Bergman is a surname of

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and

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origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes (only in German) 'miner'.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bergmann

People

* Abraham Bergman (1932–2023), American pediatrician *

Alan Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (née Katz; November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celeb ...

(born 1925), American songwriter *

(1943–2010), American ballet dancer * Alfred Bergman (1889–1961), American baseball and football player *

Amanda Bergman Karin Amanda Bergman Hollingby (born 1987) is a Swedish singer-songwriter from Dalarna and member of Amason (band), Amason. She has previously performed and released music under the stage names Idiot Wind, Jaw Lesson, and Hajen. Career Bergman ...

(born 1987), Swedish musician *

Andrew Bergman Andrew Bergman (born February 20, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. His best-known films include '' Blazing Saddles'', '' The In-Laws'', '' The Freshman'' and ''Striptease''. Early life Born to a Jewish family, Ber ...

(born 1945), American film director *

Anita Bergman Anita Bergman is a Canadian politician, who sat in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1994 to 1995.Jene M. Porter, ''Perspectives of Saskatchewan''. University of Manitoba Press, 2008. . A member of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party caucu ...

, Canadian politician *

Annie Bergman Annie Bergman (15 December 1889 – 11 January 1987) was a Swedish artist, writer, and children's book author. Early life and education Annie Bergman was born on 15 December 1889 in Liège, Belgium to Ingeborg Billquist and William Bergman. H ...

(1889-1987), Swedish artist, writer, and children’s book author. *

Bo Bergman Bo Hjalmar Bergman (6 October 1869 – 17 November 1967) was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death. His works form the inspiration for works by several major Swedish c ...

(1869–1967), Swedish poet * Borah Bergman (1926–2012), American pianist * Cam Bergman (born 1983), Canadian lacrosse player *

Carl Bergman Carl Johan Arvid Bergman (born 10 October 1987) is a retired Swedish tennis player. Career Bergman made his ATP main draw debut at the 2008 Swedish Open in the doubles draw partnering Henrik Norfeldt. The pair lost in the second round to Davi ...

(born 1987), Swedish tennis player *

Carl Johan Bergman Carl Johan Bergman (born 14 March 1978) is a former Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian wife, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is , and weighs . He studies computer science at the Norwegian University of Science and ...

(born 1978), Swedish biathlete *

Charlotte Bergman Charlotte Bergman (; 1903–2002) was born in Antwerp and was an art collector and philanthropist. Biography Charlotte Bergman was born in Antwerp in 1903. She was the daughter of a Polish-born diamond merchant. Charlotte Bergman married Loui ...

(1903–2002), Belgian art collector and philanthropist *

Christian Bergman Christian Stanford Bergman (born May 4, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners. Amateur career Bergman attended St. Francis High School i ...

(born 1988), American baseball player *

Dag Bergman Dag Erik Bergman (23 October 1914 – 10 December 1984) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Bergman was the son of Erik Bergman, a parish minister, and his wife , née Åkerblom, and the older brother of film director Ingmar Bergman and novelist ...

(1914–1984), Swedish diplomat *

Daniel Bergman Daniel Sebastian Bergman (; born 7 September 1962) is a Swedish film director. He is the son of Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely consid ...

(born 1962), Swedish film director *

Dave Bergman David Bruce Bergman (June 6, 1953 – February 2, 2015) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, designated hitter and left fielder who played between 1975 and 1992. Early life Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bergman was an alumnus of M ...

(1953–2015), American baseball player * David Bergman (born 1950), American writer * David Bergman (born ca. 1965), British journalist * David Bergman (born 1981), Dutch baseball player *

Dusty Bergman Dustin Michael Bergman (born February 1, 1978) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Anaheim Angels in 2004. Bergman attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and in 1998 he played collegiate su ...

(born 1978), American baseball player *

Dutch Bergman Arthur J. "Dutch" Bergman (February 23, 1895 – August 18, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now New Mexico State University, from 19 ...

(1895–1972), American football player and coach *

Elin Bergman Elin Johanna Bergman (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish singer. She was the first runner-up of the Swedish '' Idol 2013'', losing to Kevin Walker. During week 9 of the show, the contestants each composed and wrote a song alongside several estab ...

(born 1995), Swedish singer *

Ellen Bergman Ellen Bergman (5 January 1842 – 5 December 1921) was a Swedish musician, vocal educator and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Biography Eleonora (Ellen) Magdalena Bergman was born at Strängnäs, S ...

