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surname. It means "mountain man" in both languages, as well as "miner" in German. ''

Bergman Bergman is a surname of German language, German, Sweden, Swedish, Dutch language, Dutch and Yiddish origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes (only in German) 'miner'.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bergmann People *Alan Bergman (b ...

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Art Bergmann Arthur Frank Bergmann (born February 8, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have ...

(born 1953), Canadian rock singer-songwriter * Carl Bergmann, (1814–1865) German anatomist, physiologist and biologist who developed the

Bergmann's rule Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographical rule that states that within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, while populations and species of smaller size are found in warmer ...

* Carl Bergmann (1821–1876), German-American cellist and conductor * Carl Bergmann (1874–1935), German secretary of state *

Daniel Bergmann Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

(born 1962), Czech filmmaker and media mogul (son of Pavel) * Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969), Icelandic writer and professor of political science * Ernst Bergmann (1881–1945), German philosopher and proponent of Nazism *

Ernst David Bergmann Ernst David Bergmann ( he, ארנסט דוד ברגמן; 1903 – April 6, 1975) was an Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist. He is often considered the father of the Israeli nuclear program. Biography Ernst David Bergmann was born in Ge ...

(1903–1975), Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist who found a nuclear program (brother of Theodor, the agronomist) *

Ernst von Bergmann Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery. Biography ...

(1836–1907), Baltic German surgeon who introduced principles of

aseptic surgery Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, pathogenic fungi, and parasites). There are two categories of asepsis: medical and surgical. The modern day notion of asepsis is deriv ...

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Frithjof Bergmann Frithjof Harold Bergmann (24 December 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a German professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he taught courses on existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel, and Marx. He was known for the concept of ...

(1930–2021), German philosophy professor *

Gretel Bergmann Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017)high jumper in Germany during the 1930s * Heinrich Bergmann (?–?), head of the Criminal Division of the German

Kripo ''Kriminalpolizei'' (, "criminal police") is the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany, the Kripo was the criminal polic ...

in German-occupied Estonia * Franz Xaver Bergmann (1861–1936), Austrian foundry owner *

Hugo Bergmann Hugo Bergmann ( Hebrew: שמואל הוגו ברגמן; December 25, 1883 – June 18, 1975) was an Israeli philosopher, born in Prague. Biography Hugo Samuel Bergmann was born and raised in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He was a member of the P ...

(1883–1975), German-Israeli Jewish philosopher (father of Martin S.) *

Gustav Bergmann Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906 – April 21, 1987) was an Austrian-born American philosopher. He studied at the University of Vienna and was a member of the Vienna Circle. Bergmann was influenced by the philosophers Moritz Schlick, Friedri ...

(1906–1987), Austrian-born American philosopher *

Jason Bergmann Jason Christopher Bergmann (born September 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, and grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey where he played high school baseball at Manalapan ...

(born 1981), American baseball player *

Júlia Bergmann Júlia Isabelle Bergmann (born February 21, 2001) is a German-Brazilian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Brazil women's national volleyball team Early life Júlia Isabelle Bergmann was born and raised in Munich, Germany ...

(born 2001), German-Brazilian volleyball player *

Juliette Bergmann Juliette Bergmann (previously Meijer) (born November 30, 1958) is a Dutch female bodybuilding champion. Early years and education Bergmann (born Juliette Maria Suzanna Bergmann) was born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, from a Dutch mother and an ...

(born 1958), Dutch bodybuilder *

Martin S. Bergmann Martin S. Bergmann (February 15, 1913 – January 22, 2014) was a clinical professor of psychology of the New York University post-doctoral program where he taught the course on the history of psychoanalysis. He was a major voice in the post-Fre ...

(1913–2014), American psychoanalyst (son of Hugo) * Michael Bergmann, American filmmaker (grandson of Hugo) * Pavel Bergmann (1930–2005), Czech philosopher & historian, signatory of

Charter 77 Charter 77 (''Charta 77'' in Czech and Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members and architects were Jiří Něm ...

(father of Daniel and nephew of Hugo) *

Peter Bergmann Peter Gabriel Bergmann (24 March 1915 – 19 October 2002) was a German-American physicist best known for his work with Albert Einstein on a unified field theory encompassing all physical interactions. He also introduced primary and secondar ...

(?–2009), alias used by an unidentified German-speaking man who died under mysterious circumstances *

Peter Gabriel Bergmann Peter Gabriel Bergmann (24 March 1915 – 19 October 2002) was a German-American physicist best known for his work with Albert Einstein on a unified field theory encompassing all physical interactions. He also introduced primary and seco ...

(1915–2002), German-American physicist *

Ralph Bergmann Ralph Bergmann (born May 26, 1970 in Ruit auf den Fildern, Baden-Württemberg) is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the National Team in the 2000s. He played as a middle-blocker. Honours *2001 FIVB World League The 2001 FIVB Vo ...

(born 1970), German volleyball player *

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; ; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. Durin ...

(born 1946), German conservative politician who served as the last head of state of the German Democratic Republic *

Stefan Bergmann Stefan Bergman (5 May 1895 – 6 June 1977) was a Congress Poland-born American mathematician whose primary work was in complex analysis. His name is also written Bergmann; he dropped the second "n" when he came to the U. S. He is best known for ...

(1895–1977), mathematician *

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 19 December 1955) is a Brazilian astrophysicist working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She won the Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on supermassive black holes. ...

(born 1955), leading Brazilian astrophysicist *

Theodor Bergmann Theodor Bergmann (May 21, 1850 in Sailauf – March 23, 1931 in Gaggenau)Erich Keyser; Heinz Stoob, ''Deutsches Städtebuch, Handbuch städtischer Geschichte'', Stuttgart, Kohlhammer Verlag, 1939. (page 239) was a German businessman ...

(1850–1931), German businessman and industrialist *

(1916–2017), German agronomist and published author (brother of Ernst David) *

(born 1996), German footballer * Walter Bergmann (1902–1988), German composer and musician

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