Namesakes
Adam Mickiewicz
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1798-1855 
Notable Writers
Antoine Marfan
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1858-1942
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Barney Fife
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1960 The Andy Griffith Show
Ben Bot
(m) 1937-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ben Cross
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1947-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Sombogaart
(m) 1947-
Notable Filmmakers
Bernard
(m) 778-842
Saints
Bernard of Bagnorea
(m) ?-800
Saints
Bernard of Menthon
(m) 923-1008
Saints
Bernard degli Uberti
(m) c. 1060-1133
Saints
Bernard of Clairvaux
(m) 1090-1153
Saints
Bernard of Capua
(m) ?-1109
Saints
Bernard of Valdeiglesias
(m) ?-1155
Saints
Bernard de Alzira
(m) ?-1180
Saints
Bernard the Penitent
(m) ?-1182
Saints
Bernard of Toulouse
(m) ?-1320
Saints
Bernard of Baden
(m) 1428-1458
Saints
Bernard
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Bernard Arnault
(m) 1949-
Notable Businesspeople
Bernard Calvó
(m) 1180-1243
Saints
Bernard Cazeneuve
(m) 1963-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2016-2017 (prime minister)
Bernard Due
(m) ?-1838
Saints
Bernard Foley
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Bernard Fox
(m) 1927-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bernard Franklin
(m) 1889-1937
Olympic Medalists 1912 artistic gymnastics (bronze)
Bernard Hill
(m) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bernard Hinault
(m) 1954-
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Bernard Katz
(m) 1911-2003
Nobel Prize Winners 1970 (medicine)
Bernard King
(m) 1956-
Hall-of-Famers 2013 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Bernard Lafferty
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 2006 Bernard and Doris
Bernard Lagat
(m) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2004 1500 m (bronze/silver)
Bernard Laidebeur
(m) 1942-1991
Olympic Medalists 1964 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Bernard Le Roux
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Bernard MacLaverty
(m) 1942-
Notable Writers
Bernard Malamud
(m) 1914-1986
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1967 The Fixer
Bernard Marx
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1932 Brave New World
Bernard Montgomery
(m) 1887-1976
Notable Military Figures
Bernard Nadler
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Bernard Sumner
(m) 1956-
Notable Musicians
Bernard Tomic
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Bernard Valeara
(m) ?-1122
Saints
Bernard Vukas
(m) 1927-1983
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 football (silver)
Bernard Williams III
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2004 4x100 m relay; 200 m (gold/silver)
Bernard Wrightson
(m) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1968 diving - springboard (gold)
Bernardo of Offida
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1604-1694
Saints
Bernardo of Corleone
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1605-1667
Saints
Bernardo Scammacca
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1430-1487
Saints
Bernardo Tolomei
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1272-1348
Saints
Bernie Calvert
(m) 1942-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2010 The Hollies
Bernie Ecclestone
(m) 1930-
Notable Businesspeople
Bernie Federko
(m) 1956-
Hall-of-Famers 2002 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
(m) 1931-2006
Hall-of-Famers 1972 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1961 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Bernie Kopell
(m) 1933-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bernie Leadon
(m) 1947-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 The Eagles
Bernie Mac
(m) 1957-2008
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Bernie Madoff
(f) 1938-2021
Notable Evildoers
Bernie Marsden
(m) 1951-2023
Notable Musicians
Bernie Parent
(m) 1945-
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Bernie Sanders
(m) 1941-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Bernie Taupin
(m) 1950-
Notable Musicians
Bernie Worrell
(m) 1944-2016
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Bernward of Hildesheim
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 960-1022
Saints
Brian Cowen
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1960-
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 2008-2011 (prime minister)
Burrill Bernard Crohn
(m) 1884-1983
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Calvin Fowler
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1940-2013
Olympic Medalists 1968 basketball (gold)
Courtney B. Vance
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
D. B. Sweeney
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
David Swift
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1931-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Edward Bernard Raczyński
(m) 1891-1993
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1979-1986 (president)
George Bernard Shaw
(m) 1856-1950
Nobel Prize Winners 1925 (literature)
Notable Writers
Guy Parmelin
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1959-
Swiss Presidents 2021
Harold Bernard St. John
(m) 1931-2004
Other Leaders 1985-1986 Barbados (prime minister)
Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
(m) 1763-1839
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1834 (prime minister)
James Bausch
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1906-1974
Olympic Medalists 1932 decathlon (gold)
Jerry Orbach
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1935-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jesse Renick
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1917-1999
Olympic Medalists 1948 basketball (gold)
John Larroquette
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kevin Robinzine
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1988 4x400 m relay (gold)
Nicky Byrne
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1978-
Notable Musicians
Tony Curtis
(a.k.a. Bernard) (m) 1925-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)