'''Bertrand''' is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from ''berht'' ("bright") and ''hramn'' ("raven") or ''rand'' ("rim of shield").{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
== Given name ==
*[[Bertrand Baguette]] (born 1986), Belgian racing driver *[[Bertrand Barère]] (1755–1841), 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]] (1939–2025), French director and screenwriter *[[Bertrand Cantat]] (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician *[[Bertrand Clausel]] (1772–1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of [[Hundred Days|Hundred Days War]] and [[Battle of Salamanca]] *[[Bertrand of Comminges]] (1050–1126), 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]] ({{circa|1320}}{{snd}}1380), Constable of France *[[Bertrand H. Hoak]] (1917–1987), New York state senator *[[Bertrand de Jouvenel]] (1903–1987), French philosopher and political economist *[[Bertrand Lacaste]] (1897–1994), French clergyman and bishop *[[Bertrand Meyer]] (born 1950), computer scientist and author *[[Bertrand Nagymartoni]] ({{floruit|1243–1276}}), 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]] ({{floruit|c. 1392–1456}}), French nobleman *[[Bertrand Ract-Madoux]] (born 1953), French Army general *[[Bertrand Russell]] (1872–1970), 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 === *[[Bertrand Baudelaire]], a fictional character in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Bertrand Bell, a human fighter character in the D&D web series ''[[Critical Role]]'' * Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel ''[[The Werewolf of Paris]]'' * Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of ''[[The Monkey and the Cat]]'' * Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in ''[[Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight]]''
== Surname == *[[Alexandre Bertrand]] (1820–1902), French archaeologist *[[Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand]] (1795–1831), French physician *[[Aloysius Bertrand]] (1807–1841), French poet *[[Antoine de Bertrand]] ({{circa|1540|1580}}), French composer *[[Charles Bertrand (disambiguation)]], multiple people *[[Christophe Bertrand]] (1981–2010), French composer *[[Claude Bertrand (actor)]] (1919–1986), French actor *[[Claudine Bertrand]] (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet *[[Elie Bertrand]] (1713–1797), Swiss geologist, naturalist, pastor and theologian. *[[Émile Bertrand]] (1844–1909), French mineralogist *[[Gabriel Bertrand]] (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist *[[Gustave Bertrand]] (1896–1976), 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]] (1773–1844), French general (First Empire) *[[Henri Bertrand (entomologist)]] (1892–1978), French entomologist *[[Jacob Bertrand]] (born 2000), American actor *[[JD Bertrand]] (born 2000), American football player *[[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]] (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970) *[[Jean-Michel Bertrand]] (1943–2008), French politician *[[John Bertrand (Australian sailor)]] (born 1946), Australian yachtsman *[[Joseph Bertrand]] (1822–1900), French mathematician *[[Julie Winnefred Bertrand]] (1891–2007), 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]] (1886–1924), Canadian ice hockey player *[[Louis Bertrand (disambiguation)]], multiple people with the name *[[Marcel Alexandre Bertrand]] (1847–1907), French geologist *[[Marcheline Bertrand]], (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie *[[Marianne Bertrand]], Belgian economist at the University of Chicago *[[Paul Bertrand]] (1879–1944), French botanist *[[Plastic Bertrand]] (born 1958), Belgian singer *[[Raymond Bertrand de Got]] (1264–1314), became Pope Clement V *[[René Bertrand]] (1971–2025), Argentine actor and theater director *[[Robert Bertrand]] (1953–2022), Canadian politician *[[Robert R. Bertrand]] (1906–2002), American sound engineer *[[Rosaire Bertrand]] (born 1936), Canadian politician *[[Ryan Bertrand]] (born 1989), English footballer *[[Sylvia Judith Bertrand]] (1930–2009), 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]] (1944–2013), French intelligence officer
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