Famous People with Name Bernd

Bernd Pischetsrieder            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Pischetsrieder: is a German automobile engineer and manager.He was born in Munich, Bavaria, and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1968 to 1972. He earned the degree of "Diplom Ingenieur", and began his career at BMW in 1973 as a Pr

Bernd Weikl            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Weikl: is an Austrian operatic baritone, best-known for his performances in the operas of Richard Wagner.Weikl debuted at the Salzburg Festival in 1971 as Melot in Tristan und Isolde, at the Bayreuth Festival in 1972 as Wolfram in Tannhäuser, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1975 as Figaro in The Barber of Seville and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1977 as Wolfram.

Bernd Aldenhoff            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Aldenhoff: a German Heldentenor.Despite his humble beginnings he managed to secure an engagement in the Cologne Opera chorus. While in Cologne he continued his vocal studies with Professor Lenz and was eventually promoted to soloist in the Cologne theater.

Bernd Begemann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Begemann: is a contemporary German alt/pop singer-songwriter linked to the Hamburger Schule.From the middle to the end of the 1980s he was part of the Pop-music label "Fast Weltweit" (almost world wide). It was found by Michael Girke, Achim Knorr, Andreas Henning, Frank Spilker (Die Sterne) and Frank Werner. They released singles and cassette tape samplers, such as Jochen Distelmeyer's (now in the band Blumfeld) "Bienenjäger" with Thomas Wenzel (now in Die Goldenen Zitronen and Die Sterne and the very first Die Sterne single. Even with his connection to "Fast Weltweit", Bernd never released any records with them.

Bernd Dittert            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Dittert: is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who won the bronze medal for his native country in the men's 4,000m individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he captured the gold medal in the men's team time tria

Edward Bernds            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Bernds: was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois.While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur licenses. In the early 1920s there was considerable prestige for amateur operators to have commercial radio licenses, and Bernds was in a good position to get into broadcasting when he graduated in 1923, a year when radio stations began popping up all over Chicago. He found employment — at age 20 — as chief operator at Chicago's WENR.

Magdalena Adriaantje (Magda) Berndsen-Jansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Magdalena Adriaantje (Magda) Berndsen-Jansen: is a Dutch politician and former police officer. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she has been an MP since June 17, 2010. She focuses on matters of safety, judiciary and police.

Douglas Brian "Doug" Berndt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Brian "Doug" Berndt: was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with partner Barbara Brown. The duo twice won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Marianne Berndt            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marianne Berndt: is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Chile. She set her personal best (16.39m) in the women's shot put at the 2003 South American Championships.

Bengt Berndtsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Bengt Berndtsson: was a Swedish football winger. He was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).After starting his carrier playing for two local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1951 and won a Swedish Championship with the club. He played 599 matches for IFK during his 17 seasons there, a club record that would stand for 30 years, before being beaten by Mikael Nilsson.