Bernadette is a

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name, a female form of the name

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''be ...

, which means "brave bear". Notable persons with the name include:

People

* Bernadette (singer) (born 1959), Dutch singer *

Bernadette Allen Bernadette Mary Allen (born May 15, 1956) is a retired American career diplomat and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. Education Born in Washington, D.C., Allen was raised in Seat Pleasant, MD, and educated in the Prince G ...

(born 1956), American foreign service officer and ambassador *

Bernadette Banner Bernadette Banner (born ) is an American YouTuber and author currently based in London. Education and previous career Banner studied in the Design and Production Studio at Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to graduation, she briefly worked as ...

(born 1994/1995), American-English dress historian and YouTuber *

Bernadette Beauvais Bernadette Beauvais (born 18 June 1949) is a French politician who represented the 6th constituency of the Seine-et-Marne department in the National Assembly for less than a month in 2021. Following the resignation of Jean-François Parigi ...

(born 1949), French politician * Bernadette Beck (born 1994), English actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and stunt woman *

Bernadette Bowyer Bernadette Maria Bowyer (born January 23, 1966, in Brampton, Ontario) is a former field hockey player from Canada. Bowyer represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of ...

(born 1966), Canadian field hockey player * Bernadette Carroll (1944–2018), American singer, member of the Angels in the 1960s *

Bernadette Castro Bernadette Castro (born July 10, 1944) is an American businesswoman and former New York politician who served in the Cabinet of former New York Governor George Pataki. She is a partner with her family in Castro Properties. In the early 1960s, s ...

(born 1944), American businesswoman *

Bernadette Cattanéo Bernadette Cattanéo ( Le Loarer; February 25, 1899 – September 22, 1963) was a French trade unionist and communist activist, as well as a newspaper editor and magazine co-founder. She is remembered as the secretary general of the World Committe ...

(1899–1963), French trade unionist and militant communist *

Bernadette Caulfield Bernadette Caulfield is an American television producer. She worked on the supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' and the HBO drama series ''Big Love'' and ''Game of Thrones''. She was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series f ...

, American television producer *

Bernadette Charleux Bernadette Charleux is a French polymer chemist. She is a member of the Academia Europaea and a senior member of the Institut universitaire de France since 2009. Since 2012, she is the Deputy Vice-president of Research and Development at Saint-G ...

, French polymer chemist *

Bernadette Chirac Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (; née Chodron de Courcel; born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac. She and Chirac met as students at Sciences Po, and were married on 16 March 1956. They ...

(born 1933), French politician, wife of former French President Jacques Chirac *

Bernadette Clement Bernadette Clement (born May 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician, who was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau on June 22, 2021. She was previously mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, having been elected in the 2018 ...

, Canadian politician *

Bernadette Collins Bernadette "Bernie" Collins is a Formula One (F1) strategy analyst for Sky Sports and F1TV and former F1 strategy engineer for the Aston Martin F1 team. Born in Northern Ireland, she began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduat ...

, British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland *

Bernadette Cooper Klymaxx is an American all-female pop/ R&B band from Los Angeles, California. The band's classic lineup consisted of Bernadette Cooper, Lorena Porter Shelby, Cheryl Cooley, Robbin Grider, Lynn Malsby, and Joyce "Fenderella" Irby. Klymaxx is bes ...

, American singer *

Bernadette Coston Bernadette Coston (born 17 August 1989, Johannesburg) is a South African field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an internat ...

(born 1989), South African field hockey player *

Bernadette Després Bernadette Després (28 March 1941 – 19 November 2024) was a French illustrator and comic book artist. Life and career Després was born in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 ...

(1941–2024), French illustrator and comic book artist *

Bernadette Drummond Bernadette Kathleen Drummond is a New Zealand dental academic, and was the first woman full professor in dentistry at the University of Otago. She is a specialist pediatric dentist, and past president of both the Royal Australasian College of ...

, New Zealand professor of dentistry *

Bernadette Dupont Bernadette Dupont (born 6 December 1936) is a French politician and a former member of the Senate of France. She represented the Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 20 ...

(born 1936), French politician *

Bernadette Eberlein Bernadette Eberlein is a dermatologist, allergologist, academic, and researcher. She is the Senior Physician of the private outpatient clinic, the Photodermatology unit, the unit for Soft X-Ray Therapy at Technical University of Munich. Eberle ...

(born 1964), German dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher * Bernadette Farrell (born 1957), British hymnographer and composer *

Bernadette Graf Bernadette Graf (born 25 June 1992) is an Austrian judoka. Graf represented Austria at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In May 2023, Graf completed basic training with the Austrian police together with Sabrina Filzmoser and on May 17, 2023, ...

(born 1992), Austrian judoka * Bernadette Hall (born 1948), New Zealand playwright and poet *

Bernadette Kelly Dame Bernadette Mary Kelly, (born 10 March 1964) is a British senior civil servant who has served as permanent secretary for the Department for Transport since 18 April 2017. Early life Kelly was born on 10 March 1964 to Edward and Teresa Kel ...

(born 1964), British civil servant *

Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont (; 28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my e ...

(1938–2013), French actress * Bernadette Luciano, New Zealand language and culture academic *

Bernadette Mayer Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022) was an American poet, writer, and visual artist associated with both the Language poets and the New York School (art), New York School. Early life and education Bernadette Mayer was born ...

(1945–2022), American poet, writer, and visual artist *

Bernadette McDonald Bernadette McDonald (born 1951) is a Canadian-born author of several non-fiction books, primarily on mountain culture topics. Her books include ''Brotherhood of the Rope'', ''Tomaž Humar'', ''Freedom Climbers'', ''Alpine Warriors'', ''Art Of Fr ...

