Berger
Berger may refer to:
People
Berger is a relatively common last name. It means mountaineer in German, and shepherd in French. The pronunciation of the English name is /ˈbɜrdʒər/ bur-jər. Notable people by that name include:
Politics
Sports
- Andreas Berger (born 1961), Austrian track and field sprinter
- David Mark Berger (1944–1972), American-born Israeli weightlifter; Maccabiah champion (middleweight); one of the 11 hostages murdered in the Munich massacre
- Frederick Berger (1849-?), American professional baseball umpire
- Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian Grand Prix racing driver
- Ilana Berger (born 1965), Israeli tennis player
- Ike Berger (born 1936), US Olympic champion weightlifter (featherweight), 2-time silver; 2-time Pan American champion; 23 world records
- Jay Berger (born 1966), American tennis player; highest world ranking # 7
- Johann Berger (1845–1933), Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor
- Lars Berger (born 1979), Norwegian biathlete
- Mark Berger (judoka) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic silver & bronze (judo heavyweight)
- Maxie Berger (1917–2000), Canadian world champion junior welterweight boxer
- Ola Berger (b. 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- Olia Berger (born 1983), Canadian judoka
- Patrik Berger (born 1973), Czech football (soccer) player
- Sam Berger (1900–1992), Canadian football team owner
- Samuel Berger (boxer) (1884–1925), US Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
- Tora Berger (born 1981), Norwegian biathlete and sister of Lars Berger
Music
- Arthur Berger, composer
- Christian Wilhelm Berger (b. 1964), Romanian composer and musician
- Erna Berger (1900–1990), German soprano singer
- Henri Berger (1844–1929), Hawaii musician
- Jim Berger, Swedish musician
- Karl Berger (born 1935), German jazz musician
- Ludwig Berger (composer) (1777–1839), German composer and piano teacher
- Michel Berger (1947–1992), French singer and songwriter
- Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911), composer
- Wilhelm Georg Berger (1929–1993), composer
- Wilhelm Peterson Berger (1867–1942), Swedish musician
Culture
- Helmut Berger (born 1944), Austrian actor
- Helmut Berger (born 1949), Austrian actor, film director, playwright
- John Berger (born 1926), British art critic, novelist, painter, and author
- Karen Berger, British comic book editor
- Oscar Berger (cartoonist) (1901–1997), cartoonist
- Robert Berger (producer), a film producer
- Senta Berger (born 1941), Austrian actress
- Thomas Berger (born 1924), US novelist
- Wiesław Adam Berger, Polish writer
Science
- Alwin Berger (1871–1931), German botanist
- Hans Berger (1873–1941), German neuroscientist
- James Berger (statistician), American statistician
- Jeffrey W. Berger (1963–2001), American physician and engineer
- Josef Berger (scientist) (1949), Czech biomedical engineer and haematologist
- Lee R. Berger (born 1965), Explorer and Paleoanthropologist
- Marcel Berger, (born 1927), French mathematician
- Peter B. Berger (born 1956), American cardiologist
- Peter L. Berger (born 1929), American sociologist and theologian
- Richard Berger (1894–1984), Swiss professor of design, decoration, and art history
- Robert Berger (mathematician), American mathematician
- Robert W. Berger, German mathematician
Other people
Places
Other uses
See also