchy of Franconia, Duke of Franconia, succeeding his elder brother, King Conrad I of Germany, Conrad I, in December 918. From 926 to 928, he also acted a ...
(''ca'' 885–939)
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Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–1066)
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Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint
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Eberhard Anheuser (1806–1880), Soap and candle maker, co-founder of
Anheuser-Busch
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Eberhard Weber (* 1940), German jazz musician and composer
Last name
*Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family (
Eberhard & Co.) from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century
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George-Emile Eberhard Georges Eberhard (1865–1926) was a Swiss watchmaker and industrialist who founded Eberhard & Co.
Biography
Early life
Georges-Lucien Eberhard was born in 1865 in Saint-Imier, the son of a prominent Bernese family tracing its origins back to t ...
(1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co
**George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
**Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
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Christian August Gottlob Eberhard
Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (12 January 176913 May 1845) was a German miscellaneous writer.
He was born at Belzig, in the Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology at Leipzig; but, having had a story successfully published in a periodical ...
(1769–1884), a German writer
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Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005), an American composer
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Hans J. Müller-Eberhard
Hans Joachim Müller-Eberhard (May 5, 1927 – March 3, 1998) was a distinguished molecular immunologist who did pioneering research in the United States and his native Germany. The areas of investigation upon which he left his mark include t ...
(1927–1998), a molecular immunologist
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Hermann Eberhard (1852–1908), a 19th-century German explorer that discovered Giant sloth remains at Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument
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Johann Augustus Eberhard
Johann Augustus Eberhard (August 31, 1739January 6, 1809) was a German theologian and "popular philosopher".
Life and career
Eberhard was born at Halberstadt in the Principality of Halberstadt, where his father was a school teacher and the singin ...
(1739–1809), a German theologian
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Martin Eberhard (born 1960), co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors
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Mary Jane West-Eberhard contemporary biologist upon social wasps and phenotypic plasticity
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Matthias Eberhard (1815–1876), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier
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Paul Eberhard (1917–1983), Swiss bobsledder
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Théodore Eberhard (1812–1874), Luxembourgish architect and politician
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Wolfram Eberhard (1909–1989), a sociologist of rural China
Companies
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Eberhard's, supermarket chain in Michigan
See also
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Everard, anglicized version of the name
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Evert, Dutch version of the name
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Eberhardt
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Eberhart (disambiguation)
References
{{Surnames
Germanic-language surnames
Surnames from given names