Bernstein

is a German and Jewish surname meaning "amber". The proper German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁn.ʃtaɪn], but many non-Germans pronounce it [ˈbɝn.stiːn]. It may refer to:

People

• Dan Bern, American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein
• Eric Berne, American psychiatrist and writer
• Aaron Bernstein
• Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, British television executive and politician
• Al Bernstein
• Andrew Bernstein, Objectivist philosopher
• Basil Bernstein, UK linguist
• Bonnie Bernstein, sports broadcaster
• Carl Bernstein, American investigative journalist
• Charles Bernstein, American poet
• Charles Bernstein (composer), film and TV music composer
• Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in Bernstein v. United States
• David E. Bernstein, American law professor, writer, libertarian
• Eduard Bernstein, German Social Democrat
• Edward M. Bernstein, Las Vegas personal injury attorney
• Elmer Bernstein, American composer
• fabian Bernstein-rap artist.
• Felix Bernstein, German mathematician
• Harry Bernstein (b. 1910), author
• Henri Bernstein (also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876-1953) French playwright
• Henry Bernstein (1912-1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist
• Herman Bernstein (1876 – 1935), Jewish American journalist and writer.
• Joe Bernstein, boxer
• Joseph Bernstein, mathematician
• Joseph Milton Bernstein, alleged spy
• Josh Bernstein, American explorer, author, and television personality
• Julius Bernstein, German neurobiologist
• Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
• Lev Davidovich Bronstein, birth name of Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky
• Matt Bernstein, American football player
• Max Bernstein (1854-1925), German art- and theatre critic and author
• Max Bernstein (pop-punk musician)
• Morris Louis Bernstein (1912-1962), American abstract expressionist painter
• Nikolai Bernstein(1896-1966), Russian neurophysiologist
• Ossip Bernstein (1882-1962), Russian chess master
• Peter L. Bernstein, author, economist, educator
• Phil Bernstein, computer scientist
• Richard Bernstein, US chemist
• Robert L. Bernstein, US human rights activist
• Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Ukrainian mathematician
• Theodore M. Bernstein
• Walter Bernstein
• William J. Bernstein, financial theorist

Fictional people

• Rugal Bernstein, a major villain in the King of Fighters video game series.
• Adelheid Bernstein, the son of Rugal, making a debut appearance in King of Fighters 2003.
• Mr Bernstein, the business partner of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 film Citizen Kane

Other

• Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem, after Felix Bernstein
• Bernstein-Sato polynomial, after Joseph Bernstein and Mikio Sato
• Bernstein polynomial, named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
• Bernstein's inequality, named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
• Bernstein v. United States