Bernhard is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar<!-- really belongs at Bernard -->
  • Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946–1984
  • Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (1905–1998), German nobleman, artist, and author
  • Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
  • Bernhard, Margrave of Baden (born 1970), German prince
  • Bernhard Beibl (born 1979), Austrian musician
  • Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander
  • Bernhard Garside (born 1962), British diplomat
  • Bernhard Goetzke (1884–1964), German actor
  • Bernhard Grill (born 1961), one of the developers of MP3 technology
  • Bernhard Hantzsch (1875–1911), German ornithologist, Arctic researcher, and writer
  • Bernhard Heiliger (1915–1995), German sculptor
  • Bernhard Höfler (born 1986), Austrian politician
  • Bernhard Langer (born 1957), German golfer
  • Bernhard Maier (born 1963), German celticist
  • Bernhard Raimann (born 1997), Austrian American football player
  • Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), German mathematician
  • Bernhard Seidenath (born 1968), German politician
  • Bernhard Siebken (1910–1949), German Nazi SS commander, executed for war crimes
  • Bernhard Vogel (1932–2025), German politician
  • Bernhard Zintl (born 1965), German pole vaulter
  • Prince Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929) Prince, Prime Minister of Prussia and Chancellor of the German Empire

See also

  • Bernard
  • Bernhardt
  • Saint Bernard (disambiguation)
  • Bernhardi (disambiguation)
  • Bernd