Bertram is both a Germanic given name and a surname, from ''berht'' ("bright") and ''hramn'' ("raven"). Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Bertram, 6th-century bishop of Bordeaux * Bertechramnus, also known as Bertram, 6th/7th-century bishop of Le Mans * Beorhthelm of Stafford (also Bertram), an Anglo-Saxon saint * Bertram (Archdeacon of Armagh) (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

13th century), Irish Roman Catholic cleric, Archdeacon of Armagh from 1256 to at least 1261 * Master Bertram, or Bertram of Minden (c. 1340–1414/1415), German Gothic painter * Bertram Benedict (1978), American author and editor * Bertram Clements (1913–2000), English footballer *

Bertram Cunningham Bertram Keir Cunningham (26 March 1871 – 10 September 1944), also known as B. K. Cunningham, was a British Anglican priest and academic. From 1919 to 1943, he was Principal (academia), principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, a Church of Englan ...

(1871–1944), British Anglican priest and academic * Bertram Dickson (1873–1913), Pioneer Scottish airman * Bertram Forer (1914–2000), American psychologist * Bert Freeman (Bertram Clewley Freeman, 1885–1955), English footballer * Bertram Goode (1886–1955), English footballer * C. Bertram Hartman (1882–1960), American landscape painter * Bertram Heyn (1912–1998), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army * Bert Metzger (Bertram L. Metzger, 1909–1986), American football player and inductee of the

College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive Tourist attraction, attraction devoted to college football, college American football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players ...

Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (24 February 1837 – 17 August 1916), was a British diplomat, collector and writer, whose most notable work is ''Tales of Old Japan'' (1871). Nicknamed "Bertie", he was the paternal grandf ...

(1837–1916), British peer, diplomat and writer *

Bertram Ramsay Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 – 2 January 1945) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the destroyer during the First World War. In the Second World War, he was responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1 ...

(1883–1945), British Royal Navy commander, one of the principal commanders of

Dunkirk evacuation The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the ...

, Channel Dash,

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allies of World War II, Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Front (World War II), Western Europe during World War II. The ope ...

and

Normandy landings The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allies of World War II, Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and ...

Bertram Fletcher Robinson Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsperson, sportsman, journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party activist. During his life-time, he wrote at least three hundred items, including a ser ...

(1870–1907), British journalist, editor, author and sportsperson *

Bertram de Shotts Bertram de Shotts is known locally as a legendary giant that roamed the then village of Shotts, Scotland in the 15th century. Shotts was then a dreary moorland place on the Great Road of the Shire. The road was an important route for tradesmen c ...

(1467–1505), Highwayman and Giant *

Bertram Stevens (politician) Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (2 January 1889 – 24 March 1973), also referred to as B. S. B. Stevens, was an Australian politician who served as the 25th Premier of New South Wales, in office from 1932 to 1939 as leader of the United ...

(1889–1973), Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales between 1932 and 1939 *

Bertram Türpe Bertram Türpe (22 July 1952 – 11 January 2014) was an East German swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 ...

(1952–2014), German Olympic swimmer *

Bertram Wallis Bertram Wallis (22 February 1874 – 11 April 1952) was an English actor and singer known for his performances in plays, musical comedies and operettas in the early 20th century, first as leading men and then in character roles. He also later ...

(1874–1952), English actor and singer Surname: *

Adolf Bertram Adolf Bertram (14 March 1859 – 6 July 1945) was archbishop of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Early life Adolf Bertram was born in Hildesheim, Royal Prussian Province of Hanover (now Lower Saxony), Germa ...

(1859–1945), Archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Alexander Charles Bertram Alexander Charles Bertram (1852 – August 30, 1908) born in the year 1852 in Charlottetown, to John Bertram a farmer and Mary Ann. He was a newspaperman from Prince Edward Island. Bertram started his journalism career in 1866 with the ''Summe ...

(1852–1908), Canadian businessman and journalist *

Charles Bertram Charles Julius Bertram (1723–1765) was an Englishmen, English expatriate in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark who "discovered"—and presumably wrote—''The Description of Britain'' (), an 18th-century literary forgery purporting to be a mediaeval ...

(1723–1765), English literary impostor and forger *

Christoph Bertram Christoph Bertram (born 3 September 1937) is a German journalist who is the director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. He was director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies from 1974 to 1982. He worked ...

(1937), German journalist and security expert * Douglas Somerville Bertram (1913–1988), British medical entomologist * Elsie Bertram (1912–2003), English bookseller * Ernest Bertram, English footballer * George Bertram (disambiguation), several people * Hans Bertram (1906–1993), German aviation pioneer * Helen Bertram (1865–1953), American actress and singer * Helmut Bertram (1910–1981), German politician * Horst Bertram (1948–2023), German footballer * John Bertram (disambiguation), several people * Julia Bertram (born 1989), 2012/13 German Wine Queen * Laura Bertram (born 1978), Canadian actress * Ossie Bertram (1909–1983), Australian rules footballer * Ron Bertram (1924–2014), Australian politician * Sören Bertram (born 1991), German footballer * Tom Bertram (field hockey) (born 1977), English field hockey player * Tom Bertram (footballer) (born 1987), German footballer * Ute Bertram (born 1961), German politician Fictional characters: * Bertram (''Family Guy''), a character on the TV series ''Family Guy'' * Bertram (''Fire Emblem''), a character in ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' *Bertram Wilberforce Wooster (

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intellige ...

), a character from the ''Jeeves'' series by P. G. Wodehouse *Bertram, a character from '' Havelok the Dane'' *Bertram, Count of Rousillon, a character from ''

All's Well That Ends Well ''All's Well That Ends Well'' is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate about the date of its composition, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608. ...

'' *Bertram "Bert" Cooper, a character on ''

Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American historical drama, period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on cable network AMC (TV channel), AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, with seven seasons ...

'' *Bertram, a character from the Disney Channel series '' Jessie'' *Bertram, Sir Thomas and Lady, characters in Jane Austen's novel ''

Mansfield Park ''Mansfield Park'' is the third published novel by the English author Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton (publisher), Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray (publishing house), John Murray, st ...

'' *Bertram, Godfrey, a character from Walter Scott's novel ''

Guy Mannering ''Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer'' is the second of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, ...

'' *Bertram Baxter, a character from

Sue Townsend Susan Lillian Townsend (; 2 April 194610 April 2014) was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing in secret from the a ...

's series '' Adrian Mole'' *Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering Jr., a character on ''

The Knick ''The Knick'' is an American period medical drama television series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) and the staff at a fictionalized v ...

'' *Gale Bertram, from the TV series ''

The Mentalist ''The Mentalist'' is an American procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, t ...

'' *Bertram Grover Weeks, a character from '' The Sandlot'' *Bertram Gilfoyle, a character from ''

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...

'' *Bertram, a character from '' Thomas and Friends'' *Bertram Lupov, a character from Isaac Asimov's short story ''

The Last Question "The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of ''Science Fiction Quarterly'' and in the anthologies in the collections ''Nine Tomorrows'' (1959), ''The Best ...

' Bertram. The pinhead from RDR2 who can be found in Van Horn.

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