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
Martin Eberhard (born ) is an American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Tesla, Inc. (then Tesla Motors) with Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Eberhard served as Tesla's original chairman, and its CEO until late 2007. In 2015, he was in ...
(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