(born 1951), Canadian author *

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Josephine Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin; born 23 April 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader and former politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in North ...

(born 1947), Irish political activist * Bernadette Meehan (born 1975), American diplomat and nonprofit organization executive *

Bernadette Menu Bernadette Marie Thérèse Menu (née Mangin, 8 May 1938 – 29 May 2023) was a French archaeologist and Egyptologist, whose research work on ancient Egypt is widely known. She was mother of the writer Jean-Christophe Menu. Life and career Ber ...

(1938–2023), French Egyptologist *

Bernadette Meyler Bernadette Meyler is the Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, where she has taught since 2013. Meyler's scholarship focuses on British and American constitutional law, the history of the common law, and the intersection o ...

, American law academic * Bernadette Moriau, French nun whose recovery from a spinal problem was declared a miracle * Bernadette Nolan (1960–2013), Irish singer and actress *

Bernadette O'Farrell Bernadette Mary O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress in film and television, best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s. Early years O'Farrell was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State. Her mother ...

(1924–1999), Irish actress *

Bernadette Pajer Bernadette Pajer is an author known for her works, particularly the Professor Bradshaw Mystery series, whodunnits set in her home of Washington State circa 1900, about a professor who applies his knowledge of the new science of electrical engineeri ...

, American author *

Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters ( ''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released reco ...

(born 1948), American actress and singer *

Bernadette Quigley Bernadette Quigley is an American television, film, stage and voice-over actress. She is known for her recurring role of the Chaplain in ''Mr. Robot'' (Season 2) and numerous guest-star appearances on shows such as ''The Blacklist (TV series), T ...

(born 1960), American actress * Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (born 1971), Filipino government official * Bernadette Roberts (1931–2017), American nun *

Bernadette Sanou Dao Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Republic of Upper Volta, Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagad ...

(born 1952), Burkinabé author and politician * Bernadette Sands McKevitt (born 1958), Irish politician * Bernadette Sanchez (born 1953), American politician *

Bernadette Schild Bernadette Schild (born 2 January 1990) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Schild specialised in slalom and made her World Cup debut in March 2008 at Bormio Bormio (, , ) is a town and ''comu ...

(born 1990), Austrian ski racer *

Bernadette Seacrest Bernadette Seacrest is an American vocalist born in San Francisco, California. Career In 2001 Seacrest began singing for The Long Goners, a Rockabilly band originating in Albuquerque, New Mexico that shared the stage with Hank Williams III, Big ...

, American vocalist *

Bernadette Sembrano Bernadette Lorraine Palisada Dominguez Sembrano-Aguinaldo (; born February 18, 1976) is a Filipina broadcast journalist, television presenter, news anchor, musician, author, and former field reporter. Career Newscasting career with IBC 13 an ...

(born 1976), Filipino television reporter, newscaster, and host * Bernadette Smith, Canadian politician *

Bernadette Strachan Bernadette Strachan (' Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of "chick lit". Biography Strachan was born in Fulham, London, into an Irish Catholic family. Her Irish b ...

(born 1962), English author *

Bernadette Soubirous Bernadette Soubirous, Sisters of Charity of Nevers, SCN (; ; ; 7 January 184416 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes (religious name, in religion Sister Marie-Bernarde), was a miller's daughter from Lourdes ( in Occitan), in the Dep ...

(1844–1879), also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, French Marian visionary *

Bernadette Speach Bernadette Speach (born January 1, 1948) is an American avant-garde composer and pianist. Known for her minimalist approach, she often synthesizes improvisation and through-composed material. Biography Born in Syracuse, New York, Speach earned her ...

(born 1948), American composer and pianist * Bernadette Stanislaus (born 1954), American actress and writer known as Bernadette Stanis and Bern Nadette Stanis *

Bernadette Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania. She is the incumbent European games champion in women's singles and a three time Olympian, having participated in 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions o ...

(born 1995), Romanian table tennis player *

Bernadette Van Roy Bernadette Van Roy (born 10 September 1948) is a Belgian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and of ...

(born 1948), Belgian middle-distance runner

Film

* ''Bernadette'' (film), 2023 biography-comedy with Catherine Deneuve as the wife of French President Chirac

Fictional characters

*Bernadette Fox, the titular character in the novel '' Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' and its film adaptation *Bernadette Harvey, in ''The Magdalene Sisters'' *Bernadette McGloughlin, one of the titular characters from the Irish film '' The Commitments'' *

Bernadette Rostenkowski The American television sitcom franchise ''The Big Bang Theory'', began with the multi-cam laugh track sitcom of the same name created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, which premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007, and end ...

, on the American television series ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...

'' *

Bernadette Taylor ''EastEnders'' is a BBC soap opera that first aired on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Sean O'Co ...

, in the British television series ''EastEnders'' * Bernadette, in the animated television series ''

Bob and Margaret ''Bob and Margaret'' is an adult animated sitcom created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and co-produced by Nelvana Limited and Channel 4 as a collaboration, both financial and artistic. The last two seasons were co-produced without Channel 4 ...

'' * Bernadette Thompson, in the 2014 film ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

Music

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from the album '' Reach Out'' (1967) * "Bernadette", a single by

IAMX IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner founded in 2002 in London, London, England after the hiatus of his former band Sneaker Pimps. It is an independent music project with a secondary focus on the experimentation of visual art. Chri ...

from the album ''

Volatile Times ''Volatile Times'' is the fourth studio album from IAMX. It was released on 18 March 2011 and the tracks on the album keep alive the cabaret-esque and dark electronic sound that Chris Corner has become known for. The track "Volatile Times" was fea ...

'' (2011)

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