# Bernstein

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'''Bernstein''' is a common surname of German origin, meaning "[amber](/source/amber)" (literally "burn stone"). The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of [Ashkenazi](/source/Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage. The German pronunciation is {{IPA|de|ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn||De-Bernstein.ogg}}, but in English, it is pronounced either as {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜːr|n|s|t|aɪ|n}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜr|n|s|t|iː|n}}.

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==Notable people sharing the surname "Bernstein"==
===A–H===
* [Aaron Bernstein](/source/Aaron_Bernstein) (1812–1884), German short story writer and historian
* [Abe Bernstein](/source/Abe_Bernstein) (1892–1968), American mobster
* [Abraham Bernstein (disambiguation)](/source/Abraham_Bernstein_(disambiguation)), several people
* [Adam Bernstein](/source/Adam_Bernstein) (born 1960), American film, music video, television director, and screenwriter
* [Al Bernstein](/source/Al_Bernstein_(artist)) (born 1949), Austrian contemporary artist
* [Al Bernstein](/source/Al_Bernstein) (born 1950), American boxing commentator
* [Alan Bernstein](/source/Alan_Bernstein) (born 1947), Canadian medical researcher
* [Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil](/source/Alexander_Bernstein%2C_Baron_Bernstein_of_Craigweil) (1936–2010), British television executive and politician and psychologist, doctor of medicine, professor
* [Alfred Bernstein](/source/Alfred_Bernstein) (1911–2003), American civil rights and union activist
* [Andrew Bernstein (disambiguation)](/source/Andrew_Bernstein_(disambiguation)), several people
* [Armyan Bernstein](/source/Armyan_Bernstein),  American film producer, director and screenwriter
* [Arnold Bernstein](/source/Arnold_Bernstein) (1888–1971), German-American shipowner and pioneer of transatlantic car transport
* [Artie Bernstein](/source/Artie_Bernstein) (1909–1964), American jazz bassist 
* [Aryeh Leib Bernstein](/source/Aryeh_Leib_Bernstein) (1708–1788), Chief Rabbi of [Galicia](/source/Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria) 
* [Assaf Bernstein](/source/Assaf_Bernstein) (born 1970), Israeli director and screenwriter.
* [Axel Bernstein](/source/Axel_Bernstein) (1974–2017), German politician
* [Basil Bernstein](/source/Basil_Bernstein) (1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist
* [Benjamin Abram Bernstein](/source/Benjamin_Abram_Bernstein) (1881–1964), American mathematician
* [Bernard Bernstein](/source/Bernard_Bernstein_(disambiguation)), multiple people
** [Bernard Bernstein](/source/Bernard_Bernstein_(economist)) (1908–1990), American economist and public official
** [Bernard Bernstein](/source/Bernard_Bernstein_(metalsmith)) (1928–2021), American metalsmith
** [Bernard Bernstein](/source/Bernard_Bernstein_(table_tennis)) (1899–1963), English table tennis player
* [Bonnie Bernstein](/source/Bonnie_Bernstein) (born 1970), American sports broadcaster
* [Byron Bernstein](/source/Byron_Bernstein) (1989–2020), known as Reckful, Israeli-American Twitch streamer and former professional Esports player
* [Carl Bernstein](/source/Carl_Bernstein) (born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter
* [Charles Bernstein (composer)](/source/Charles_Bernstein_(composer)) (born 1943), film and television music composer
* [Charles Bernstein (poet)](/source/Charles_Bernstein_(poet)) (born 1950), American poet, father of Felix Bernstein
* [Daniel Bernstein](/source/Daniel_Bernstein), video game and movie composer, and CEO of Sandlot Games
* [Daniel J. Bernstein](/source/Daniel_J._Bernstein) (born 1971), American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in ''Bernstein v. United States''
* [David Bernstein (executive)](/source/David_Bernstein_(executive)) (born 1943), English football and business executive
* [David E. Bernstein](/source/David_E._Bernstein) (born 1967), American law professor, writer, libertarian
* [David I. Bernstein](/source/David_I._Bernstein), Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City
* [Drew Bernstein](/source/Drew_Bernstein) (1963–2014), American fashion designer
* [Eduard Bernstein](/source/Eduard_Bernstein) (1850–1932), German Social Democrat
* [Elmer Bernstein](/source/Elmer_Bernstein) (1922–2004), American composer and conductor 
* [Elsa Bernstein](/source/Elsa_Bernstein) (1866–1949), Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent
* [Evan Bernstein (wrestler)](/source/Evan_Bernstein_(wrestler)) (born 1960), Israeli Olympic wrestler
* [Felix Bernstein (mathematician)](/source/Felix_Bernstein_(mathematician)) (1878–1956), German mathematician
* [F. W. Bernstein](/source/F._W._Bernstein) (1938–2018), German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic
* [Georg Heinrich Bernstein](/source/Georg_Heinrich_Bernstein) (1787–1860), German orientalist
* [Hans Bernstein](/source/Harold_Byrns) (1903–1977), German-American conductor and orchestrator
* [Harry Bernstein](/source/Harry_Bernstein) (1910–2011), British-born American author
* [Heinrich Agathon Bernstein](/source/Heinrich_Agathon_Bernstein) (1828–1865), German naturalist, zoologist and explorer 
* [Henri Bernstein](/source/Henri_Bernstein) (also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876–1953), French playwright
* [Henry Bernstein (sociologist)](/source/Henry_Bernstein_(sociologist)) (1912–1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist
* [Herman Bernstein](/source/Herman_Bernstein) (1876–1935), Jewish American journalist and writer
* [Hilda Bernstein](/source/Hilda_Bernstein) (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights
* [Howard Bernstein](/source/Howard_Bernstein) (1953–2024), British chief executive of Manchester City Council

