Bernard (surname)

Bernard is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• Abraham Bernard (1831–1899), Canadian farmer, businessman and political figure from Quebec
• Adam J. Bernard (born 1988), British actor and singer
• Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), British Catholic nun
• Al Bernard (1888–1949), American vaudeville singer
• Alain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmer
• Alan Bernard (1934–2011), American sound engineer
• Albert Bernard (born 1917), Belgian fencer
• Aldis Bernard (c.1810–1876), Canadian dentist and politician
• Aldy Bernard (born 1995), Dominican model
• Alex Bernard (1882–1968), French silent film actor
• Alexis-Xyste Bernard (1847–1923), Canadian Catholic bishop
• Alfred Aloysous Bernard (1888–1949), American vaudeville singer
• Ali Bernard (born 1986), American wrestler
• Alvin Bernard (born 1955), Dominican economist and politician
• André Bernard (cyclist) (1930–2015), French racing cyclist
• André Bernard (pentathlete) (born 1935), French modern pentathlete
• André Antoine Bernard (1751–1818), French lawyer and revolutionary
• Andreas Bernard (born 1990), Italian ice hockey goaltender
• Andrée Bernard, English actress
• Andrew Bernard (born 1963), American economist
• Angélique Bernard (born 1972), Canadian politician from Yukon
• Annabelle Bernard (1934–2005), American operatic soprano
• Anthony Bernard (1891–1963), English conductor, organist, pianist and composer
• Antoine Bernard d'Attanoux (1853–1954), French journalist and explorer
• Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique, French businessman
• Anton Bernard (born 1989), Italian ice hockey player
• April Bernard (born 1956), American writer, poet and novelist
• Armand Bernard (1893–1968), French comic actor and composer
• Armand Bernard (wrestler) (1928–2010), Canadian wrestler
• A. W. Rabi Bernard (Arokiaswamy William Rabi Bernard) (born 1959), Indian politician
• Arthur Bernard (footballer) (1915–1984), Luxembourgish footballer
• Arthur Bernard (author) (1940–2022), French historian and essayist
• Augusta Bernard (1886–1946), French fashion designer

B

• Barney Bernard (1877–1924), American stage and screen actor
• Bastien Bernard (born 1976), French footballer
• Benoît Bernard (born 1969), French sprint canoeist
• Bernard Bernard (1821–1895), French Catholic priest and missionary
• Bernard Bernard (wrestler) (1890–1975), British wrestler
• Billy Bernard (born 1991), Luxembourger footballer
• Bob Bernard (1961–2007), American technology executive
• Brad Bernard (born 1966), American football player and coach
• Brandon Bernard (1980–2020), American convicted murderer
• Bruce Bernard (1928–2000), English photographer, writer and picture editor
• Bruno Bernard (1912–1987), American glamour photographer
• Bruno Bernard (politician) (born 1970), French politician
• Brute Bernard, ring name of James Prudhomme (1921–1984), Canadian wrestler

C

• Caitlin Bernard, American obstetrician-gynecologist and activist
• Camille Bernard (1898–1984), Canadian opera singer and actress
• Carlos Bernard (born 1962), American actor and director
• Caroline Richings Bernard (1832–1882), Anglo-American composer, impresario and singer
• Catherine Bernard (1662–1712), French novelist
• Charles Bernard (bishop) (1811–1890), Irish Anglican bishop
• Charles Bernard (civil servant) (1837–1901), administrator in British Burma
• Charles Bernard (cricketer) (1876–1953), English cricketer
• Charles Bernard (figure skater), American pair skater
• Charles Bernard (surgeon) (bapt.1652–1710), English royal surgeon
• Charles E. Bernard (1893–1979), American aviator and businessman
• Charles T. Bernard (1927–2015), American businessman and politician from Arkansas
• Charlotte Bernard (born 1972), French snowboarder
• Cheryl Bernard (born 1966), Canadian curler
• Chris Bernard (born 1955), English film director
• Christian Bernard (born 1951), French esotericist
• Christophe Bernard (born 1982), Canadian writer from Quebec
• Chuck Bernard (1911–1962), American football player
• Cindy Bernard, American artist
• Claston Bernard (born 1979), Jamaican-American decathlete
• Claude Bernard (priest) (1588–1641), French Catholic priest
• Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist
• Clinton Bernard (1930–2019), Trinidadian judge
• Craig Bernard, Canadian film director
• Crystal Bernard (born 1961), American actress
• Curt Bernard (1878–1955), American baseball player

