Famous People with Name Bernal

Gael García Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Gael García Bernal: is a Mexican actor and director. García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Angel García, an actor and director

Gael Garcfa Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Gael Garcfa Bernal: Garcfa Bernal was becoming a soap opera heartthrob, but at age 19, he left Mexico's television world to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, becoming the first person from Mexico to be accepted in the program. Subsequently, Garcfa Bernal starred in some of Mexico's most celebrated recent films, beginning with Amores Perros (2000), then 2001's Y tu mamß tambiTn, and El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002). He has also done some theatre work, including a 2005 production of Bodas de Sangre, by Federico Garcfa Lorca, in the Almeida Theatre in London. His debut as a working-class dreamer in the Oscar-nominated Amores Perros, however, was what first grabbed Hollywood's attention.

Kristine Ann Tan Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Kristine Ann Tan Bernal: better known in her a Filipina actress that became known as one of the finalist of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search for teenagers on Philippine television. She was eventually named as part of the Ultimate Loveteam with Mart Escudero.Kristine Ann Tan Bernal is born on May 17, 1989 in Quezon City to Edgardo Bernal, who currently resides in the United States and works in a semiconductor company, and Analyn Tan, who is a housewife. She is the third in a brood of 4. She has twin older sisters Kathleen Ann and Katherine Ann, who are also models, and has a younger brother named Miguel.

Boris De Greiff Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Boris De Greiff Bernal: is a Colombian chess master, born in Medellín.In 1951, he won the Colombian Championship in Bogotá. In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won). In 1957, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1958, he took 20th in Portoroz (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won). In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá (Oscar Panno won). In 1962, he took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won).

John Desmond Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

John Desmond Bernal: was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory of space groups, including the quaternion method; this became the mathematical basis of later work on crystal structure. Whilst at Cambridge he also became known as "Sage", a nickname given to him by a girl working in Ogden's Bookshop at the corner of Bridge Street in about 1920[1]. After graduation, he began research under Sir William Bragg at the Davy Faraday Laboratory at the Royal Institution[3] in London. In 1924 he determined the structure of graphite[3]. He also did work on bronze[3]. While at Cambridge he worked on the structure of vitamin B1 (1933), pepsin (1934), vitamin D2 (1935), the sterols (1936), and the tobacco mosaic virus (1937)[3].