===I–N===
* [Ignatius Bernstein](/source/Ignatius_Bernstein) (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer
* [Ira B. Bernstein](/source/Ira_B._Bernstein) (1924–2024), American physicist, specializing in theoretical plasma physics
* [Isadore Bernstein](/source/Isadore_Bernstein) (1876–1944), American screenwriter
* [J. Sidney Bernstein](/source/J._Sidney_Bernstein) (1877–1943), Russian-American lawyer, politician, and judge
* [Jack Bernstein](/source/Jack_Bernstein) (1899–1945), American boxer
* [Jacob Bernstein-Kohan](/source/Jacob_Bernstein-Kohan) (1859–1929), Russian doctor and Zionist
* [Jake Bernstein](/source/Jake_Bernstein_(journalist)), American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author
* [Jake Bernstein](/source/Jake_Bernstein) (born 1946), American financial writer
* [Jared Bernstein](/source/Jared_Bernstein) (born 1955), American economist
* [Jed Bernstein](/source/Jed_Bernstein) (born 1955), American executive in the performing arts
* [Jeremy Bernstein](/source/Jeremy_Bernstein) (1929–2025), American theoretical physicist and science writer
{{:Joe Bernstein}}
* [Joseph Bernstein](/source/Joseph_Bernstein) (born 1945), Israeli mathematician
* [Joseph Milton Bernstein](/source/Joseph_Milton_Bernstein) (1908–1975), alleged spy
* [Josh Bernstein](/source/Josh_Bernstein) (born 1971), American explorer, author, and television personality
* [Julius Bernstein](/source/Julius_Bernstein) (1839–1917), German neurobiologist
* [Léna Bernstein](/source/L%C3%A9na_Bernstein) (1906–1932), German aviator 
* [Leonard Bernstein](/source/Leonard_Bernstein) (1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist, author, and teacher
* [Lionel Bernstein](/source/Lionel_Bernstein) (1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
* [Ludwig B. Bernstein](/source/Ludwig_B._Bernstein) (1870–1944), Latvian-American sociologist and social worker
* [Matt Bernstein](/source/Matt_Bernstein_(American_football)) (born 1982), American football player
* [Matt Bernstein](/source/Matt_Bernstein_(artist)) (born 1998), American makeup artist and internet celebrity
* [Max Bernstein](/source/Max_Bernstein) (1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author
* [Melanie Bernstein](/source/Melanie_Bernstein) (born 1976), German politician
* [Michèle Bernstein](/source/Mich%C3%A8le_Bernstein) (born 1932), French writer
* [Mikhail Bernshtein](/source/Mikhail_Bernshtein) (1875–1960), Soviet painter and art educator
* [Miriam Bernstein-Cohen](/source/Miriam_Bernstein-Cohen) (1895–1991), Israeli actress, director, poet and translator
* [Morris Louis Bernstein](/source/Morris_Louis_Bernstein) (1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter
* [Nikolai Bernstein](/source/Nikolai_Bernstein) (1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist

