Bernie (given name)

Bernie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Bernard and Bernadette.

Notable people with the given name include:

People

• Bernie Agrons (1922–2015), American politician
• Bernie Allen (born 1939), American baseball player
• Bernie Anderson Jr., silent film music composer
• Bernie Babcock (1868–1962), real name Julia Burnelle Smade Babcock, American author
• Bernie Barrantes, Filipino drag performer
• Bernie Bickerstaff (born 1944), American former National Basketball Association head coach
• Bernie Collins (born 1986 or 1987), British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland
• Bernie Carbo (born 1947), American baseball player
• Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American actor, poet, and professional football player
• Bernie de Le Cuona, British entrepreneur
• Bernie Dieter (born 1986), German cabaret artist
• Bernie Dwyer (1943–2013), Irish journalist, filmmaker and political activist
• Bernie Ebbers (1941–2020), Canadian businessman, founder and former chief executive officer of WorldCom
• Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British sports entrepreneur
• Bernie Erickson (born 1944), American football player
• Bernie Fedderly, Canadian drag racing crew chief
• Bernie Federko (born 1956), Canadian hockey player
• Bernie Geoffrion (1931–2006), Canadian National Hockey League Hall-of-Fame player and coach
• Bernie Goetz (born 1947), American vigilante
• Bernie Jaye, British comics creator and editor
• Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American actor
• Bernie Kosar (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
• Bernie Lim (born 1994), American physician and community organiser
• Bernie Leahy (1908–1978), American football player
• Bernie Lewis (born 1945), Welsh former footballer
• Bernie Malone (born 1948), Irish politician
• Bernie Mac (1957–2008), American comedian, actor, and voice actor
• Bernie Madoff (1938–2021), American convicted scammer and businessman
• Bernie Mangiboyat, American musician and founder of the band The Fifth
• Bernie Murphy (1923–?), Irish hurler
• Bernie Murray (born 1985), is a Northern Irish sportswoman
• Bernie Nolan (1960–2013), Irish actress and singer
• Bernie Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
• Bernie O'Neill (bowls), is a Northern Irish international laws bowler
• Bernie O'Rourke, Irish linguist
• Bernie Palmer (1893–1989), Canadian photographer
• Bernie Parent (1945–2025), Canadian National Hockey League goaltender
• Bernie Portenski (1949—2017), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Bernie Perryman (born 1959), American politician
• Bernie Quinlan (born 1951), Australian footballer
• Bernie Ripoll (born 1966), Australian politician
• Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900–2001), American printmaker, illustrator
• Bernie Roth (1907—2004), American curler
• Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American senator and presidential candidate
• Bernie Sherlock, Musical artist
• Bernie Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian table tennis player
• Bernie Taupin (born 1950), longtime lyricist for Elton John
• Bernie Tiede (born 1958), American mortician and convicted murderer
• Bernie Wagenblast (born 1956), American journalist and voice-over artist
• Bernie Williams (born 1968), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
• Bernie Willock, Canadian cyclist and businessman
• Bernie Wijesekara (1930–2014), Sri Lankan Sinhala sports journalist
• Bernie Wolfe (hockey) (born 1951), Canadian NHL hockey player
• Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), American keyboardist and composer

Fictional characters

• Bernie (Doonesbury), a comic strip character
• Bernie, a Beanie Baby St. Bernard produced by Ty, Inc.
• Bernie Abrahms, on the soap opera General Hospital
• Bernie Barges, one of the main protagonists of the animated TV series Watch My Chops
• Bernie Crane, supporting character in GTA IV
• Bernie Kropp, a minor character in the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles
• Bernie Lumen, a supporting character in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental
• Bernie McGloughlin, one of the titular characters in the Irish film The Commitments
• Bernie Steinberg, one of the main characters of the 1972–1973 television series Bridget Loves Bernie
• Bernie White, a character in the 2016–2017 Millarworld comic book series Reborn
• Bernadette Taylor, a character from a TV soap opera, EastEnders

See also