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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 ...

. It may refer to: * Bernardina Berny Boxem-Lenferink (born 1948), Dutch retired middle-distance runner * Berny Burke (born 1996), Costa Rican footballer * Bernabé Berny Peña (born 1980), Costa Rican footballer * Bernard Stone (1927–2014), American politician * Berny Ulloa Morera (born 1950), retired football referee from Costa Rica * Berny Wiens (born 1945), Canadian politician *

Bernard Wolf Bernard "Berny" Wolf (July 18, 1911 - September 7, 2006) was an American animator and television producer. Biography Wolf was born in New York City. His career in animation started either in 1924, or 1927. He began work as an inker on Charles M ...

(1911–2006), American animator and television producer *

Berny Wright Berny Elisio Wright McClean (born June 8, 1979) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. Club career He had a stint in the Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written ...

(born 1979), Costa Rican footballer * Berny-Ignatius, famous music composer-duo-brothers in the Malayalam film industry

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