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* [[Hilda Bernstein]] (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights
* [[Hilda Bernstein]] (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights
* [[Jared Bernstein]], American economist
* [[Jared Bernstein]], American economist
* [[Jermey Bernstein]], Physicist on [[Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)]]
* [[Jeremy Bernstein]], Physicist on [[Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)]]
{{:Joe Bernstein}}
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* [[Joseph Bernstein]] (born 1945), Israeli mathematician
* [[Joseph Bernstein]] (born 1945), Israeli mathematician

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Bernstein is a Jewish[1] surname meaning "amber". The German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn] , but in English it is often /ˈbɜːrnstn/. Germanic variants: Börnstein, Börnsteen, Brennstein, lit. "burn[ing]stone"; lat. electrum or glaesum, gr. ἤλεκτρον ēlektron.[2] It may refer to:

People

Sidney Bernstein may refer to:

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
  • Judith Bernstein, a pseudonymous character in the British soap opera, EastEnders
  • Emily Bernstein, a Minor Character in the Baby Sitter's Club series

Places

See also

References

  1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5L494fMY2Y8C&pg=PA316&dq=bernstein+jewish+surnames
  2. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll: Griechisch-Deutsches Schul- und Handwörterbuch. München/Wien 1965.