===O–Z===
* [Ossip Bernstein](/source/Ossip_Bernstein) (1882–1962), Russian chess master
* [Peretz Bernstein](/source/Peretz_Bernstein) (1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
{{:Peter Bernstein}}
* [Phil Bernstein](/source/Phil_Bernstein), American computer scientist 
* [Rhett Bernstein](/source/Rhett_Bernstein) (born 1987), American soccer player
{{:Richard Bernstein (disambiguation)}}{{:Robert Bernstein}}
*[Ronni Reis-Bernstein](/source/Ronni_Reis) (born 1966), American tennis player
* [Roxy Bernstein](/source/Roxy_Bernstein) (born 1972), American sportscaster
* [Salomon Bernstein](/source/Salomon_Bernstein) (1886–1968), Israeli painter
* [Samuil Bernstein](/source/Samuil_Bernstein) (1911–1997), Soviet linguist
* {{ill|Sarah Bernstein (musician)|de|Sarah Bernstein}} (born 1985), American jazz and improvisation musician
* [Sergei Natanovich Bernstein](/source/Sergei_Natanovich_Bernstein) (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician
* [Seymour Bernstein](/source/Seymour_Bernstein) (1927–2026), American pianist, composer, and teacher
* [Sid Bernstein (editor)](/source/Sid_Bernstein_(editor)) (1907–1993), Advertising Age co-founder, Crain publications chairman, Ad Age writer/editor
* [Sid Bernstein (impresario)](/source/Sid_Bernstein_(impresario)) (1918–2013), brought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to America, organized rock concerts
* [Sidney Bernstein (disambiguation)](/source/Sidney_Bernstein_(disambiguation))
{{:Steven Bernstein}}
* [Theodore Menline Bernstein](/source/Theodore_Menline_Bernstein) (1904–1979), American journalist, ''New York Times'' editor
* [Theresa Bernstein](/source/Theresa_Bernstein) (1890–2002), American artist and painter
* [Walter Bernstein](/source/Walter_Bernstein) (1919–2021), American film producer and screenwriter
* [William J. Bernstein](/source/William_J._Bernstein) (born 1948), American financial theorist
* [Zalman Bernstein](/source/Zalman_Bernstein) (1926–1999), American billionaire businessman and philanthropist

