Eberhard

Eberhard or Everard or Everardo is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.

People

First name

• Eberhard of Friuli (815–66), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
• Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian.
• Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–96)
• Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392)
• Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937)
• Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (ca 885 – 939)
• Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–66)
• Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint

Last name

• Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century:^[1]
  • George-Emile Eberhard (1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co.
  • George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
  • Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
• Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769–1884), a German writer.
• Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005), an American composer.
• Hans J. Müller-Eberhard (1927–98), a molecular immunologist.
• Hermann Eberhard (1852–1908), a 19th-century German explorer that discovered Giant sloth remains at Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument.
• Johann Augustus Eberhard (1739–1809), a German theologian.
• Martin Eberhard (born 1960), co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors
• Mary Jane West-Eberhard prominent biologist upon social wasps and phenotypic plasticity
• Matthias Eberhard (1815–76), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier.
• Paul Eberhard (born 1917), Swiss bobsledder
• Wolfram Eberhard (1909–89), a sociologist of rural China.

Companies

• Eberhard & Co., a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer
• Eberhard's, supermarket chain in Michigan.

See also

• Eberhardt
• Eberhart (disambiguation)

References

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