Bergen (name)

Bergen is a surname. Some Mennonite Bergen families immigrated to Russia when Catherine the Great of Russia issued a Manifesto in 1763 inviting all Europeans to come and settle various pieces of land within Russia, especially in the Volga River region.

Notable persons with this surname include:

• Beverley Bergen, New Zealand soprano opera singer
• Bill Bergen (1878–1943), American baseball player
• Bob Bergen (born 1964), American voice actor
• Candice Bergen (born 1946), American actress and model
• Candice Bergen (born 1964), Canadian federal politician
• Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), American actor and radio performer
• Frances Bergen (1922–2006), American actress and model
• Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1846 – 1924), an American folklorist, ethnobiologist and author
• Hans Hansen Bergen, The progrenator of the Bergens in NY NJ and one of the first Norwegian emigrants to the us.
• Helen Corinne Bergen (1868 - ?), American journalist and author
• John Teunis Bergen (1786–1855), American politician
• Larisa Bergen (1949–2023), Soviet volleyball player
• Martin Bergen (disambiguation), several persons
• Peter Bergen (born 1962), British-American journalist
• Polly Bergen (1930–2014), American entertainer
• Stanley S. Bergen Jr. (1929-2019), American university president
• Teunis G. Bergen (1806–1881), American politician
• Todd Bergen, Canadian ice hockey player
• W. R. Bergen, American basketball coach

van/von Bergen

The preposition "of" or "from" is a common part of names in Dutch (Van), German (Von) and related languages.

Notable people whose surnames contain this particle in conjunction with "Bergen" include:

• John S. Van Bergen (1885–1969), American architect
• Nora von Bergen (born 1990), Swiss ice dancer
• Peter A. Van Bergen (1763-1804), American politician
• Steve von Bergen (born 1983), Swiss footballer

See also

• Bergen (disambiguation)