== From non-English Wikipedias ==

* {{ill|Alexander Nikolaevich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Александр Николаевич}} (1870–1922), Russian and Soviet psychiatrist, psychotherapist
* {{ill|Alvin Bernstein|he|אלווין ברנשטיין}} (1927–2011), Romanian Jewish writer, journalist, literary critic and theatre editor
* {{ill|Andreas Christian Bernstein|de|Andreas Christian Bernstein}} (1672–1699), German hymn writer
* {{ill|Anna Matveevna Bernstein-Kogan|ru|Бернштейн-Коган, Анна Матвеевна}} (1868–?), French and Russian surgeon and medical scientist
* {{ill|Benjamin Yehuda Leib Bernstein|he|בנימין יהודה לייב ברנשטיין}} (1839–1905), the first Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chayei Olam in Jerusalem.
* {{ill|Boris Moiseevich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Борис Моисеевич}} (1924–2015), Estonian Soviet art historian, doctor of art history
* {{ill|Caroline Bernstein|de|Caroline Bernstein}} (1797–1838), German writer
* {{ill|Charlotte Drews-Bernstein|de|Charlotte Drews-Bernstein}} (1936–2022), German screenwriter, director, audio book producer and radio writer
* {{ill|Costa Bernstein|de|Costa Bernstein}} (born 1973), Russian-Israeli painter and sculptor
* {{ill|Deborah Bernstein|he|דבורה ברנשטיין}} (born 1944), Israeli professor emeritus, sociologist and social historian
* {{ill|Drake Bernstein|de|Drake Bernstein}} (born 1989), American tennis player
* {{ill|Emil Bolden-Bernstein|he|אמיל בולדן-ברנשטיין}} (1909–1993), educator, professor, editor and activist
* {{ill|Enrique Bernstein Carabantes|de|Enrique Bernstein Carabantes}} (1910–1990), Chilean diplomat 
* {{ill|F. O. Bernstein|de|F. O. Bernstein}} (1929–1999), German photographer
* {{ill|Faina Abramovna Kogan-Bernstein|ru|Коган-Бернштейн, Фаина Абрамовна}} (1899–1976), Soviet istorik- medievalist, translator from Old French and modern French language
* {{ill|Frank Bernstein|de|Frank Bernstein}} (born 1964), German ancient historian
* {{ill|Friedrich Bernstein|de|Friedrich Bernstein (Verwaltungsjurist)}} (1818–1886), German military and administrative officials
* {{ill|Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm von Schäffer-Bernstein|de|Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm von Schäffer-Bernstein}} (1790–1861), Grand Ducal Hessian General of the Infantry and Minister of War 
* {{ill|Georg Heinrich von Bernstein|de|Georg Heinrich von Bernstein}} (?–1670), Domdechant Magdeburg and canon to Naumburg 
* {{ill|Gerda Meyer-Bernstein|de|Gerda Meyer-Bernstein}} (1924–2024), American Contemporary artist
* {{ill|Gregory Bernstein|de|Gregory Bernstein}} (born 1955), American screenwriter
* {{ill|Hanan Bernstein|he|חנן ברנשטיין}} (born 1955), officer in the IDF in the reserves with the rank of brigadier general
* {{ill|Hans von Bernstein|de|Hans von Bernstein}} (1525–1589), Electoral Saxon Privy Council
* {{ill|Herbert Bernstein|de|Herbert Bernstein}} (1930–2001), German lawyer and university professor
* {{ill|Ignaz Bernstein|de|Ignaz Bernstein}} (1836–1909), Russian-Jewish folklorist and linguist
* {{ill|Inna Abramovna　Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Инна Абрамовна}} (1919–1992),　Soviet and Russian literary critic 
* {{ill|Inna Maksimovna Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Инна Максимовна}} (1929–2012), Soviet and Russian translator
* {{ill|Jenny Schaffer-Bernstein|de|Jenny Schaffer-Bernstein}} (1888–1943), Austrian actress
* {{ill|Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein|de|Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein}} (1757–1838), Hesse-Darmstadt Lieutenant General
* {{ill|Johann Gottlob Bernstein|de|Johann Gottlob Bernstein}} (1747–1835), German physician and professor of medicine
* {{ill|Karl Ilich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Карл Ильич}} (1842–1894), Russian lawyer, professor of law
* {{ill|Leonid Bernstein|he|לאוניד ברנשטיין}} (1921–2019), commander of a partisan battalion
* {{ill|Lev Matveevich Kogan-Bernstein|ru|Коган-Бернштейн, Лев Матвеевич}} (1862–1889), Russian revolutionary, narodolets
* {{ill|Lev Semenovich Sinaev-Bernstein|ru|Синаев-Бернштейн, Лев Семёнович}} (1867–1944), French sculptor
* {{ill|Luca Bernstein|he|לוקה ברנשטיין}} (1873–1931), Romanian Jew poet,  playwright and editor
* {{ill|Marcos Bernstein|pt|Marcos Bernstein}} (born 1970), Brazilian screenwriter and film director
* {{ill|Mark Lvovich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Марк Львович}} (1919–1989), leading materials scientists of the USSR
* {{ill|Matvey Lvovich Kogan-Bernstein|ru|Коган-Бернштейн, Матвей Львович}} (1886–1918), Russian revolutionary, political figure, Ph.D.
* {{ill|Mikhail Alexandrovich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Михаил Александрович}} (1911–1984), Soviet oil geologist, teacher
* {{ill|Mikhail Davidovich Bernstein (literary critic)|ru|Бернштейн, Михаил Давидович (литературовед)}} (1911–2002), Soviet literary critic
* {{ill|Mira Bernstein|de|Mira Bernstein}} (1908–1943), Jewish teacher and communist 
* {{ill|Mordechai Bernstein (publisher)|he|מרדכי ברנשטיין (מו"ל)}} (1893–1983), Israeli writer, playwright, publisher and public figure
* {{ill|Mordechai Bernstein (pioneer)|he|מרדכי ברנשטיין (חלוץ)}} (1862–1934), one of the founders of Rosh Pina
* {{ill|Moshe Bernstein (rabbi)|he|משה ברנשטיין (רב)}} (1892–1956), rabbi and Revisionist public activist
* {{ill|Natalia Osipovna Kogan-Bernstein|ru|Коган-Бернштейн, Наталья Осиповна}} (1861–1927), Russian revolutionary and political activist.
* {{ill|Natan Osipovich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Натан Осипович}} (1836–1891), Russian doctor, physiologist
* {{ill|Naum Samuilovich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Наум Самуилович}} (1922–1997), Moldovan Soviet translator and journalist 
* {{ill|Nikolay Davidovich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Николай Давидович}} (1876–1938), Russian musicologist, music critic and historian
* {{ill|Paul Bernstein (cryptologist)|de|Paul Bernstein (Kryptologe)}} (1891–1976), German engineer and cryptologist
* {{ill|Paul Bernstein (political scientist)|de|Paul Bernstein (Politikwissenschaftler)}} (1897–1944 or 1945), German political scientist, journalist and community college teacher
* {{ill|Polina Samoilovna Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Полина Самойловна}} (1870–1949), Soviet translator
* {{ill|Reiner Bernstein|de|Reiner Bernstein}} (1939–2021), German historian and publicist
* {{ill|Rohl Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Рохл}} (1869–1942), Jewish poet, novelist and playwright
* {{ill|Rudolf Bernstein|de|Rudolf Bernstein}} (1896–1977), German comintern and film official
* {{ill|Sergei Alexandrowitsch Bernstein|de|Sergei Alexandrowitsch Bernstein}} (1901–1958), Russian civil engineer
* {{ill|Sergey Ignatievich Bernstein|ru|Бернштейн, Сергей Игнатьевич}} (1892–1970), Russian (Soviet) linguist, bibliographer, historian of the theatre, one of the founders of OPOZAZ
* {{ill|Sergey Vladimirovich Bernstein-Kogan|ru|Бернштейн-Коган, Сергей Владимирович}} (1886–1951), Russian and Soviet economist, economic geographer
* {{ill|Shimon Bernstein|he|שמעון ברנשטיין}} (1884–1962), literary researcher, writer, editor and Zionist
* {{ill|Shlomo Bernstein|he|שלמה ברנשטין}} (1907–1969), Israeli architect
* {{ill|Thomas Bernstein (artist)|de|Thomas Bernstein}} (born 1957), German visual artist and art teacher
* {{ill|Vladimir Bernstein|de|Vladimir Bernstein}} (1900–1936), Russian-born Italian mathematician
* {{ill|Walter Bernstein (artist)|de|Walter Bernstein (Künstler)}} (1901–1981), German artist