(1842–1921), Swedish musician and women's rights activist *

Eric Bergman Henry Eric Bergman (1893–1958), born Heinrich Erich Bergmann, was a Canadian artist born in Dresden, Germany. Bergman’s training was as a commercial wood engraver illustrating catalogs and business prospectuses. He later took up fine art workin ...

(1893–1958), Canadian artist *

Erik Bergman Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911 – 24 April 2006) was a composer of european classical music, classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bein ...

(1911–2006), Finnish composer *

Eva Bergman Eva Bergman (born 5 September 1945) is a Swedish film, theatre and television director who worked at Dramaten. She is the daughter of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish f ...

(born 1945), Swedish film director *

Folke Bergman Folke Bergman (29 August 1902 — 22 May 1946) was a Swedish explorer and archaeologist. Biography Hans Folke Bergman was born at Klara parish in Stockholm, Sweden. He participated in the 1924–1926 excavations of Stora Torget in Visby. F ...

(1902–1946), Swedish explorer and archaeologist *

Gary Bergman Gary Gunnar Bergman (October 7, 1938 – December 8, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, Bergman played in the National Hockey League from 1964 to 1976, mostly for the Detroit Red Wings. He was also a part of Team C ...

(1938–2000), Canadian ice hockey player * Geoff Bergman, American bass guitarist *

George Bergman George Mark Bergman, born on 22 July 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968, under the direction of John Tate. The yea ...

(born 1943), American mathematician * Gustaf Bergman (1898–1971), Swedish boxer * Gustav Bergman (1872–1962), Canadian politician *

Håkan Bergman Carl-Håkan Bergman (born 1954) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Swe ...

(born 1954), Swedish politician *

Henry Bergman Henry Bergman (February 23, 1868 – October 22, 1946) was an American actor of stage and film, known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin. Biography Born in San Francisco, California, Bergman acted in live theatre, appearing in ''Henri ...

(1868–1946), American actor *

Hjalmar Bergman Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman (19 September 1883 in Örebro, Sweden – 1 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany) was a Swedish writer and playwright. Biography The son of a banker in Örebro, Bergman briefly studied philosophy at Uppsala Univers ...

(1883–1931), Swedish author *

Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cin ...

(1915–1982), Swedish actress *

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

(1918–2007), Swedish stage and film director * Jaime Bergman (born 1975), American model and actress *

Jack Bergman John Warren Bergman (born February 2, 1947) is an American politician and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Re ...

(born 1947), former

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

and U.S Representative from the 1st district of

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

since 2017 *

Jay Bergman (disambiguation) Jay Bergman may refer to: * Jay Bergman (baseball) Jay Bergman (born February 6, 1939) is an American former college baseball coach. During his coaching career he served as the head coach of Seminole Community College, Florida Gators baseball, ...

Jeff Bergman Jeffrey Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with ''Looney Tunes'' and Hanna-Barbera. Bergman was the first to replace Mel Blanc as th ...

(born 1960), American voice actor * Joe Bergman (born 1947), American basketball player and psychiatrist * Jonas Bergman (1724–1810), Finnish painter * Julius Bergman (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Lawrence Bergman (born 1940), Canadian politician *

Lena Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

(born 1943), Swedish actress * Lisbeth Grönfeldt Bergman (born 1948), Swedish politician * Liv Kjersti Bergman (born 1979), Norwegian biathlete *

Lowell Bergman Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945) is an American journalist, television producer, and professor of journalism. Bergman was a producer, reporter, and director of investigative reporting at ABC News. Later a producer for CBS’s ''60 Minutes,'' he ...

(born 1945), American television producer *

Marie Bergman Marie Bergman (born 21 November 1950) is a Swedish singer. Between 1969 and 1972, she was a member in the pop group Family Four, which represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 and 1972. She started her solo career in 1974. Sh ...

(born 1950), Swedish singer *

Marilyn Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (née Katz; November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celeb ...

(1929–2022), American composer, songwriter and author *

Marit Bergman Liv-Marit Bergman (born 21 May 1975) is a Swedish pop musician. Biography Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck. She has also been playing and ...

(born 1975), Swedish musician * Martin Bergman (born 1957), British producer, writer and director *

Martina Bergman-Österberg Martina Sofia Helena Bergman-Österberg (née Bergman; 7 October 1849 – 29 July 1915)Westrin, p. 194 was a Sweden, Swedish-born physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate who spent most of her working life in Britain. After stu ...

(1849–1915), Swedish physical educationer and feminist *

Mary Kay Bergman Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also briefly credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the official voice of the Disney character Snow White from 1989 to 1999 and the lead fem ...

