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" (literally "burn stone"). The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of Ashkenazi 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 (1812–1884), German short story writer and historian *

Abe Bernstein Abe Bernstein (c. 1892 – March 7, 1968) was a Detroit-based Jewish-American organized crime figure and leader of the infamous Prohibition-era Purple Gang. Early life Born in New York City, Abe Bernstein and his brothers Joseph "Bill Bugs", R ...

(1892–1968), American mobster *

Abraham Bernstein (disambiguation) Abraham Bernstein may refer to: * Abraham Bernstein (politician) (1918–1990), New York State Senator * Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968), Detroit gangster and a leader of the infamous Prohibition-era Purple Gang * Arthur Gilbert (real estate develope ...

, several people *

Adam Bernstein Adam Bernstein (born May 7, 1960) is an Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning American film director, music video director and television director. For his work on the television show ''Fargo (TV series), Fargo'' in 2014, he received a nomination for ...

(born 1960), American film, music video, television director, and screenwriter *

Al Bernstein Al Bernstein (born September 15, 1950) is an American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker. Journalism career In the 1970s, Bernstein was a newspaperman, working at Lerner Newspapers in Chicago. He eventually b ...

(born 1950), American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker *

(born 1949), Austrian contemporary artist *

(born 1950), American boxing commentator *

Alan Bernstein Alan Bernstein (born June 25, 1947) is president and CEO of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR (the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research). He is recognized as a leader in health research, science policy, mentorship and organizati ...

(born 1947), Canadian medical researcher *

Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (15 March 1936 – 13 April 2010) was a British television executive and a Labour member of the House of Lords. Descending from Latvian Jewish immigrants and educated at Stowe School and S ...

(1936–2010), British television executive and politician and psychologist, doctor of medicine, professor * Alfred Bernstein (1911–2003), American civil rights and union activist * Andrew Bernstein (born 1949), American Objectivist philosopher *

Armyan Bernstein Barry "Armyan" Bernstein (born August 12, 1947) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. He is the co-founder and chairman of film company Beacon Pictures. Career Bernstein has produced, executive produced, written or direc ...

, American film producer, director and screenwriter *

Arnold Bernstein Arnold Bernstein (23 January 1888, in Breslau, Silesia, German Empire – March 1971 in Ocean Ridge, Florida, U.S.Artie Bernstein Arthur Bernstein (February 4, 1909 – January 4, 1964) was an American jazz double bassist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started his musical career playing cello on board cruise ships to South America, and also studied law at New York Univers ...

(1909–1964), American jazz bassist *

Aryeh Leib Bernstein Aryeh Leib Bernstein (1708 – October 22, 1788) was the first and only Chief Rabbi of Galicia. Life Bernstein was born in 1708 in Brody, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. His father Issacher Ber was a rabbi who served as rabbi of Kehillat ...

(1708–1788), Chief Rabbi of Galicia *

Assaf Bernstein Assaf Bernstein ( he, אסף ברנשטיין; born 8 July 1970) is an Israeli screenwriter, film director and film producer. Life and works Bernstein was born in Israel and graduated cum laude from NYU Film School. Bernstein began his fil ...

(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 Bernard Bernstein (30 November 1908 – 6 February 1990) was an American economist and public official. Background Bernard Bernstein was born on November 30, 1908, in New York City. He had at least one brother and one sister. He receiv ...

(1908–1990), American economist and public official *

(1899–1963), English table tennis player *

Byron Bernstein Byron Daniel Bernstein (May 8, 1989 – July 2, 2020), better known as Reckful, was an American Twitch streamer and professional esports player. He was best known in the gaming community for his achievements in ''World of Warcraft'' and ''Asheron ...

(1989–2020), known as Reckful, Israeli-American Twitch streamer and former professional Esports player *

Bonnie Bernstein Bonnie Lynn Bernstein (born August 16, 1970) is an American sports journalist and executive. She has been named one of the most accomplished female sportscasters in history by the American Sportscasters Association. Bernstein is Vice President, Co ...

(born 1970), American sports broadcaster *

Carl Bernstein Carl Milton Bernstein ( ; born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original n ...

(born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter *

Charles Bernstein (poet) Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, essayist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein is the Donald T. Regan Professor, Emeritus, Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent m ...

(born 1950), American poet, father of Felix Bernstein *

Charles Bernstein (composer) Charles Harold Bernstein (born February 28, 1943) is an American composer of film and television scores. He is a Daytime Emmy Award winner, and a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Board of Governors of ...

(born 1943), film and television music composer *

Daniel Bernstein Daniel Bernstein is a composer for video games and movies. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (now part of Russia), he received a B.S. in computer science and an M.A. in music composition from the University of Virginia. Bernstein started in ga ...

, video game and movie composer, and CEO of Sandlot Games * Daniel J. Bernstein (born 1971), American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in ''Bernstein v. United States'' *

David Bernstein (executive) David Alan Bernstein CBE (born 22 May 1943) is a British business executive who is the chairman of the British Red Cross, member of the advisory board at Cogress Ltd and was the former chairman of French Connection. A Chartered Accountant by p ...

