Bernstein

Bernstein is a common surname in the German language meaning "amber". It can be either Jewish or non-Jewish, although it is more common among Jews. The German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn] , but in English it is often /ˈbɜːrnstiːn/.

People

Notable people with this surname include:

A–H

• Aaron Bernstein (1812–1884), German short story writer and historian
• Abe Bernstein (1892-1968), American Mobster
• Abraham Bernstein (born 1969), professor at the Institute of Computer Science
• Adam Bernstein (born 1960), American film, music video and television director and screenwriter
• Al Bernstein (born 1950), American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker
• Al Bernstein (born 1949), Austrian contemporary artist
• Al Bernstein (born 1950), American boxing commentator
• Alan Bernstein (born 1947), Canadian medical researcher
• Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1936–2010), British television executive and politician
• Alexander Nikolaevich Bernstein (1870-1922), Russian and Soviet psychiatrist , psychotherapist and psychologist , doctor of medicine , professor
• Alfred Bernstein (1897-1972), German football player
• Alvin Bernstein (born 1927), Romanian Jew writer , journalist , literary critic and theater editor
• Andrew Bernstein (born 1949), American Objectivist philosopher
• Andreas Christian Bernstein (1672-1699), German hymn writer
• Anna Matveevna Bernstein-Kogan (1868-?), French and Russian surgeon and medical scientist
• Armyan Bernstein, American film producer, director and screenwriter
• Arnold Bernstein (1888-1971), German-American shipowner and pioneer of transatlantic car transport
• Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), American jazz bassist
• Aryeh Leib Bernstein (1890-1965), a veteran of the Yishuv, fought in Gallipoli in the Mule Regiment and was a member of Nili
• Asaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israeli director and screenwriter.
• Axel Bernstein (1974-2017), German politician ( CDU )
• Basil Bernstein (1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist
• Benjamin Abram Bernstein (1881–1964), American mathematician
• Benjamin Yehuda Leib Bernstein (1839-1905), the first Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chayei Olam in Jerusalem.
• Bernard Bernstein (1908-1990), American economist and public official
• Bernard Bernstein (1899-1963), English table tennis player
• Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sports broadcaster
• Boris Moiseevich Bernstein (1924-2015), Estonian Soviet art historian, doctor of art history
• Carl Bernstein (born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter
• Caroline Bernstein (1797-1838), German writer
• Cron Bernstein (born 1970), South African model, actress, and singer-songwriter
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950), American poet, father of Felix Bernstein
• Charles Bernstein (composer) (born 1943), film and television music composer
• Charlotte Drews-Bernstein (born 1936), German screenwriter , director , audio book producer and radio writer
• Costa Bernstein (born 1973), Russian-Israeli painter and sculptor
• Daniel Bernstein, video game and movie composer, and CEO of Sandlot Games
• Daniel J. Bernstein (born 1971), American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in Bernstein v. United States
• David Bernstein (executive) (born 1943), English football and business executive
• David E. Bernstein (born 1967), American law professor, writer, libertarian
• David I. Bernstein, Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City
• Deborah Bernstein (born 1944), Israeli professor emeritus, sociologist and social historian
• Drake Bernstein (born 1989), American tennis player
• Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), German Social Democrat
• Edward M. Bernstein (born 1949), American lawyer, politician, and philanthropist
• Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004), American composer and conductor
• Elsa Bernstein (1866-1949), Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent
• Emil Bolden-Bernstein (1909-1993), educator, professor, editor and activist
• Enrique Bernstein Carabantes (1910-1990), Chilean diplomat
• Evan Bernstein (born 1960), Israeli Olympic wrestler
• F. O. Bernstein (1929-1999), German photographer
• Faina Abramovna Kogan-Bernstein (1899-1976), Soviet istorik- medievalist , translator from Old French and modern French language
• Felix Bernstein (artist) (born 1992), American performance artist, son of Charles Bernstein
• Felix Bernstein (mathematician) (1878–1956), German mathematician
• Frank Bernstein (born 1964), German ancient historian
• Friedrich Bernstein (1818-1886), German military and administrative officials
• Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm von Schäffer-Bernstein (1790-1861), Grand Ducal Hessian General of the Infantry and Minister of War
• F. W. Bernstein (1938–2018), German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic
• Georg Heinrich Bernstein (1787–1860), German orientalist
• Georg Heinrich von Bernstein (?-1670), Domdechant Magdeburg and canon to Naumburg
• Gerda Meyer-Bernstein (born 1924), American Contemporary artist
• Gregory Bernstein (born 1955), American screenwriter
• Hanan Bernstein (born 1955), officer in the IDF in the reserves with the rank of brigadier general
• Hans von Bernstein (1525-1589), Electoral Saxon Privy Council
• Harry Bernstein (1910–2011), British-born American author
• Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (1828 – 1865), German naturalist, zoologist and explorer
• Henri Bernstein (also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876–1953), French playwright
• Henry Bernstein (sociologist) (1912–1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist
• Herbert Bernstein (1930-2001), German lawyer and university professor
• Herman Bernstein (1876–1935), Jewish American journalist and writer
• Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights

