Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

* Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar *

Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (german: link=no, Bernhard, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen; 30 June 1901 – 4 October 1984) was the head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen from 1946 until his death. Prince of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard was born in K� ...

(1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946–1984 * Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (1905–1998), German nobleman, artist, and author *

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld , house = Lippe , father = Prince Bernhard of Lippe , mother = Armgard von Cramm , birth_date = , birth_name = Count Bernhard of Biesterfeld , birth_place = Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany , death_date = ...

(1911–2004), Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands * Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden (born 1970), German prince * Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander *

Bernhard Garside Bernhard Herbert Garside (born 21 January 1962) is a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to El Salvador from 2015 to 2019. Career Garside attended the University of Glasgow and obtained an MA in German and Social & Political Philosoph ...

(born 1962), British diplomat *

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ...

(1884–1964), German actor *

Bernhard Grill Bernhard Grill (born January 5, 1961) is one of the developers of the MP3 technology. Grill was born in Schwabach and studied Electrical Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg. From 1988 to 1995 he engaged in the d ...

(born 1961), one of the developers of MP3 technology * Bernhard Heiliger (1915–1995), German sculptor *

Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first official number one ran ...

(born 1957), German golfer * Bernhard Maier (born 1963), German celticist * Bernhard Raimann (born 1997), Austrian American football player * Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), German mathematician *

Bernhard Siebken __NOTOC__ Bernhard Siebken (4 April 1910 – 20 January 1949) was a German SS commander during World War II and a convicted war criminal. He was sentenced to death for the killing of Canadian prisoners of war and was executed in 1949. Siebken w ...

(1910–1949), German Nazi SS commander, executed for war crimes * Bernhard Vogel (born 1932), German politician *

Bernhard Zintl Bernhard Zintl (born June 16, 1965) is a retired male pole vaulter from Germany, who represented West Germany during his career. He set his personal best (5.65 metres) on 26 August 1989 in the final of the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg D ...

(born 1965), German pole vaulter * Prince Bernhard von Bülow (born 1849) Prince, Prime Minister of Prussia and Chancellor of the German Empire

Surname

:''See also :de:Bernhard (Familienname) * Christian Bernhard (born 1963), Austrian politician (

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Christoph Bernhard Christoph Bernhard (1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and in Wa ...

(1628–1692), German composer *

Marc Bernhard Marc Bernhard (born 5 February 1972) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. Life and politics Bernhard was born 1972 in the west German town of Reutli ...

(born 1972), German politician *

Rudolf Bernhard Rudolf Bernhard or Rudolf Bernhard Conrath (26 March 1901 – 21 October 1962) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. In 1941 Berhar ...

(1901-1962), Swiss comedian *

Ruth Bernhard Ruth Bernhard (October 14, 1905 – December 18, 2006) was a German-born American photographer. Early life and education Bernhard was born in Berlin to Lucian Bernhard and Gertrude Hoffmann. Lucian Bernhard was known for his poster and typeface ...

(1905–2006), photographer *

Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilizat ...

(1931–1989), Austrian playwright and novelist * Sandra Bernhard (born 1955), comedian, singer, actress and author *

Timo Bernhard Timo Bernhard (born 24 February 1981) is a former driver from Germany. He was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is a winner of the Triple Crown in endurance racing. On 29 June 2 ...

(born 1981), sports car racer *Nadja Bernhard (born 1975), Austrian news presenter