(born 1943), English football and business executive * David E. Bernstein (born 1967), American law professor, writer, libertarian * David I. Bernstein, Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City * Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), German Social Democrat * Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004), American composer and conductor * Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949), Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent *

Evan Bernstein ''For the American public figure and community leader, see Evan R. Bernstein.'' Evan Bernstein (אבן ברנשטיין; born April 16, 1960) is an Israeli-American former Olympic wrestler for Israel. Personal life Bernstein was born in the Un ...

(born 1960), Israeli Olympic wrestler * Felix Bernstein (artist) (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), a ...

(1878–1956), German mathematician * F. W. Bernstein (1938–2018), German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic *

Georg Heinrich Bernstein Georg Heinrich Bernstein (January 12, 1787 – April 5, 1860) was a German orientalist. Biography He was born at Cospeda, near Jena. He studied at the universities of Jena, Leipzig, and Göttingen, and in 1812 became an associate professor of ...

(1787–1860), German orientalist * Harry Bernstein (1910–2011), British-born American author *

Heinrich Agathon Bernstein Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (22 September 1828 – 19 April 1865) was a German naturalist, zoologist and explorer from Breslau (Wrocław). Biography Early years Heinrich Agathon Bernstein was born on 22 September 1828 in Breslau (modern-day ...

(1828–1865), German naturalist, zoologist and explorer *

Henri Bernstein Henri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (20 June 1876 – 27 November 1953) was a French playwright associated with Boulevard theatre. Biography Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays, including ''La Rafale'' (1905), ''Le Voleur'' (1907), ...

(also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876–1953), French playwright *

Henry Bernstein (sociologist) Henry Bernstein is a British sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. He has worked for several decades on the political economy of agrarian change, social theory, ...

(1912–1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist *

Herman Bernstein Herman Bernstein ( yi, הערמאַן בערנשטײן, September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Albania and ...

(1876–1935), Jewish American journalist and writer * Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights

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* Ignatius Bernstein (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer *

Ira B. Bernstein Ira Borah Bernstein (born November 8, 1924) is an American theoretical physicist specializing in plasma physics. He was the first person to formulate the theory of electrostatic waves propagating in a magnetized plasma in 1958, which are now co ...

(born 1924), American physicist, specializing in theoretical plasma physics *

Isadore Bernstein Isadore Bernstein (November 26, 1876 – October 19, 1944) was an American screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for more than 60 films between 1914 and 1938. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart a ...

(1876–1944), American screenwriter * J. Sidney Bernstein (1877–1943), Russian-American lawyer, politician, and judge * Jack Bernstein (1899–1945), American boxer *

Jake Bernstein Jake Bernstein is President of Network Press, Inc. in Santa Cruz, California. Bernstein claims expertise in seasonal trading and has developed methods of trading in futures markets, and has been a featured speaker at many investment conferences a ...

, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author *

(born 1946), American financial businesspeople *

Jared Bernstein Jared Bernstein (born 1955) is an American economist. He is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama Admini ...

(born 1955), American economist *

Jed Bernstein Jed Bernstein (; born March 27, 1955) is the former president of The Broadway League and of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. For more than 25 years, Jed Bernstein has been a leader in theatrical production, venue management, arts administra ...

(born 1955), American executive in the performing arts *

Jeremy Bernstein Jeremy Bernstein (born December 31, 1929, in Rochester, New York) is an American theoretical physicist and popular science writer. Early life Bernstein's parents, Philip S. Bernstein, a Reform rabbi, and Sophie Rubin Bernstein named him after th ...

(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 (1906–1932), German aviator * Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist, author, and teacher *

Lionel Bernstein Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein (20 March 1920 – 23 June 2002) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He played a key role in political organizations such as the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Africa ...

(1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner * Ludwig B. Bernstein (1870–1944), Latvian-American sociologist and social worker * Matt Bernstein (born 1982), American football player * Max Bernstein (1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author * Melanie Bernstein (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 Mikhail Davidovich Bernshtein (russian: Михаил Давидович Бернштейн) (January 28, 1875, Rostov-on-Don – May 9, 1960, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the ...

(1875–1960), Soviet painter and art educator * Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (1895–1991), Israeli actress, director, poet and translator * Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter *

Nikolai Bernstein Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bernstein (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бернште́йн; 5 November 1896 – 16 January 1966) was a Soviet neurophysiologist who has pioneered motion-tracking devices and formal processing of in ...

(1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist

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Ossip Bernstein Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (20 September 1882 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian-French chess player and businessman. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Biography Born in Zhytomyr, ...

(1882–1962), Russian chess master *

Peretz Bernstein Peretz Bernstein ( he, פרץ ברנשטיין, born Shlomo Fritz Bernstein; 12 June 1890 – 21 March 1971) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Bern ...

