Bernstein
is a German and Jewish surname meaning "amber". The proper German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁn.ʃtaɪn], but many non-Germans pronounce it [ˈbɝn.stiːn]. It may refer to:
People
- Dan Bern, American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein
- Eric Berne, American psychiatrist and writer
- Aaron Bernstein
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, British television executive and politician
- Al Bernstein
- Andrew Bernstein, Objectivist philosopher
- Basil Bernstein, UK linguist
- Bonnie Bernstein, sports broadcaster
- Carl Bernstein, American investigative journalist
- Charles Bernstein, American poet
- Charles Bernstein (composer), film and TV music composer
- Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in Bernstein v. United States
- David E. Bernstein, American law professor, writer, libertarian
- Eduard Bernstein, German Social Democrat
- Edward M. Bernstein, Las Vegas personal injury attorney
- Elmer Bernstein, American composer
- fabian Bernstein-rap artist.
- Felix Bernstein, German mathematician
- Harry Bernstein (b. 1910), author
- Henri Bernstein (also Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein, 1876-1953) French playwright
- Henry Bernstein (1912-1964), social realist artist, WPA muralist
- Herman Bernstein (1876 – 1935), Jewish American journalist and writer.
- Joe Bernstein, boxer
- Joseph Bernstein, mathematician
- Joseph Milton Bernstein, alleged spy
- Josh Bernstein, American explorer, author, and television personality
- Julius Bernstein, German neurobiologist
- Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
- Lev Davidovich Bronstein, birth name of Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky
- Matt Bernstein, American football player
- Max Bernstein (1854-1925), German art- and theatre critic and author
- Max Bernstein (pop-punk musician)
- Morris Louis Bernstein (1912-1962), American abstract expressionist painter
- Nikolai Bernstein(1896-1966), Russian neurophysiologist
- Ossip Bernstein (1882-1962), Russian chess master
- Peter L. Bernstein, author, economist, educator
- Phil Bernstein, computer scientist
- Richard Bernstein, US chemist
- Robert L. Bernstein, US human rights activist
- Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Ukrainian mathematician
- Theodore M. Bernstein
- Walter Bernstein
- William J. Bernstein, financial theorist
Fictional people
- Rugal Bernstein, a major villain in the King of Fighters video game series.
- 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
Other
- Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem, after Felix Bernstein
- Bernstein-Sato polynomial, after Joseph Bernstein and Mikio Sato
- Bernstein polynomial, named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
- Bernstein's inequality, named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
- Bernstein v. United States