D

• D. G. M. Bernard (Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard) (1888–1975), British banker and baronet
• Daniel Bernard (academic) (died 1588), English clergyman and scholar
• Daniel Bernard (businessman) (born 1946), French businessman
• Daniel Bernard (diplomat) (1941–2004), French Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Daniel Bernard (footballer) (1949–2020), French footballer
• Daniel Bernard (politician) (born 1959), Canadian politicians
• Dave Bernard (American football) (1912–1973), American football player
• David Bernard (cricketer) (born 1981), Jamaican cricketer
• David Bernard (conductor) (born 1964), American conductor, pianist and clarinetist
• David Bernard (meteorologist) (born 1969), American television meteorologist
• David K. Bernard (born 1956), American New Testament scholar and theologian
• Delphine Bernard (born 1986), French wheelchair fencer
• Denis Bernard (actor) (born 1957), Canadian film, television and theatre actor and producer
• Denis Bernard (British Army officer) (1882–1956), British Army officer
• Denis Bernard (Gaelic footballer) (1932–2019), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Désirée Bernard (1939–2024), Guyanese lawyer and jurist
• Dick Bernard (1917–2012), Scottish lawn bowler
• Djuna Bernard (born 1992), Luxembourgish politician
• Dom Bernard (born 1997), English footballer
• Donna Bernard, British journalist and television presenter
• Dorel Bernard (born 1974), Romanian footballer
• Dorothy Bernard (1890–1955), American stage and silent era film actress
• Dwight Bernard (born 1952), American baseball pitcher

E

• Ed Bernard (born 1939), American actor
• Eddy Bernard (born 2001), Malaysian para-athlete
• Edward Bernard (1638–1697), English scholar and academic
• Elaine Bernard, Canadian labour historian and legal scholar
• Elizabeth Bernard (1890–1971), American missionary
• Elizabeth Bernard (1608–1670), granddaughter of William Shakespeare
• Élodie Bernard (born 1984), French writer and entrepreneur
• Émile Bernard (1868–1941), French painter
• Émile Bernard (chef) (1826–1897), French chef and recipe book author
• Émile Bernard (composer) (1843–1902), French composer and organist
• Emily Bernard (born 1967), American writer
• Era Bernard, Indian politician
• Éric Bernard (born 1964), French racing driver
• Escarlata Bernard (born 1989), Spanish swimmer
• Eugene Bernard (1914–1973), English football goalkeeper
• Eulalia Bernard (1935–2021), Costa Rican writer, poet, and politician
• Evan Bernard, American advertising director

F

• Felix Bernard (1897–1944), American conductor, pianist and composer
• Frances Bernard (1839–1926), British educator, Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge
• Francis Bernard (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Francis Bernard (artist) (born 1928), French artist
• Francis Bernard (engineer) (born 1940), French founder and CEO of Dassault Systèmes
• Francis Bernard (judge) (1663–1731), Irish lawyer, politician and judge
• Francis Bernard (physician) (died 1698), English apothecary, physician and bibliophile
• Francis James Bernard (1796–1843), British chief of the Singapore Police Force
• Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (bapt.1712–1779), British Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts
• Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon (1755–1830), Irish peer and politician
• Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (1810–1877), Irish peer and politician
• François Bernard-Valville (1767–1828), French playwright and librettist
• Françoise Bernard (1921–2021), French food writer and television presenter
• Frits Bernard (1920–2006), Dutch clinical psychologist and sexologist

