# Bertrand (name) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bertrand_(name) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bertrand_(name).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_(name) > Source revision: 1341870133 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Given name - [Bertrand Baguette](/source/Bertrand_Baguette) (born 1986), Belgian racing driver - [Bertrand Barère](/source/Bertrand_Bar%C3%A8re) (1755–1841), French politician, [freemason](/source/Freemason) and journalist, one of the members of [National Convention](/source/National_Convention) and leaders of [Reign of Terror](/source/Reign_of_Terror) - [Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube](/source/Bertrand_de_Bar-sur-Aube) (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet - [Bertrand Berry](/source/Bertrand_Berry) (born 1975), American football player - [Bertrand Blier](/source/Bertrand_Blier) (1939–2025), French director and screenwriter - [Bertrand Cantat](/source/Bertrand_Cantat) (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician - [Bertrand Clausel](/source/Bertrand_Clausel) (1772–1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of [Hundred Days War](/source/Hundred_Days) and [Battle of Salamanca](/source/Battle_of_Salamanca) - [Bertrand of Comminges](/source/Bertrand_of_Comminges) (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges - [Bertrand Crasson](/source/Bertrand_Crasson) (born 1971), Belgian footballer - [Bertrand Damaisin](/source/Bertrand_Damaisin) (born 1968), French judoka - [Bertrand Delanoë](/source/Bertrand_Delano%C3%AB) (born 1950), French politician - [Bertrand Gachot](/source/Bertrand_Gachot) (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver - [Bertrand du Guesclin](/source/Bertrand_du_Guesclin) (c. 1320 – 1380), Constable of France - [Bertrand H. Hoak](/source/Bertrand_H._Hoak) (1917–1987), New York state senator - [Bertrand de Jouvenel](/source/Bertrand_de_Jouvenel) (1903–1987), French philosopher and political economist - [Bertrand Lacaste](/source/Bertrand_Lacaste) (1897–1994), French clergyman and bishop - [Bertrand Meyer](/source/Bertrand_Meyer) (born 1950), computer scientist and author - [Bertrand Nagymartoni](/source/Bertrand_Nagymartoni) (fl. 1243–1276), Aragonese-Hungarian nobleman - [Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza](/source/Prince_Bertrand_of_Orl%C3%A9ans-Braganza) (born 1941), member of the [Imperial House of Brazil](/source/Imperial_House_of_Brazil) - [Bertrand Owundi](/source/Bertrand_Owundi) (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer - [Bertrand de Poulengy](/source/Bertrand_de_Poulengy) (fl. c. 1392–1456), French nobleman - [Bertrand Ract-Madoux](/source/Bertrand_Ract-Madoux) (born 1953), French Army general - [Bertrand Russell](/source/Bertrand_Russell) (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate - [Bertrand Serlet](/source/Bertrand_Serlet), a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc. - [Bertrand Tavernier](/source/Bertrand_Tavernier), a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer ### Fictional characters - [Bertrand Baudelaire](/source/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](/source/Critical_Role)* - Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel *[The Werewolf of Paris](/source/The_Werewolf_of_Paris)* - Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of *[The Monkey and the Cat](/source/The_Monkey_and_the_Cat)* - Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in *[Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight](/source/Etrian_Odyssey_2_Untold%3A_The_Fafnir_Knight)* ## Surname - [Alexandre Bertrand](/source/Alexandre_Bertrand) (1820–1902), French archaeologist - [Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand](/source/Alexandre_Jacques_Fran%C3%A7ois_Bertrand) (1795–1831), French physician - [Aloysius Bertrand](/source/Aloysius_Bertrand) (1807–1841), French poet - [Antoine de Bertrand](/source/Antoine_de_Bertrand) (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer - [Charles Bertrand (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Bertrand_(disambiguation)), multiple people - [Christophe Bertrand](/source/Christophe_Bertrand) (1981–2010), French composer - [Claude Bertrand (actor)](/source/Claude_Bertrand_(actor)) (1919–1986), French actor - [Claudine Bertrand](/source/Claudine_Bertrand) (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet - [Elie Bertrand](/source/Elie_Bertrand) (1713–1797), Swiss geologist, naturalist, pastor and theologian. - [Émile Bertrand](/source/%C3%89mile_Bertrand) (1844–1909), French mineralogist - [Gabriel Bertrand](/source/Gabriel_Bertrand) (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist - [Gustave Bertrand](/source/Gustave_Bertrand) (1896–1976), French intelligence officer - [Guy Bertrand (broadcaster)](/source/Guy_Bertrand_(broadcaster)) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality - [Guy Bertrand (chemist)](/source/Guy_Bertrand_(chemist)), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist - [Guy Bertrand (lawyer)](/source/Guy_Bertrand_(lawyer)), Québec lawyer and political activist - [Henri Gatien Bertrand](/source/Henri_Gatien_Bertrand) (1773–1844), French general (First Empire) - [Henri Bertrand (entomologist)](/source/Henri_Bertrand_(entomologist)) (1892–1978), French entomologist - [Jacob Bertrand](/source/Jacob_Bertrand) (born 2000), American actor - [JD Bertrand](/source/JD_Bertrand) (born 2000), American football player - [Jean-Jacques Bertrand](/source/Jean-Jacques_Bertrand) (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970) - [Jean-Michel Bertrand](/source/Jean-Michel_Bertrand) (1943–2008), French politician - [John Bertrand (Australian sailor)](/source/John_Bertrand_(Australian_sailor)) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman - [Joseph Bertrand](/source/Joseph_Bertrand) (1822–1900), French mathematician - [Julie Winnefred Bertrand](/source/Julie_Winnefred_Bertrand) (1891–2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world - [Léon Bertrand](/source/L%C3%A9on_Bertrand) (born 1951), French politician - [Leopoldo Bertrand](/source/Leopoldo_Bertrand) (born 1943), Spanish military engineer and politician - [Lorenzo Bertrand](/source/Lorenzo_Bertrand) (1886–1924), Canadian ice hockey player - [Louis Bertrand (disambiguation)](/source/Louis_Bertrand_(disambiguation)), multiple people with the name - [Marcel Alexandre Bertrand](/source/Marcel_Alexandre_Bertrand) (1847–1907), French geologist - [Marcheline Bertrand](/source/Marcheline_Bertrand), (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie - [Marianne Bertrand](/source/Marianne_Bertrand), Belgian economist at the University of Chicago - [Paul Bertrand](/source/Paul_Bertrand) (1879–1944), French botanist - [Plastic Bertrand](/source/Plastic_Bertrand) (born 1958), Belgian singer - [Raymond Bertrand de Got](/source/Raymond_Bertrand_de_Got) (1264–1314), became Pope Clement V - [René Bertrand](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Bertrand) (1971–2025), Argentine actor and theater director - [Robert Bertrand](/source/Robert_Bertrand) (1953–2022), Canadian politician - [Robert R. Bertrand](/source/Robert_R._Bertrand) (1906–2002), American sound engineer - [Rosaire Bertrand](/source/Rosaire_Bertrand) (born 1936), Canadian politician - [Ryan Bertrand](/source/Ryan_Bertrand) (born 1989), English footballer - [Sylvia Judith Bertrand](/source/Sylvia_Judith_Bertrand) (1930–2009), Dominican civil servant - [Xavier Bertrand](/source/Xavier_Bertrand) (born 1965), French politician - [Yann Arthus-Bertrand](/source/Yann_Arthus-Bertrand) (born 1946), French photographer - [Yannick Bertrand](/source/Yannick_Bertrand) (born 1980), French alpine skier - [Yves Bertrand](/source/Yves_Bertrand) (1944–2013), French intelligence officer ## References Name list This page or section lists people that share the same [given name](/source/Given_name) or the same [family name](/source/Family_name). 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