==Fictional people==

* [Rugal Bernstein](/source/Rugal_Bernstein), a major villain in the ''King of Fighters'' video game series
* [Adelheid Bernstein](/source/Adelheid_Bernstein), the son of Rugal, making a debut appearance in ''King of Fighters 2003''
* Mr. Bernstein, the business partner of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 film ''[Citizen Kane](/source/Citizen_Kane)''
* Judith Bernstein, pseudonym of the character [Janine Butcher](/source/Janine_Butcher) in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''
* Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a character in the mecha anime series ''[Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans](/source/Mobile_Suit_Gundam%3A_Iron-Blooded_Orphans)''

== Places ==
*[Château du Bernstein](/source/Ch%C3%A2teau_du_Bernstein), a castle in Alsace, France
*[Bernstein im Burgenland](/source/Bernstein_im_Burgenland), a village near the Austrian-Hungarian border
*[Pełczyce](/source/Pe%C5%82czyce), a town in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship (part of Germany until 1945), known in German as ''Bernstein''
*[Bernstein (Northern Black Forest)](/source/Bernstein_(Northern_Black_Forest)), a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

== See also ==
* {{intitle|Bernstein}}
* [Justice Bernstein (disambiguation)](/source/Justice_Bernstein_(disambiguation))
* [Berenstein](/source/Berenstein), a variant
* [Bernstine](/source/Bernstine)
* [Albert Baernstein II](/source/Albert_Baernstein_II) (1941–2014), American mathematician
* [Dan Bern](/source/Dan_Bern) (born 1965), American musician who previously performed under the name ''Bernstein''
* [Eric Berne](/source/Eric_Berne) (1910–1970, born Bernstein), American psychiatrist and writer
* [Burstyn (disambiguation)](/source/Burstyn_(disambiguation)), a Polish and Ukrainian version of the same word

==References==
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