G

• Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963), Belgian poet
• Gee Bernard (1934–2016), British politician from London
• George Bernard (died 1820), British Army officer
• George W. Bernard (born 1950), British historian
• Germie Bernard (born 2003), American football player
• Giovani Bernard (born 1991), American football player
• Günter Bernard (born 1939), German footballer

H

• Harry Bernard (1878–1940), American actor and comedian
• H. Russell Bernard (Harvey Russell Bernard) (born 1940), American anthropologist and social scientist
• Heinz Bernard (1923–1994), British actor, director and theatre manager
• Henri Bernard (athlete) (1900–1967), French hurdler
• Henri Bernard (footballer) (1914–1942), Swiss footballer
• Henri Bernard (magistrate) (1899–1986), French judge
• Henry Bernard (architect) (1912–1994), French architect and urban planner
• Henry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish politician
• Henry Meyners Bernard (1853–1909), British biologist, carcinologist, palaeontologist and mathematician
• Herman Hedwig Bernard (1785–1857), English Hebraist
• Hewitt Bernard (1825–1893), Canadian lawyer and civil servant
• Hilda Bernard (1920–2022), Argentine actress
• Hugh Bernard (born 1996), English cricketer

J

• Jacob Bernard-Docker (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jacques Bernard (actor) (1929–2024), French actor
• Jacques Bernard (theologian) (1658–1718), French theologian and publicist in the Dutch Republic
• Jacques Antoine Bernard (1888–1952), French writer and literary editor
• James Bernard (composer) (1925–2001), British film music composer
• James Bernard (elocutionist) (1874–1946), British elocutionist, author and lay preacher
• James Bernard (engineer) (born 1943), American mechanical engineer
• James Bernard (politician) (1729–1790), Irish politician
• James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon (1785–1856), Irish politician
• James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon (1850–1924), Irish representative peer
• Jami Bernard (born 1956), American author and film critic
• Janice Bernard (born 1958), Trinidadian sprinter
• Jarrick Bernard-Converse (born 2000), American football player
• Jason Bernard (1938–1996), American actor
• Jay Bernard (writer) (born 1988), British writer and activist
• Jean Bernard (physician) (1907–2006), French physician and haematologist
• Jean Bernard (priest) (1907–1994), Luxembourg Catholic priest
• Jean-Claude Bernard (1933–2022), French hurdler
• Jean-David Bernard (born 1977), French rower
• Jean-François Bernard (born 1962), French road bicycle racer
• Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888–1972), French playwright
• Jean-Louis Bernard (1938–2020), French politician
• Jean-Louis Bernard (author), French writer on mysticism and esotericism
• Jean-Michel Bernard (born 1961), French pianist and composer
• Jean-Pierre Bernard (1933–2017), French actor
• Jean-Toussaint Bernard (born 1980), French actor and screenwriter
• Jean Bernard-Luc (1909–1985), French screenwriter
• Jeanne Adèle Bernard (1868–1962), French couturier
• Jeff Bernard, American hydroplane driver
• Jeffrey Bernard (1932–1997), English journalist
• Jeremy Bernard (born 1961), American White House official
• Jérôme Bernard (born 1971), French racing cyclist
• Jessie Bernard (1903–1996), American sociologist and feminist scholar
• Joan Bernard (1918–2012), British academic and college head
• Joanne Bernard (born 1963), Canadian politician from Nova Scotia
• Joe Bernard (American football) (born c. 1963), American college football coach
• Joe Bernard (baseball) (1882–1960), American baseball pitcher
• Joel Bernard (born 1963), Canadian politician
• Joëlle Bernard (1928–1977), French film and television actress
• John Bernard (actor) (1756–1828), English actor and biographer
• John Bernard (author) (died 1554), English academic and religious author
• John Bernard (American politician) (1893–1983), American politician from Minnesota
• John Bernard (bishop) (1860–1927), Irish Anglican archbishop
• John Bernard (Ipswich MP) (died 1421), English Member of Parliament
• John Bernard (meteorologist) (1937–2024), Dutch meteorologist and weather presenter
• John Bernard (MP for Hythe) (fl.1374–1390), English Member of Parliament
• John Bernard (MP for Northampton) (1604–1674), English landowner and Member of Parliament
• John MacKay Bernard (1857–1919), Scottish brewer and philanthropist
• John Peter Bernard (died 1750), Anglo-French biographer
• Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet (1630–1679), English politician
• Jos Bernard (1924–2020), Luxembourgish gymnast
• Joseph Bernard (actor) (1923–2006), American actor
• Joseph Bernard (sculptor) (1866–1931), French sculptor
• Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (1881–1962), Canadian politician
• Joseph Karl Bernard (c.1781–1850), Austrian journalist and librettist
• Joseph E. Bernard (1880–1958), American character actor
• Judd Bernard (1927–2022), American film producer and screenwriter
• Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player
• Julien Bernard (born 1992), French cyclist, son of Jean-François Bernard

