Bernier is a
French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Chantal Bernier
Chantal Bernier was the interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada from 2013 to 2014. Prior to her position, Bernier joined the Bar of Quebec in 1978 before starting her Canadian government experience in the early 1990s. During the early to late 1990s ...
, Canadian lawyer
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Charles A. Bernier
Charles Arthur "Yank" Bernier (July 21, 1890 – June 20, 1963) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1912 to 1916 and a ...
(1890–1963), American college sports coach
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David Bernier or Kike Bernier, Puerto Rican fencer
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Étienne-Alexandre Bernier (1762 – 1806), French religious figure and politician
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François Bernier
François Bernier (25 September 162022 September 1688) was a French physician and traveller. He was born in Joué-Etiau in Anjou. He stayed (14 October 165820 February 1670) for around 12 years in India.
His 1684 publication "Nouve ...
(1620 – 1688), Mughal physician and traveller
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Frédérique Bernier, French Canadian writer and academic
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Géo Bernier (1862 – 1918), Belgian painter
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Georges Bernier, French humorist
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Gilles Bernier (disambiguation) Gilles Bernier may refer to:
* Gilles Bernier (Quebec politician) (born 1934), Canadian politician and diplomat, MP for Beauce, 1984–1997
*Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)
Gilles Bernier (born August 6, 1955 in Grand Falls, New Bru ...
, several people
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Gilles Bernier (Quebec politician)
Gilles Bernier (born July 15, 1934) is a former Canadian politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament representing the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997, initially as a Progressive Conservative and later as an Independent. He lat ...
(born 1934), MP for Beauce, 1984–1997
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Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician) (born 1955) MP for Tobique—Mactaquac, 1997–2000
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Guylaine Bernier
Guylaine Bernier ( 26 April 1948 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Quebec) was a Canadian rower of the 1970s and later became a referee and sporting leader.
Career
A member of the Quebec rowing team in 1972, Bernier won her first national titles in 1 ...
(b. 1948), Canadian rower and sports leader
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Joachim Bernier de La Brousse
Joachim Bernier de la Brousse (c. 1580 in Nouaillé-Maupertuis – 1623), was a 17th-century baroque French poet.
Some sources say he was a lawyer while others say he was a banker in Poitiers, Bernier was raised by his uncle Deplanches, prior an ...
(1580 – 1623), French poet
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Jonathan Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
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Joseph Bernier (b. 1874), Canadian politician
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Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (b. 1852), Canadian mariner
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Leo Bernier
Leo Edward Bernier (1928 – June 28, 2010) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1966 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller (politician), Frank ...
(b. 1929), Canadian politician
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Maxime Bernier
Maxime Bernier (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC). Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, Bernier left the caucus in 2018 to form the PPC. He was the memb ...
(b. 1963), Canadian politician and cabinet minister
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Nicolas Bernier
Nicolas Bernier (28 June 1664 – 5 September 1734) was a French Baroque composer.
Biography
He was born in Mantes-sur-Seine (now Mantes-la-Jolie), the son of Rémy Bernier and Marguerite Bauly. He studied with Antonio Caldara and is kno ...
, French composer
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Patrice Bernier
Patrice Bernier (born September 23, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional soccer player. A long-time mainstay of the Canada national team, the midfielder played the majority of his career with Montreal Impact in addition to playing in Denm ...
, Canadian soccer player
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Paul Bernier (1906–1964), Canadian archbishop, Vatican diplomat
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René Bernier (1901 – 1984), Belgian composer
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Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
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Sylvie Bernier
Sylvie Bernier, CM, CQ (born January 31, 1964) is an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Bernier announced her retirement fr ...
, Canadian Olympic athlete
See also
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Bernier's teal (''Anas bernieri''), a bird
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Bernier River (disambiguation) Bernier River may refer to:
* Bernier River (Saint-Maurice River tributary), in Saint-Boniface, Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Mauricie, Québec, Canada
* Bernier River (Saint-François River tributary), in Stratford, Le Granit Regiona ...
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French-language surnames