Famous People with Name Bernhard

Bernhard Hermann Neumann            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bernhard Hermann Neumann: a German-born British mathematician who was one of the leading figures in group theory, greatly influencing the direction of the subject.

Christoph Bernhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Christoph Bernhard: He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdansk) and in Warsaw By the age of 20 he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under Heinrich Schütz. He then spent a year in Copenhagen to study singing with Agostino Fontana. After his appointment as assistant kapellmeister in Dresden in 1655, Bernhard made two sojourns to Italy to further his musical education. When he was 35, he moved to Hamburg to work as the director of music for the Johanneum and for civic musical events. The next ten years were a golden time in the musical tradition of Hamburg: Bernhard and his good friend Matthias Weckmann performed together and directed the latest compositions from Italy and Vienna, as well as composing an important collection of music in finely-wrought counterpoint.

Alexis Carl Ernst Louis Ferdinand Eugen Bernhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Alexis Carl Ernst Louis Ferdinand Eugen Bernhard: was a Lieutenant General, statesman, and the Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt from 28 September 1890 to 21 January 1919.Alexis succeeded his father Ludwig Wilhelm to the headship of the Princely House of Bentheim and Steinfurt. As such, he became a heredi

Otmar Bernhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otmar Bernhard: is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He is a member of the Bavarian Landtag. From 2005 to 2007 he was Secretary of Health and from 2007 to 2008 was Bavarian State Minister for the Environment.