K

• Kaitlyn Bernard (born 2000), Canadian actress
• Karen Bernard, American choreographer and performance artist
• Karl Bernard (born 1964), American football player
• Karla Bernard, Canadian politician
• Kaye Bernard, Australian trade union leader and refugee advocate
• Kenneth Bernard (1930–2020), American author, poet and playwright
• Kenneth Bernard (public health officer), American public health physician and epidemiologist
• Kent Bernard (1942–2025), Trinidadian athlete
• Kieron Bernard (born 1985), Jamaican footballer
• Kurt Bernard (born 1977), Costa Rican footballer

L

• Larry Bernard (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• Lauren Bernard (born 2001), American ice hockey player
• Laurent Bernard (born 1971), French basketball player
• Lawrence G. Bernard (1914–1997), United States Navy submarine commander
• Léonce Bernard (1943–2013), Canadian politician
• Linda Bernard (born 1950), British figure skater
• Lorenzo Bernard, Italian para-cyclist
• Louie Bernard, American politician from Louisiana
• Luc Bernard (born 1986), French game designer
• Lucas Bernard, American financial economist
• Ludlow Bernard, Jamaican football manager
• Ludovic Bernard, French film director
• Luther L. Bernard (1881–1951), American sociologist and psychologist

M

• Mack Bernard (born 1976), Haitian-American politician from Florida
• Marc Bernard (1900–1983), French writer
• Marc Jean-Bernard (born 1952), French philosopher, writer and classical guitarist
• Marcel Bernard (1914–1994), French tennis player
• Maria Bernard (born 1993), Canadian track and field athlete in middle-distance events
• Marie Bernard, American physician and researcher
• Marie-Christine Bernard (born 1966), Canadian educator and writer
• Marie Françoise Bernard (1819–1901), French anti-vivisection campaigner
• Marie-Jeanne Bernard (1909–1979), Luxembourgish swimmer
• Mark Bernard (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach
• Martyn Bernard (born 1984), British athlete
• Marvin Bernard, American rapper, better known by his stage name Tony Yayo
• Mary Gaines Bernard, American singer
• Mélanie Bernard (born 1974), Canadian tennis player
• Micah Bernard (born 2001), American football player
• Michael Bernard (born 1948), American basketball player and coach
• Michael Bernard (weightlifter) (born 1957), New Zealand weightlifter
• Michel Bernard (administrator) (born 1943), French administrator
• Michel Bernard (politician) (1932–2021), French politician
• Michel Bernard (runner) (1931–2019), French middle- and long-distance runner
• Michel Bernard (writer) (born 1958), French official and writer
• Micheline Bernard (born 1955), Canadian actress
• Michèle Bernard (born 1947), French singer and songwriter
• Michèle Bernard-Requin (1943–2019), French lawyer and magistrate
• Michelle Bernard (born 1963), American journalist, lawyer and author
• Michelle Bernard (actress), American actor and writer
• Mike Bernard (footballer) (born 1948), English footballer
• Mike Bernard (musician) (1875–1936), American musician
• Mike Bernard (painter) (born 1957), English painter
• Milly Bernard (1920–2005), American politician from Utah
• Molly Bernard, American actress
• Mountague Bernard (1820–1882), English international lawyer
• Muriel Bernard (born 1961), French sport shooter

