Bernays is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adolphus Bernays (1795âÂÂ1864), professor of German in London; brother of Isaac Bernays and father of:
- Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831âÂÂ1908), public servant and agricultural writer in Australia; son of Adolphus Bernays
- Edward Bernays (1891âÂÂ1995), the "father of public relations"; great-grandson of Isaac Bernays and father of:
- Anne Bernays (born 1930), American novelist; daughter of Edward Bernays and American novelist Doris E. Fleischman
- Isaac Bernays (1792âÂÂ1849), German rabbi; brother of Adolphus Bernays and father of:
- Jakob Bernays (1824âÂÂ1881), German classical linguist
- Michael Bernays (1834âÂÂ1897), German literature historian
- Karl Ludwig Bernays (1815âÂÂ1876), Marxist journalist
- Marie Bernays (1883âÂÂ1939), German politician and educator
- Martha Bernays (1861âÂÂ1951), wife of Sigmund Freud; granddaughter of Isaac Bernays by his son Berman
- Paul Bernays (1888âÂÂ1977), Swiss mathematician born in London; great-grandson of Isaac Bernays
- Robert Bernays (1902âÂÂ1945), Liberal MP; great-grandson of Adolphus Bernays
- Thekla M. Bernays (1856âÂÂ1931), women's suffrage's activist, author and lecturer
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