Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("rim of shield").
Given name
- Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
- Bertrand Barère (1755âÂÂ1841), French politician, freemason and journalist, one of the members of National Convention and leaders of Reign of Terror
- Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
- Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
- Bertrand Blier (1939âÂÂ2025), French director and screenwriter
- Bertrand Cantat (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician
- Bertrand Clausel (1772âÂÂ1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Days War and Battle of Salamanca
- Bertrand of Comminges (1050âÂÂ1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
- Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
- Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
- Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
- Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
- Bertrand du Guesclin (1380), Constable of France
- Bertrand H. Hoak (1917âÂÂ1987), New York state senator
- Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903âÂÂ1987), French philosopher and political economist
- Bertrand Lacaste (1897âÂÂ1994), French clergyman and bishop
- Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), computer scientist and author
- Bertrand Nagymartoni (), Aragonese-Hungarian nobleman
- Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
- Bertrand Owundi (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
- Bertrand de Poulengy (), French nobleman
- Bertrand Ract-Madoux (born 1953), French Army general
- Bertrand Russell (1872âÂÂ1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate
- Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
- Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer
Fictional characters
Surname
- Alexandre Bertrand (1820âÂÂ1902), French archaeologist
- Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795âÂÂ1831), French physician
- Aloysius Bertrand (1807âÂÂ1841), French poet
- Antoine de Bertrand (), French composer
- Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
- Christophe Bertrand (1981âÂÂ2010), French composer
- Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919âÂÂ1986), French actor
- Claudine Bertrand (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet
- Elie Bertrand (1713âÂÂ1797), Swiss geologist, naturalist, pastor and theologian.
- ÃÂmile Bertrand (1844âÂÂ1909), French mineralogist
- Gabriel Bertrand (1867âÂÂ1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
- Gustave Bertrand (1896âÂÂ1976), French intelligence officer
- Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
- Guy Bertrand (chemist), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
- Guy Bertrand (lawyer), Québec lawyer and political activist
- Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773âÂÂ1844), French general (First Empire)
- Henri Bertrand (entomologist) (1892âÂÂ1978), French entomologist
- Jacob Bertrand (born 2000), American actor
- JD Bertrand (born 2000), American football player
- Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916âÂÂ1973), Premier of Quebec (1968âÂÂ1970)
- Jean-Michel Bertrand (1943âÂÂ2008), French politician
- John Bertrand (Australian sailor) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman
- Joseph Bertrand (1822âÂÂ1900), French mathematician
- Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891âÂÂ2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world
- Léon Bertrand (born 1951), French politician
- Leopoldo Bertrand (born 1943), Spanish military engineer and politician
- Lorenzo Bertrand (1886âÂÂ1924), Canadian ice hockey player
- Louis Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847âÂÂ1907), French geologist
- Marcheline Bertrand, (1950âÂÂ2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie
- Marianne Bertrand, Belgian economist at the University of Chicago
- Paul Bertrand (1879âÂÂ1944), French botanist
- Plastic Bertrand (born 1958), Belgian singer
- Raymond Bertrand de Got (1264âÂÂ1314), became Pope Clement V
- René Bertrand (1971âÂÂ2025), Argentine actor and theater director
- Robert Bertrand (1953âÂÂ2022), Canadian politician
- Robert R. Bertrand (1906âÂÂ2002), American sound engineer
- Rosaire Bertrand (born 1936), Canadian politician
- Ryan Bertrand (born 1989), English footballer
- Sylvia Judith Bertrand (1930âÂÂ2009), Dominican civil servant
- Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946), French photographer
- Yannick Bertrand (born 1980), French alpine skier
- Yves Bertrand (1944âÂÂ2013), French intelligence officer
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