N

• Narada Bernard (born 1981), Jamaican-English footballer
• Nathalie Bernard (born 1985), New Zealand swimmer
• Natricia Bernard, British choreographer
• Neisha Bernard-Thomas (born 1981), Grenadian middle-distance runner
• Nicholas Bernard (c.1600–1661), Anglican priest and author in Ireland
• Nikhil Bernard (born 1989), Indian football goalkeeper
• Noël Bernard (botanist) (1874–1911), French botanist
• Noël Bernard (journalist) (1925–1981), Romanian journalist
• Noël Bernard (Malecite leader), figure in New Brunswick, Canada
• Nora Bernard (1935–2007), Canadian Mi'kmaq activist

O

• Oliver Bernard (1925–2013), English poet and translator
• Oliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), English architect and designer
• Olivier Bernard (born 1979), French footballer
• Olivier Bernard (athlete) (1921–1967), Swiss hurdler

P

• Patricia Bernard (born 1942), Australian writer
• Paul Bernard (actor) (1898–1958), French actor
• Paul Bernard (archaeologist) (1929–2015), French archaeologist
• Paul Bernard (composer) (1827–1879), French composer
• Paul Bernard (director) (1929–1997), English television director and production designer
• Paul Bernard (footballer) (born 1972), Scottish footballer
• Percy Bernard (politician) (1844–1912), Irish politician
• Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon (1904–1979), Anglo-Irish nobleman and Royal Air Force commander
• Peter Bernard (fl.1716), Chief Justice of Jamaica
• Philip Bernard (fl.1786), Mi'kmaq chief in Nova Scotia
• Philip Bernard (MP) (died 1538/9), English Member of Parliament
• Pierre Bernard (comedian), American graphic designer and comedian
• Pierre Bernard (footballer) (1932–2014), French football goalkeeper
• Pierre Bernard (graphic designer) (1942–2015), French graphic designer
• Pierre Bernard (industrialist) (1922–1991), French industrialist
• Pierre Bernard (Montfermeil politician) (born 1934), French politician, mayor of Montfermeil
• Pierre Bernard (rugby union) (born 1989), French rugby footballer
• Pierre Bernard (Tarn politician) (1934–2020), French politician, mayor of Trébas
• Pierre Bernard (yogi) (1875–1955), American occultist
• Pierre Bernard-Reymond (born 1944), French politician
• Pierre-Joseph Bernard (1708–1775), French soldier, poet and librettist
• Prosper Bernard (1902–1943), Canadian Jesuit priest

