List of Famous people named Bernhard

Bernhard Rust was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (Reichserziehungsminister) in Nazi Germany. A combination of school administrator and zealous Nazi, he issued decrees, often bizarre, at every level of the German educational system to immerse German youth in the National Socialist philosophy. He also served as the Nazi party Gauleiter in Hanover and Brunswick from 1925 to 1940.

Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Bernhard II Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen was the head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen from 1946 until his death.

Bernhard VII of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe was from 1547 until his death in 1563 ruling the County of Lippe.

Bernhard Rothmann was a 16th-century reformer and an Anabaptist leader in the city of Münster. He was born in Stadtlohn, Westphalia, around 1495.

Bernhard von Spanheim, a member of the noble House of Sponheim, was Duke of Carinthia for 54 years from 1202 until his death. A patron of chivalry and minnesang, Bernhard's reign marked the emergence of the Carinthian duchy as an effective territorial principality.