Bertrand (name)
Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("shield").
People with the name include:
Given name
- Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
- Bertrand Barère (1755–1841), French politician and journalist
- Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
- Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
- Bertrand Blier (born 1939), a French director and screenwriter
- Bertrand Clausel (1772–1842), Marshal of France
- Bertrand of Comminges (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
- Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
- Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
- Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
- Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
- Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320-1380), Constable of France
- Bertrand H. Hoak (1917–1987), New York state senator
- Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher
- Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
- Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer
Fictional characters
- Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris
- Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of The Monkey and the Cat
Surname
- Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
- Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
- Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
- Antoine de Bertrand (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer
- Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
- Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919–1986), French actor
- Eddie Bertrand, American surf rock guitarist
- Emile Bertrand (1844–1909), French mineralogist
- Gabriel Bertrand (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
- Gustave Bertrand (1896 – 1976), French intelligence officer
- Guy Bertrand, played in The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a Monty Python film episode
- Guy Bertrand (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
- Guy Bertrand, professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
- Guy Bertrand, Québec lawyer and political activist
- Guy Bertrand plays the music of Limousin
- Guy Bertrand (1881–?), son of Edith Peers-Williams and George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
- Henri Gratien Bertrand (1773–1844), French general (First Empire)
- Henri Bertrand (1892–1978), French entomologist
- Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970)
- Jean-Michel Bertrand (born 1943), French politician
- John Bertrand (Australian sailor) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman
- Joseph Louis François Bertrand (1822–1900), French mathematician
- Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891–2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world
- Léon Bertrand (born 1951), French politician
- Louis Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847–1907), French geologist
- Marcheline Bertrand, (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie
- Paul Bertrand (1879–1944), French botanist
- Plastic Bertrand (born 1958), Belgian singer
- Robert Bertrand (born 1953), Canadian politician
- Ryan Bertrand (born 1989), English footballer
- Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946), French photographer
- Yves Bertrand (1944–2013), French intelligence officer