Q

• Quentin Bernard (born 1989), French footballer

R

• Ralph Bernard (born 1953), British journalist and radio executive
• Randy Bernard (born 1967), American auto racing executive
• Raymond Bernard (esotericist) (1923–2006), French esotericist
• Raymond Bernard (filmmaker) (1891–1977), French film director and screenwriter
• Raymond W. Bernard (1903–1965), American esoteric writer
• René Bernard (1904–1969), French cyclist
• Reuben F. Bernard (1832–1903), United States Army officer
• Richard Bernard (1568–1641), English Puritan cleric and writer
• Richard Bernard (cricketer) (1938–1998), English cricketer
• Richard Bernard (Dean of Leighlin) (1787–1850), British politician, cleric and Dean of Leighlin
• Richard Bernard (MP for New Shoreham) (fl.1377–1395), English Member of Parliament
• Riese Bernard (born 1981), American writer and digital media executive
• Robert Bernard (advocate-general) (c.1808–1840), South Australian politician
• Robert Bernard (footballer) (1913–1990), German football player
• Robert J. Bernard (1894–1981), American academic administrator
• Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet (1601–1666), English lawyer and politician
• Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Baronet (died c. 1703), English politician
• Sir Robert Bernard, 5th Baronet (c.1740–1789), English politician
• Robyn Bernard (1959–c. 2024), American actress
• Rocky Bernard (born 1979), American football player
• Rod Bernard (1940–2020), American singer
• Roland K. Bernard (1916–1953), American college football player and coach
• Rukiya Bernard, Canadian actress, producer and interior designer

S

• Sam Bernard (1863–1927), American vaudeville comedian
• Samuel Bernard (artist) (1615–1687), French miniature painter
• Samuel Bernard (financier) (1651–1739), French nobleman and financier
• Samuel Bernard (Jamaica) (fl.1679–1688), speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica
• Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1686–1753), son of Samuel Bernard the financier and bankrupt
• Saviour Bernard (1724–1806), Maltese medical practitioner and philosopher
• Scrope Bernard-Morland (1758–1830), British politician and baronet
• Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), American businessman and politician from Louisiana
• Simon Bernard (1779–1839), French general of engineers
• Simon François Bernard (1817–1862), French surgeon and revolutionary
• Spencer Bernard (songwriter), American songwriter, musician and record producer
• Spencer Bernard (politician) (1918–2001), American politician from Oklahoma
• Stephen Bernard (born 1975), British bibliographer
• Stephen Bernard (Irish MP), 18th-century Member of the Parliament of Ireland
• Steve Bernard (1947– 2009), American businessman
• Steve Bernard (cricketer) (born 1949), Australian cricketer and umpire
• Susan Bernard (1948–2019), American actress and author, daughter of Bruno Bernard
• Susan Bernard (politician), American politician from Maine
• Suzanne Bernard (1892–1910), French aviator

T

• Terrel Bernard (born 1999), American football player
• Theos Casimir Bernard (1908–1947), American explorer and author
• Thierry Bernard-Gotteland (born 1974), French artist
• Thomas Bernard (1816–1882), Anglo-Irish British Army officer
• Thomas Bernard (Irish politician) (c.1769–1834), Irish politician
• Thomas Dehany Bernard (1815–1904), English Anglican cleric
• Sir Thomas Bernard, 3rd Baronet (1750–1818), English social reformer
• Sir Thomas Bernard, 6th Baronet (1791–1883), British politician
• Tom Bernard, American film distributor
• Tristan Bernard (1866–1947), French playwright and novelist
• Turner Bernard (born 1998), American football player

V

• Valère Bernard (1860–1936), French artist and writer from Provence
• Vivian Bernard (1868–1934), British Royal Navy officer

W

• Walter Bernard (born 1978), American football player
• Wanda Thomas Bernard (born 1953), Canadian politician
• Will Bernard, American guitarist and band leader
• William Bernard (councillor) (c.1603–1665), English merchant in colonial Virginia
• William Bernard (sailor) ( 1849), sailor known as Barnacle Bill
• William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875), American-British playwright and drama critic
• William Larkins Bernard (1843–1922), English architect
• William Smyth Bernard (1792–1863), Irish politician
• Wynton Bernard (born 1990), American baseball player

Y

• Yohann Bernard (born 1974), French swimmer
• Yvenson Bernard (born 1984), American football player
• Yvonne Bernard (born 1959), American film and television producer

Z

• Zénon Bernard (1893–1942), Luxembourgish communist politician

See also

• George and Bert Bernard, American comedy duo
• de Bernard de Marigny
• St. Bernard (surname)