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 was an early Japanese Christian convert of the 16th century, born in Kagoshima, and the first Japanese person to set foot in Europe. Bernardo was one of the first converts of Saint Francis Xavier, and one of his two disciples. Bernardo was baptiz ...

(died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Francis Xavier *

Bernardo Accolti Bernardo Accolti (September 11, 1465March 1, 1536) was an Italian poet. He was born at Arezzo, the son of Benedetto Accolti. Known in his own day as ''l'Unico Aretino'', he acquired great fame as a reciter of impromptu verse. He was listened to ...

(1465–1536), Italian poet * Bernardo Bellotto (c. 1721/2-1780), Venetian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching * Bernardo Bertolucci (born 1940), Italian film director and screenwriter * Bernardo Buontalenti (c. 1531–1608), Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist * Bernardo Clesio (1484–1539), Italian cardinal, bishop, prince, diplomat, humanist and botanist * Bernardo Corradi (born 1976), Italian footballer * Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280–1348), Italian Renaissance painter * Bernardo Domínguez (born 1979), Spanish footballer known as Bernardo * Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520), Italian cardinal and comedy writer * Bernardo Espinosa (born 1989), Colombian footballer * Bernardo Frizoni (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 1995), Brazilian footballer and son of the previous Bernardo * Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786), Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the United States in the American Revolutionary War * Bernardo Gandulla, Argentine footballer * Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884), Brazilian poet and novelist * Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), Argentine physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Bernardo Kuczer, Argentinian composer, music theoretician and architect * Bernardo Leighton (1909–1995), Chilean politician * Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli (between 1426 and 1429–1500), Doctor of Law and father of Niccolò Machiavelli * Bernardo Mattarella (1905–1971), Italian politician * Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713–1785), cartographer and artist in New Spain * Bernardo Mota (born 1971), Portuguese tennis player * Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842), Chilean independence leader, one of the founders and ruler of Chile * Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710), Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player * Bernardo Peres da Silva (1775–1844), only native governor of Portuguese India * Bernardo Putairi (died 1889), last native ruler of Mangareva * Bernardo Provenzano (born 1933), leader of the Sicilian Mafia * Bernardo Reyes (1850–1913), Mexican general and state governor * Bernardo Rezende (born 1959), Brazilian volleyball coach and player * Bernardo Romeo (born 1977), Argentine footballer * Bernardo Rossellino (1409–1464), Italian sculptor and architect * Bernardo Rucellai (1448/49-1514), Italian oligarch, banker, ambassador and man of letters * Bernardo Samper, Colombian squash player * Bernardo Saraiva (born 1993), Portuguese tennis player * Bernardo Segura (born 1970), Mexican race walker * Bernardo Saracino, American actor * Bernardo Strozzi (c. 1581–1644), Italian painter * Bernardo Tolomei (1272–1348), Italian saint, theologian and founder of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto * Bernardo Trujillo (1920–1971), Colombian-born American marketing executive * Bernardo Vieira de Souza (born 1990), Brazilian footballer better known as Bernardo * Bernardo Yorba (1800–1858), American rancher

Fictional characters

* Bernardo, from William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'' * Bernardo, Zorro's deaf-mute servant * Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks in ''West Side Story'' * Bernardo O'Reilly in The Magnificent Seven * Bernardo de la Paz in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Mythical people

* Bernardo del Carpio, a mythical Spanish medieval hero.

Surname

* José-Miguel Bernardo, Spanish statistician * Joseph Bernardo (born 1929), French swimmer * Kathryn Bernardo (born 1996), Filipina actress * Mariano Bernardo (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Mike Bernardo (1969–2012), South African kickboxer and boxer * Noah Bernardo (born 1972), drummer and a founding member of the San Diego-based band P.O.D. * Paul Bernardo (born 1964), Canadians, Canadian serial killer and rapist * Samantha Bernardo (born 1992), Filipina beauty pageant titleholder, Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2020, and 1st runner up Miss Grand International 2020

Places

* Bernardo, Texas

References

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