Bergson (surname)

Bergson (French pronunciation: [bɛʁksɔn]) is a surname and may refer to:

• Michał Bergson (aka Michel Bergson, Bergsohn) (1820, Warsaw - 1898), a Jewish Polish composer and pianist
  • Henri-Louis Bergson (1859 - 1941), a Jewish French philosopher, a son of Michał, and the athor of:
    • Duration (Bergson), the theory of time and consciousness
    • Intuition (Bergson), the philosophical method
    • Laughter (Bergson), the title of a collection of three essays
  • Moina Mathers, born Mina Bergson; aka Moina Bergson Mathers (1865 - 1928), an artist and occultist, younger sister of Henri-Louis

• Michał Bergson (banker) (1831 - 1919, Warsaw) ^[1]
• Ludwik Bergson (1863 - 1940) (pl)
• Gershon Bergson (Hebrew: גרשון ברגסון‎; 1913 - 2010)^[2]
• Abram Bergson, born Abram Burk (1914, New York City - 2003), a Jewish American economist
• Peter Bergson (1915 - 2001)
• Herb Bergson (born ?, Duluth, Minnesota), an American politician

• Bill Bergson (original Swedish name: Kalle Blomkvist), a fictional boy detective created by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren
• Bergson Śląsk Wrocław

Bergsohn

• Harold Bergsohn, author
• Isa Partsch-Bergsohn, author

Bergsson

• Nikolás Bergsson, Icelandic traveller
• Þórir Bergsson (1885 - 1970), Icelandic writer ^[3]
• Guðbergur Bergsson (born 1932), Icelandic writer
• Guðni Bergsson (born 1965, Grindavík), Icelandic football player

See also

• Berkson

References