Bernstein

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Bernstein is a Jewish^[1] surname meaning "amber". The German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn] ( listen), but in English it is often /ˈbɜrnstiːn/. Germanic variants: Börnstein, Börnsteen, Brennstein, lit. "burn[ing]stone"; lat. electrum or glaesum, gr. ἤλεκτρον ēlektron.^[2] It may refer to:

People

• Dan Bern (born 1965), American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein
• Eric Berne (1910–1970), American psychiatrist and writer
• Aaron Bernstein (1812–1884), German short story writer and historian
• Adam Bernstein (born 1960), American film, music video and television director and screenwriter
• Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1939–2010), British television executive and politician
• Al Bernstein, American boxing commentator
• Andrew Bernstein (born 1949), Objectivist philosopher
• Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), American jazz bassist
• Basil Bernstein (1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist
• Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), sports broadcaster
• Carl Bernstein (born 1944), American investigative journalist, Watergate reporter
• Charles Bernstein (born 1950), American poet
• Charles Bernstein (composer) (born 1943), film and TV music composer
• Daniel Bernstein, video game and movie composer, and CEO of Sandlot Games
• Daniel J. Bernstein (born 1971), American mathematics professor, creator of qmail and djbdns, and plaintiff in Bernstein v. United States
• David E. Bernstein, American law professor, writer, libertarian
• David I. Bernstein, Rabbi at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem and New York City
• Dennis Bernstein, producer and co-host
• Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), German Social Democrat
• Edward M. Bernstein, Las Vegas personal injury attorney
• Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004), American composer
• Felix Bernstein (1878–1956), German mathematician
• Harry Bernstein (born 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
• Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), South African author, artist, activist against apartheid and for women's rights
• Jared Bernstein, American economist
• Jeremy Bernstein, Physicist on Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)

• Joe Bernstein (boxer) (1877–1931), one of the first great boxers to emerge from New York's Lower East Side
• Joe Bernstein (American football) (1893–1967), professional football player
• Joe Bernstein (poker player) (1899–1975), poker player and road gambler
• Joseph Bernstein (born 1945), Israeli mathematician
• Joseph Milton Bernstein, alleged spy
• Josh Bernstein (born 1971), American explorer, author, and television personality
• Julius Bernstein (1839–1917), German neurobiologist
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
• Lionel Bernstein (1920–2002), South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
• Matt Bernstein (born 1982), American football player
• Max Bernstein (1854–1925), German art and theatre critic and author
• Michèle Bernstein (born 1932), French writer
• Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962), American abstract expressionist painter
• Nikolai Bernstein (1896–1966), Russian neurophysiologist
• Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian chess master
• Peretz Bernstein (1890–1971), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
• Peter L. Bernstein (1919–2009), author, economist, educator
• Phil Bernstein, Computer scientist specializing in database research
• Richard Bernstein (born 1944), US journalist
• Richard B. Bernstein (born 1956), US historian

• Robert Bernstein (comics), comic book writer
• Robert L. Bernstein, publisher and human rights activist
• Robert Root-Bernstein (born 1953), professor of life sciences
• Robert A. Bernstein (born 1961), American attorney and politician
• Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), Soviet mathematician

• Sidney „Sid“ Bernstein (1918–2013), American music producer and promoter
• Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (1899–1993), British media baron
• Sidney Norman Bernstein (1911–1992), American chess master
• Steven Bernstein (born 1961), American trumpeter and composer
• Theodore M. Bernstein, American journalist, NY Times editor
• Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002), American artist and painter
• Walter Bernstein (born 1919), blacklisted American screenwriter
• 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
• Judith Bernstein, a pseudonymous character in the British soap opera, EastEnders
• Emily Bernstein, a Minor Character in the Baby Sitter's Club series

Places

• Bernstein im Burgenland, a village near the Austrian-Hungarian border

See also

• Burstyn (disambiguation), a Polish and Ukrainian version of the same word

References

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