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
• Adam Bernstein (born 1960), American film, music video and television director and screenwriter
• Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1939–2010), British television executive and politician
• Al Bernstein (born 1950), American boxing commentator
• Andrew Bernstein (born 1949), American Objectivist philosopher
• Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), American jazz bassist
• Basil Bernstein (1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist
• Benjamin Abram Bernstein (1881–1964), American mathematician
• Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sports broadcaster
• Carl Bernstein (born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950), American poet, father of Felix Bernstein
• Charles Bernstein (composer) (born 1943), film and television music composer
• 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
• 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
• Evan Bernstein (born 1960), Israeli Olympic wrestler
• Felix Bernstein (artist) (born 1992), American performance artist, son of Charles Bernstein
• Felix Bernstein (mathematician) (1878–1956), German mathematician
• F. W. Bernstein (1938–2018), German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic
• Georg Heinrich Bernstein (1787–1860), German orientalist
• 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
• 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

• Isadore Bernstein (1876–1944), American screenwriter
• Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist
• Jed Bernstein (born 1955), American executive in the performing arts
• 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
• 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
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
• Lionel Bernstein (1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
• Matt Bernstein (born 1982), American football player
• Max Bernstein (1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author
• Michèle Bernstein (born 1932), French writer
• Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter
• Nikolai Bernstein (1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist

O–Z

• Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian chess master
• Peretz Bernstein (1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
• Peter L. Bernstein (1919–2009), American author, economist, educator
• Phil Bernstein, American computer scientist
• Rhett Bernstein (born 1987), American soccer player
• Richard Bernstein (born 1944), American journalist
• Richard B. Bernstein (born 1956), American historian
• Richard K. Bernstein (born 1934), American physician
• Robert Bernstein (disambiguation)
• Roxy Bernstein (born 1972), American sportscaster
• Samuil Bernstein (1911–1997), Soviet linguist
• Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician
• Sidney Bernstein (disambiguation)
• Seymour Bernstein (born 1927), American pianist, composer, and teacher.
• Steven Bernstein (musician) (born 1961), American trumpeter and composer
• Theodore Menline Bernstein (1904–1979), American journalist, New York Times editor
• Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002), American artist and painter
• Walter Bernstein (born 1919), blacklisted American screenwriter
• William J. Bernstein (born 1948), American 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
• 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