Famous People with Name Bernard

Bernard Cyril Freyberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernard Cyril Freyberg: arguably New Zealand's most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand.He became an officer in the British Army in World War I, during which he won the Victoria Cross and became one of the British Empire's most highly decorated soldiers.

Bernard Patrick O'Dowd            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernard Patrick O'Dowd: was an Australian activist, educator, poet, journalist, and author of several law books and poetry books. O'Dowd worked as an assistant-librarian and later Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman in the Supreme Court at Melbourne for 48 years; [1] he was also a co-publisher and writer for the radical paper Tocsin. Bernard O'Dowd lived to age 87.Bernard O'Dowd was born in 1866 at Beaufort, Victoria, as the eldest son of Irish migrants.[1] O'Dowd had been a child prodigy who read Milton's "Paradise Lost" at age 8.[1] He had been employed as a head teacher at a Catholic School in Ballarat, but he was dismissed for heresy.[1] He then opened up his own school in Beaufort. In the year 1886, at age 20, he moved to Melbourne, where in 1887, he gained employment as an assistant-librarian in the Supreme Court Library, working with the Victorian colonial and State government until 1935, and retiring as Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman.[1][2]

Bernard Cohen            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernard Cohen: an Australian novelist. He was born in Lansing, Michigan in the United States, and emigrated to Australia when he was nine months old.He won the 1996 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, three times Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian novelist, winner of a 2001 Arts Council England Writer's Award.He currently directs The Writing Workshop, which runs creative writing programs for children in Sydney, and via the internet.

Bernard Sulzberger            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernard Sulzberger: is an Australian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Fly V Australia presented by Successful Living.

Bernard Considine            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernard Considine: was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania as well as Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Considine, an Old Paradian, played regularly for Hawthorn from Round 7 in the 1952 VFL season. He managed just three senior appearances the next season and ended his league career with 16 games and seven goals. As a right arm fast bowler, Considine took 25 wickets at 29.44 from eight first-class matches. His best bowling performance was figures of 6/85 which were taken when he represented Victoria against Western Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a Sheffield Shield match. The Ararat born paceman played one match for Tasmania, in 1954/55, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and his three top order wickets were Denis Compton, Len Hutton and Reg Simpson.

Selwyn St. Bernard            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Selwyn St. Bernard: is a Trinidad and Tobago rugby union and rugby league footballer. As a rugby union player, his position is as a flanker. He first played at Caribs, in Trinidad, moving then to England, where he represented Gateshead Thunder, in rugby league, and Basingsto

Jean-Louis Bernard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Louis Bernard: is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loiret department, and is a member of the Radical Party.

Mildred Adelaide "Milly" Cox Bernard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mildred Adelaide "Milly" Cox Bernard: was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Kearns, Utah, serving five terms from 1966 to 1976. In 1967, she was elected to the Utah House of Representatives as Milly Oberhansley. She served five terms, until 1976, changing her name to Milly O.

Joel Bernard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Bernard: is a Canadian politician.He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, representing Nepisiguit, in the general election of 1999 and became deputy speaker of the Legislature. He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the 2003 election by former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Frank Branch. Branch had represented the area from 1970 to 1995, when he retired and did not seek re-election.

Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard: is an Acadian-Canadian politician, who was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the third Island Acadian to hold this position. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly, as a member of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, representing the district of 3rd Prince in a by-election in 1975, and was re-elected in 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, and 1989, serving as a member of the Official Opposition from 1979 to 1986. He was Minister of Industry and Chairman of the P.E.I. Development Agency from 1986 to 1989, and from 1989 to 1991 was Minister of Fisheries and Community Affairs. He is also very active in community affairs, having held executive positions throughout the years with such organizations as the Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities, the French Language School Board, the Wellington Boys&Girls Club and the Evangeline Tourism Association.