I–N

• Ignaz Bernstein (1836-1909), Russian-Jewish folklorist and linguist
• Inna Abramovna　Bernstein (1919-1992),　Soviet and Russian literary critic
• Inna Maksimovna Bernstein (1929-2012), Soviet and Russian translator
• Ira B. Bernstein (born 1924), American physicist, specializing in theoretical plasma physics
• Isadore Bernstein (1876–1944), American screenwriter
• Jack Bernstein (1899-1945), American boxer
• Jacob Bernstein-Kohan (1859-1929), Russian doctor and Zionist
• Jake Bernstein, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author
• Jake Bernstein (born 1946), American financial businesspeople
• Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist
• Jed Bernstein (born 1955), American executive in the performing arts
• Jenny Schaffer-Bernstein (1888-1943), Austrian actress
• Jeremy Bernstein (born 1929), Physicist on Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
• Joe Bernstein (boxer) (1877–1931), one of the first great boxers to emerge from New York's Lower East Side
• Joe Bernstein (American football) (1893–1967), professional football player
• Joe Bernstein (poker player) (1899–1975), poker player and road gambler
• Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein (1757-1838), Hesse-Darmstadt Lieutenant General
• Johann Gottlob Bernstein (1747-1835), German physician and professor of medicine
• Joseph Bernstein (born 1945), Israeli mathematician
• Joseph Milton Bernstein (1908–1975), alleged spy
• Josh Bernstein (born 1971), American explorer, author, and television personality
• Julius Bernstein (1839–1917), German neurobiologist
• Karl Ilich Bernstein (1842-1894), Russian lawyer, professor of law
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
• Lionel Bernstein (1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
• Leonid Bernstein (1921-2019), commander of a partisan battalion
• Lev Matveevich Kogan-Bernstein (1862-1889), Russian revolutionary , narodolets
• Lev Semenovich Sinaev-Bernstein (1867-1944 ), French sculptor
• Luca Bernstein (1873-1931), Romanian Jew poet, playwright and editor
• Marcos Bernstein (born 1970), Brazilian screenwriter and film director
• Mark Lvovich Bernstein (1919-1989), leading materials scientists of the USSR
• Matt Bernstein (born 1982), American football player
• Matvey Lvovich Kogan-Bernstein (1886-1918), Russian revolutionary , political figure, Ph.D.
• Max Bernstein (1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author
• Melanie Bernstein (born 1976), German politician
• Michèle Bernstein (born 1932), French writer
• Mikhail Bernshtein (1875-1960), Soviet painter and art educator
• Mikhail Alexandrovich Bernstein (1911-1984), Soviet oil geologist, teacher
• Mikhail Davidovich Bernstein (literary critic) (1911-2002), Soviet literary critic
• Mira Bernstein (1908-1943), Jewish teacher and communist
• Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (1895-1991), Israeli actress, director, poet and translator
• Mordechai Bernstein (publisher) (1893-1983), Israeli writer , playwright , publisher and public figure
• Mordechai Bernstein (pioneer) (1862-1934), one of the founders of Rosh Pina
• Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter
• Moshe Bernstein (rabbi) (1892-1956), rabbi and Revisionist public activist
• Natalia Osipovna Kogan-Bernstein (1861-1927), Russian revolutionaryandpolitical activist.
• Natan Osipovich Bernstein (1836-1891), Russian doctor, physiologist
• Naum Samuilovich Bernstein (1922-1997), Moldovan Soviet translator and journalist
• Nikolai Bernstein (1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist
• Nikolay Davidovich Bernstein (1876-1938), Russian musicologist, music critic and historian

