Bernstein
Bernstein is a German and Jewish[1] surname meaning "amber". The German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn] , but in English it is often /ˈbɜrnstiːn/. It may refer to:
People
- Dan Bern, American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein
- Eric Berne, American psychiatrist and writer
- Aaron Bernstein, German short story writer and historian
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, British television executive and politician
- Al Bernstein, American boxing commentator
- Andrew Bernstein, Objectivist philosopher
- Basil Bernstein, UK linguist
- Bonnie Bernstein, sports broadcaster
- Carl Bernstein, American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter
- 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
- David I. Bernstein, Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City
- Eduard Bernstein, German Social Democrat
- Edward M. Bernstein, Las Vegas personal injury attorney
- Elmer Bernstein, American composer
- Felix Bernstein (1878–1956), 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
- Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006) South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights
- Joe Bernstein (disambiguation)
- Joseph Bernstein (b. 1945), Israeli 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
- Lionel Bernstein, South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner.
- 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
- Richard Bernstein, US journalist
- Robert Bernstein (disambiguation)
- Robert Bernstein (comics), a comic book writer
- Robert Bernstein, US Major General
- Robert L. Bernstein, publisher and human rights activist
- Robert M. Bernstein, professor of dermatology
- Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician
- Theodore M. Bernstein, American journalist, NY Times editor
- Theresa Bernstein, American artist and painter
- Walter Bernstein, blacklisted American screenwriter
- William J. Bernstein, financial theorist
- Robert Root-Bernstein, professor of life sciences
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 character in the British soap opera, EastEnders.
See also
- 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
- Burstyn, a Polish and Ukrainian version of the same word