(1961–1999), American voice actress * Miranda Bergman (born 1940), American muralist * Per Bergman (1886–1950), Swedish sailor *

Peter Bergman Peter Michael Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is an American television actor best known for his portrayals on soap operas: as Cliff Warner on ''All My Children'' (1979–89) on ABC and as Jack Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1989–pre ...

(1939–2012), American writer and comedian *

(born 1953), American actor * Phil Bergman (born 1971), New Zealand rugby league player *

Ram Bergman Ram Bergman () is an Israeli film producer. He is known for producing ''Brick'' (2005), '' The Brothers Bloom'' (2008), '' Looper'' (2012), '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), and ''Knives Out'' (2019), all of which were written and directed by ...

, Israeli film producer * Robert G. Bergman (born 1942), American chemist * Robert L. Bergman (1948–2013), American politician *

Ronen Bergman Ronen Bergman (; born June 16, 1972) is an Israeli investigative journalist and author. He previously wrote for ''Haaretz'', and as of 2010, was a senior political and military analyst for ''Yedioth Ahronoth''. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his co ...

(born 1972), Israeli journalist and author * S. Bear Bergman (born 1974), American author *

Sandahl Bergman Sandahl Bergman is an American former actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Valeria in the film ''Conan the Barbarian'' (1982), for which she won a Golden Globe and a Saturn Award. Early life Bergman was born 14 November 19 ...

(born 1951), American actress * Sergio Bergman, Argentine rabbi and politician * Shane Bergman (born 1990), Canadian football player *

Signe Bergman ''Signe'' Wilhelmina Ulrika Bergman (10 April 1869 – 9 May 1960) was a Swedish Feminism, feminist. She was the chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden), National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR) which was the ...

(1869–1960), Swedish suffragette *

Stanisław Bergman Stanisław Wojciech Bergman (13 April 1862, Krosno – 28 August 1930, Krosno) was a Polish painter of historical scenes, Genre art, genre scenes, portraits and still-lifes. Biography He was born to a wealthy bourgeois family. From 1879 to 1885 ...

(1882–1930), Polish painter *

Stefan Bergman Stefan Bergman (5 May 1895 – 6 June 1977) was a Russian Poland, Poland-born American mathematician whose primary work was in complex analysis. He is known for the positive-definite kernel, kernel function he discovered in 1922 at Humboldt Univer ...

(1895–1977), American mathematician * Sten Bergman (1895–1975), Swedish zoologist * Stina Bergman (1888–1976), Swedish author *

Sune Bergman Sune Bergman (5 December 1952 – 30 August 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey player and manager. As the coach of HV71, he led them to their first Swedish Championship, the 1994–95 Elitserien season, 1995 Swedish national championship. Reference ...

(1952–2021), Swedish ice hockey player * Susan Bergman (1957–2006), American writer * Thommie Bergman (born 1947), Swedish ice hockey player *

Torbern Bergman Torbern Olof Bergman (''KVO'') (20 March 17358 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 ''Dissertation on Elective Attractions'', containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first ...

(1735–1784), Swedish chemist and mineralogist * Ulrika Bergman (born 1975), Swedish curler * Václav Bergman (1915–2002), Czechoslovak war pilot * Vera Bergman (1920–1971), German actress * Walter Bergman (1913–1986), South African numismatist * Yaacov Bergman (1945–2023), Israeli conductor

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 45.9% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bergman'' were residents of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

(frequency 1:13,886), 25.6% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

(1:680), 6.2% of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

(1:4,780), 3.7% of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

(1:17,333), 3.4% of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

(1:28,141), 3.2% of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

(1:3,042), 1.9% of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

(1:194,774), 1.6% of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

(1:25,897) and 1.4% of

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

(1:183,111). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:680) in the following counties: * 1.

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

(1:288) * 2.

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County (, Meänkieli/, ) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf ...

(1:292) * 3.

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

(1:400) * 4.

Jämtland County Jämtland County (, ) is a county or '' län'' in Sweden. It consists of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small strips of Lapland and Dalarna. It borders the countie ...

(1:447) * 5.

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and V� ...

(1:535) * 6.

Västmanland County Västmanland County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland County, Södermanland, Örebro County, Örebro, Gävleborg County, Gävleborg, Dalarna County, Dalarna and Uppsala Coun ...

(1:602) * 7.

Uppsala County Uppsala County () is a county or '' län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Province The nor ...

(1:605) * 8.

Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...

(1:620) * 9. Stockholm County (1:648) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,042) in the following regions:Bergman surname distribution
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Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

(1:236) * 2. Lapland (1:1,343) * 3. Ostrobothnia (1:1,609) * 4.

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

(1:1,770) * 5.

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

(1:2,074)

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