O–Z

• Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian chess master
• Paul Bernstein (cryptologist) (1891-1976), German engineer and cryptologist
• Paul Bernstein (political scientist) (1897-1944 or 1945), German political scientist , journalist and community college teacher
• Peretz Bernstein (1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
• Peter Bernstein (born 1951), American film score composer
• Peter Bernstein (born 1967), American jazz guitarist
• Peter L. Bernstein (1919–2009), American author, economist, educator
• Phil Bernstein, American computer scientist
• Polina Samoilovna Bernstein (1870-1949), Soviet translator
• Reiner Bernstein (born 1939), German historian and publicist
• Rhett Bernstein (born 1987), American soccer player
• Richard Bernstein (born 1944), American journalist
• Richard Bernstein (1939-2002), American artist
• Richard Bernstein (born 1966), American bass
• Richard B. Bernstein (born 1956), American historian
• Richard Barry Bernstein (1923-1990), American physical chemist
• Richard H. Bernstein (born 1974), American lawyer
• Richard J. Bernstein (born 1932), American philosopher
• Richard K. Bernstein (born 1934), American physician
• Robert Bernstein (disambiguation)
• Rohl Bernstein (1869-1942), Jewish poet , novelist and playwright
• Roxy Bernstein (born 1972), American sportscaster
• Rudolf Bernstein (1896-1977), German comintern and film official
• Salomon Bernstein (1886-1968), Israeli painter
• Samuil Bernstein (1911–1997), Soviet linguist
• Sarah Bernstein (born 1985), American jazz and improvisation musician
• Sergei Alexandrowitsch Bernstein (1901-1958), Russian civil engineer
• Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician
• Sergey Ignatievich Bernstein (1892-1970), Russian (Soviet) linguist , bibliographer , historian of the theater, one of the founders of OPOZAZ
• Sergey Vladimirovich Bernstein-Kogan (1886-1951), Russian and Soviet economist, economic geographer
• Shimon Bernstein (1884-1962), literary researcher, writer, editor and Zionist
• Shlomo Bernstein (1907-1969), Israeli architect
• Sid Bernstein (1918-2013), American music promoter, talent manager, and author
• Sidney Bernstein (disambiguation)
• Seymour Bernstein (born 1927), American pianist, composer, and teacher.
• Steven Bernstein (filmmaker), American cinematographer, director, screenwriter and author
• Steven Bernstein (musician) (born 1961), American trumpeter and composer
• Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (1950-1991), Jewish American underground writer and performance artist
• Theodore Menline Bernstein (1904–1979), American journalist, New York Times editor
• Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002), American artist and painter
• Thomas Bernstein (born 1957), German visual artist and art teacher
• Vladimir Bernstein (1900-1936), Russian-born Italian mathematician
• Walter Bernstein (born 1919), blacklisted American screenwriter
• Walter Bernstein (artist) (1901-1981), German artist
• William J. Bernstein (born 1948), American financial theorist
• Zalman Bernstein (1926-1999), American billionaire businessman and philanthropist

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, pseudonym of the character Janine Butcher in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a character in the mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Places

• Château du Bernstein, a castle in Alsace, France
• Bernstein im Burgenland, a village near the Austrian-Hungarian border
• Pełczyce, a town in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which was part of Germany until 1945 and is known as Bernstein in German (and Bersztén in Kashubian)

See also

• All pages with titles containing Bernstein
• Justice Bernstein (disambiguation)
• Berenstein, a variant
• Bernstine
• Albert Baernstein II (1941–2014), American mathematician
• Dan Bern (born 1965), American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein
• Eric Berne (1910–1970, born Bernstein), American psychiatrist and writer
• Burstyn (disambiguation), a Polish and Ukrainian version of the same word