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Bernstein is a German and Jewish[1] surname meaning "amber". The German pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn], 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 (sociologist) (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
- Isadore Bernstein (1876-1944), American screenwriter
- 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 (musician) (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
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
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=5L494fMY2Y8C&pg=PA316&dq=bernstein+jewish+surnames
- ↑ Wilhelm Gemoll: Griechisch-Deutsches Schul- und Handwörterbuch. München/Wien 1965.