Bernhard (family name)
Bernhard is a German family name.
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the first name Bernhard .
variants
Name bearer
A.
- Adam Karl Bernhard (1807-1893), German organ builder
- Adolf Bernhard (1882–1942), German Roman Catholic clergyman, victim of the Nazi regime
- Alexander Bernhard (* 1927), German surgeon and university professor
- Alfred Bernhard-Walcher (* 1948), Austrian archaeologist and historian
- Annemarie Bernhard (* 1992), Dutch rower
- Anouschka Bernhard (* 1970), German soccer player
- Armin Bernhard (* 1954), German racing car driver
- Arnold Bernhard (1886–1944), German entrepreneur and Nazi victim
- Athanasius Bernhard (1815–1875), Bohemian Cistercian and abbot of the Osek Monastery (1853–1875)
C.
- Carl Friedrich Bernhard (1771 – after 1810), German founder of a cotton mill
- Christian Bernhard (* 1963), Austrian politician and doctor
- Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692), German composer, conductor and music theorist
- Christoph Bernhard (actor) (* 1979), German actor
- Claudia Bernhard (* 1961), German politician (Die Linke)
D.
- Dagmar Bernhard (* 1981), Austrian singer
E.
- Emil Bernhard (politician) (1881–1964), Swiss lathe operator and politician
- Ernst Bernhard (1896–1965), German psychoanalyst
- Ernst-Dieter Bernhard (1924-2017), German general
- Erwin Bernhard (1852–1914), Baltic German architect
F.
- Felix Bernhard (* 1973), German non-fiction author and management consultant
- Franz Bernhard (politician) (1934–2000), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Franz Bernhard (sculptor) (1934–2013), German sculptor
- Franz Bernhard (Indologist) (1931–1971), German Indologist
- Franz Xaver Bernhard (1726–1780), German church painter
- Friedrich Bernhard (physician) (1897–1949), German surgeon
- Friedrich-Gustav Bernhard (1888–1945), German lieutenant general
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard (1804–1861), German organ builder
- Fritz Bernhard (1895–1966), Swiss painter
- Fritz Bernhard (physicist) (1913–1993), German physicist
G
- Georg Bernhard (1875–1944), German journalist and resistance fighter
- Günter Bernhard (1926–2014), Austrian sports scientist
H
- Hans Bernhard (geographer, 1888) (1888–1942), Swiss geographer and agricultural scientist
- Hans Bernhard (geographer, 1907) (1907 – after 1986), Swiss geographer, teacher and association official
- Hans Bernhard (teacher) (1922–2015), German teacher, expert on school theater
- Hans Bernhard (conductor) (1929–2002), German conductor and cathedral music director
- Hans-Dietrich Bernhard (* 1945), German diplomat
- Hans-Joachim Bernhard (1929–2008), German Germanist, literary historian and university professor
- Harvey Bernhard (1924–2014), American film producer
- Heiner Bernhard (* 1957), German lawyer
- Heinrich Bernhard (1893–1945), German neurologist, psychiatrist and clinic director in Uchtspringe from 1929–33 ; 1944 Auschwitz concentration camp , died in Ebensee concentration camp
- Helmut Bernhard (* 1948), German archaeologist
- Henry Bernhard (1896–1960), German publisher, journalist and politician
- Henry Bernhard (journalist) (* 1969), German radio journalist
J
- Joachim Bernhard (* 1961), German actor
- Johann Bernhard (around 1500–1551), German theologian
- Johann Adam Bernhard (1688–1771), German historian and archivist
- Johann Hartmann Bernhard (1773–1839), German organ builder
- Johannes Bernhard (1846–1915), senior pastor to St. Lorenz
- Josef Michl-Bernhard (1888–1951), Austrian singer, singing teacher and artistic director
- Josef Hermann Bernhard (* 1925), German cyberneticist and computer scientist
- Julia Bernhard (* 1992), German comic artist and illustrator
- Julius Adolf Bernhard (1841–1924), German classical philologist and grammar school director
K
- Karl Bernhard (1859–1937), German civil engineer and architect
- Karl Bernhard (chemist) (1904–1993), Swiss biochemist
L.
- Lucian Bernhard (actually Emil Kahn ; 1883–1972), German designer and poster artist
- Ludwig Bernhard (1875–1935), German economist
M.
- Marc Bernhard (* 1972), German politician (AfD)
- Marianne Bernhard (* 1936), German author and publisher
- Marie Bernhard (1852–1937), German writer
- Marieluise Bernhard von Luttitz (born Marieluise von Luttitz ; 1913–1997), German writer
- Markus Bernhard (1921–2002), German handball player
- Martin Bernhard (* 1971), Austrian soccer player and coach
- Michael Bernhard (Latinist) (* 1949), German Latinist and musicologist
- Michael Bernhard (actor) (* 1979), German actor and director
- Michael Bernhard (politician) (* 1981), Austrian entrepreneur and politician (Neos)
N
- Nadja Bernhard (* 1975), Austrian journalist
- Nikolaus Bernhard (1881–1957), German union chairman and politician (SPD)
0
- Olivier Bernhard (* 1968), Swiss triathlete
- Oscar Bernhard (1861–1939), Swiss doctor
- Otmar Bernhard (* 1946), German politician (CSU)
- Otto Bernhard (1880–1952), German businessman and politician (NSDAP, SRP)
- Otto Bernhard (horticultural engineer) (1922–2013), German horticultural engineer, dendrologist and conservationist
P
- Paul Bernhard (1920–1993 / 1994), German radiologist
- Peter Bernhard (* 1952), German painter
R.
- Ramona Bernhard (* 1988), German photo model
- Robert Bernhard (1862–1943), German forester
- Roberto Bernhard (* 1929), Swiss author and journalist
- Roland Bernhard (* 1957), German politician and district administrator
- Roland Bernhard (historian) (* 1980), Austrian historian
- Rolf Bernhard (* 1949), Swiss athlete
- Rudolf von Bernhard (1819–1887), German-Baltic-Russian architect and university professor
- Rudolf Bernhard (1901–1962), Swiss actor
- Rudolph Bernhard (1934–2002), German journalist
- Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), German-American photographer
S.
- Sandra Bernhard (* 1955), American actress, singer and comedian
- Sidney A. Bernhard (1927–1988), American chemist
T
- Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), Austrian writer
- Timo Bernhard (* 1981), German racing driver
- Titus Bernhard (* 1963), German architect
W.
- Werner Bernhard (1909–1999), German painter and graphic artist
- Wilhelm Bernhard (1920–1978), Swiss pathologist
- Wolfgang Bernhard (* 1960), German manager