(1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician *

Phil Bernstein Philip Alan Bernstein is a computer scientist specializing in database research in the Database Group of Microsoft Research. Bernstein is also an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and frequent committee member or chair of confe ...

, American computer scientist * Rhett Bernstein (born 1987), American soccer player * Ronni Reis-Bernstein (born 1966), American tennis player *

Roxy Bernstein Allen Samuel "Roxy" Bernstein (born September 25, 1972) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, the Pac-12 Network, and the Oakland Athletics. Early life and career Bernstein was born in San Francisco and grew up on the Peninsula in the Bay Area. ...

(born 1972), American sportscaster *

Salomon Bernstein Salomon or Schlomo Bernstein (1886 in Uzda, Belarus – 1968 in Holon, Israel) was a painter. He completed art studies in Vilnius, Odessa as well as at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1914, ...

(1886–1968), Israeli painter *

Samuil Bernstein Samuil Borisovich Bernstein (russian: Самуил Борисович Бернштейн; surname also transcribed as Bernshteyn; , Barguzin – October 6, 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet linguist, known for his work on Slavic languages, in particular ...

(1911–1997), Soviet linguist *

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (russian: Серге́й Ната́нович Бернште́йн, sometimes Romanized as ; 5 March 1880 – 26 October 1968) was a Ukrainian and Russian mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to parti ...

(1880–1968), Soviet mathematician *

Sid Bernstein (editor) Sidney Ralph Bernstein (1907–1993) was chairman of the executive committee of Crain Communications Inc. and had previously served as founding editor and publisher of ''Advertising Age''. Then-23 year old Sid Bernstein was the first editor of ' ...

(1907–1993), Advertising Age co-founder, Crain publications chairman, Ad Age writer/editor *

Sid Bernstein (impresario) Sidney Bernstein (August 12, 1918 – August 21, 2013) was an American music promoter, talent manager, and author. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, the Moody Bl ...

(1918–2013), brought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to America, organized rock concerts *

Sidney Bernstein (disambiguation) Sidney Bernstein may refer to: * Sid Bernstein (editor) (1907–1993), co-founder and editor of ''Advertising Age'', Chairman of Crain Publications * Sid Bernstein (impresario) (1918–2013), who brought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the Uni ...

* Seymour Bernstein (born 1927), American pianist, composer, and teacher. *

Theodore Menline Bernstein Theodore Menline Bernstein (November 17, 1904 – June 27, 1979) was an assistant managing editor of ''The New York Times'' and from 1925 to 1950 a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Biography Bernstein obtained his B.A. fro ...

(1904–1979), American journalist, ''New York Times'' editor *

Theresa Bernstein Theresa Ferber Bernstein-Meyerowitz (March 1, 1890 – February 13, 2002) was an American artist and writer born in Kraków, in what is now Poland, and raised in Philadelphia. She received her art training in Philadelphia and New York City. Over ...

(1890–2002), American artist and painter *

Walter Bernstein Walter Bernstein (August 20, 1919 – January 23, 2021) was an American screenwriter and film producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s because of his views on communism. Some of his notable works included ''The ...

(1919-2021), American film producer and screenwriter *

William J. Bernstein William J. Bernstein (born 1948) is an American financial theorist and neurologist. His research is in the field of modern portfolio theory and he has published books for individual investors who wish to manage their own equity portfolios. He live ...

(born 1948), American financial theorist *

Zalman Bernstein Zalman Chaim Bernstein (1926-1999; זלמן חיים ברנשטיין), originally known in his businesses as Sanford Bernstein, was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

(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 (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 ''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 fighti ...

, a major villain in the ''King of Fighters'' video game series * Adelheid Bernstein, 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'' * Judith Bernstein, pseudonym of the character

Janine Butcher Janine Carter (also Butcher, Evans and Malloy) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', introduced in 1989. The character was played by Rebecca Michael from 1989 to 1993, Alexia Demetriou from 1993 to 1996, and Charlie ...

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

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Château du Bernstein The Château du Bernstein is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Dambach-la-Ville, in the Bas-Rhin ''département'' of France. It is situated at an altitude of . Originally, the castle belonged to the Counts of Eguisheim Dabo. After the ...

, a castle in Alsace, France *

Bernstein im Burgenland Bernstein ( hu, Borostyánkő) is a municipality in Burgenland in the district Oberwart (district), Oberwart in Austria. Geography Parts of the municipality are Dreihütten, Redlschlag, Rettenbach, and Stuben. Population Politics Of the 23 po ...

, a village near the Austrian-Hungarian border *

Pełczyce Pełczyce (german: Bernstein, Kashubian language: Bersztén) is a town in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administr ...

, a town in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship (part of Germany until 1945), known in German as ''Bernstein'' *

Bernstein (Northern Black Forest) The Bernstein is a mountain, , in the Northern Black Forest within the borough of Gaggenau (estate of Rotenfels), and the borough of Bad Herrenalb, (estate of Bernbach (Bad Herrenalb), Bernbach). It is part of the ridge that borders the lower Mu ...

, a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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