Berg (surname)

Berg is a surname of North European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Norwegian, and Swedish), the word means "mount", "mountain" or "cliff".

List of people surnamed Berg

In music:

• Alban Berg (1885–1935), Austrian composer
• Bob Berg (1951–2002), American jazz saxophonist
• Cia Berg (born 1963), Swedish singer and television presenter
• Gunnar Berg (composer) (1909–1989), Swiss-born Danish composer
• Joakim Berg (born 1970), lead singer of the Swedish band Kent
• Moe Berg (musician) (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Shelly Berg (born 1955), American jazz pianist and educator
• Tim Berg (born 1989), Swedish DJ/producer, also known as AVICII
• Yung Berg (born 1986), American rapper

In media and the arts:

• A. Scott Berg (born 1949), American biographer
• Adam Berg (director) (born 1972), Swedish music video director, brother of Joakim Berg
• Alan Berg (1934–1984), American talk radio host
• Carol Berg, fantasy writer
• Dave Berg (cartoonist) (1920–2002), American cartoonist for MAD
• Dick Berg (1922–2009), American screenwriter and producer
• Elizabeth Berg (author) (born 1948), American novelist
• Gertrude Berg (1894–1966), American radio and television actress
• Gunnar Berg (painter) (1863–1893), Norwegian painter
• John Berg (actor) (1949–2007), American actor
• Peter Berg, American actor, film director, producer and writer

In politics and religion

• Axel Berg (born 1959), German politician
• Bruno II von Berg (c. 1100 – 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
• David Berg (1919–1994), founder of the religious movement Children of God
• Eivinn Berg (1931–2013), Norwegian diplomat and politician
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), Russian statesman and military figure
• Gordon Berg (1927–2013), American farmer and politician
• Gunnar Berg (politician) (born 1923), Liberal Party
• Gunner Berg, Norwegian priest, writer and politician
• Herbert Berg (religion), religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina
• John Berg (born 1970), American Catholic cleric
• Julius S. Berg (1893–1938), New York politician
• Michael Berg (born 1945), politician and anti-war activist, father of Nick Berg
• Philip Berg (1927–2013), founder of the Kabbalah Centre
• Philip J. Berg (born 1944), activist and former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania
• Moe Berg (1902–1972), U.S. baseball player and spy
• Nick Berg (1978–2004), American businessman beheaded in Iraq

In science, medicine, and technology

• Jeremy M. Berg, the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• Lev Berg (1876–1950), biologist and geographer
• Max Berg (1870–1947), German architect and urban planner
• Otto Berg (scientist) (1873–1939), German chemist, co-discoverer of the element rhenium
• Otto Karl Berg (1815–1866), German botanist and pharmacist
• Paul Berg (born 1926), American biochemist

In sport

• Aki-Petteri Berg (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
• Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver
• Andrea Berg (volleyball) (born 1981), German volleyball player
• Dave Berg (infielder), (born 1970) a retired Major League Baseball player
• Jan Berg (footballer born 1943), Norwegian footballer
• Jan Berg (footballer born 1965), Norwegian footballer
• Jan Berg (Finnish footballer) (born 1985)
• Justin Berg (born 1984), Major League Baseball player
• Henning Berg (born 1969), Norwegian football player
• Herbert Berg (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
• Lindsey Berg (born 1980), American volleyball player
• Marcus Berg (born 1986), Swedish football (soccer) player
• Moe Berg (1902–1972), American baseball player and spy
• Odd Berg (footballer) (born 1952), Norwegian football player
• Odd Berg (cyclist) (born 1923), Norwegian cyclist
• Otto Berg (athlete) (1906–1991), Norwegian long jumper
• Patty Berg (1918–2006), American golfer
• Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player

In other fields

• Bryan Berg (born 1975) professional cardstacker
• Gunnar Berg (Scouting) (1897–1987), Norwegian American director of the Boy Scouts of America
• Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1894) (1894–1973), Norwegian ship-owner
• Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1907) (1907–2005), Norwegian ship-owner
• Paavo Berg (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace
• Richard Berg, wargame designer

See also

• von Berg
• Berg (disambiguation)

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