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Bernhard Schölkopf
Bernhard Schölkopf, born 1968 in Stuttgart, is a German computer scientist known for support vector machines and kernel methods, and director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen.
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789–1862) was a Danish Romantic poet and hymn writer, best known for his children's songs, hymns, and historical novels about medieval Danish kings.
Bernhard Sigmund Schultze
Bernhard Sigmund Schultze (1827–1919) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who held the chair at Jena for 45 years and is remembered for the Schultze placental and newborn-resuscitation methods.
Bernhard von Ziegesar
Bernhard von Ziegesar is a supposed Lutheran pastor in late 19th-century Vienna whom no record documents; the only same-named person found is a Württemberg officer born in 1859.
Bernhard Witkop
Bernhard Witkop (1917–2010) was a German-born organic chemist who led a laboratory at the NIH for thirty years, known for cyanogen bromide cleavage of proteins and for batrachotoxin research.
Bernhard Zondek
Bernhard Zondek (1891–1966) was a German-Israeli gynecologist and endocrinologist who, with Selmar Aschheim, developed the Aschheim-Zondek test, the first reliable biological pregnancy test, and showed the pituitary governs the ovaries.
Bernhardt Esau
Bernhardt (Bernhard) Esau, born 1957 in Swakopmund, is a Namibian SWAPO politician, former fisheries minister (2010–2019) and Fishrot corruption accused, in custody since November 2019.
Bernheim syndrome
Bernheim syndrome: proposed right ventricular compression by a hypertrophied septum causing right heart failure without lung congestion, described by Hippolyte Bernheim in 1910 and now considered a doubtful entity.
Bernhoff Hansen
Bernhoff Otelius Hansen (1877-1950), Norwegian-born wrestler from Saltdal who won 1904 St. Louis Olympic freestyle heavyweight gold for Brooklyn Norwegier Turnverein; still a Norwegian citizen, medal credited to USA.
Berni Alder
Berni Alder (1925–2020) was a German-born Swiss-American physicist who invented the molecular dynamics method for simulating atoms, spent six decades at Lawrence Livermore, and won the National Medal of Science in 2008.
Berni Gruber
Berni Gruber (Bernhard Gruber, born 1982) is an Austrian nordic combined skier: 2010 Olympic team gold, three Olympic bronzes, nine World Championship medals, first Austrian world champion in the sport, retired 2021.
Berni Mound
Berni Mound is a centrally protected ancient khera at Berni village, Chandausi tehsil, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh, reputed to be the ruined palace of Raja Vena; a 2009 find of a Trivikrama Vishnu image dates its history possibly to the fifth century.
Bernice Eddy
Bernice Eddy (1903–1989) was an American bacteriologist and virologist at the NIH who tested polio vaccine safety and co-discovered the SE polyoma virus with Sarah Stewart.
Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King, born in 1963, is an American Baptist minister and attorney who has led the King Center in Atlanta, founded by her mother, since 2012.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Bernice Pauahi Bishop, formally Ke Aliʻi Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop, was a Hawaiian chiefess and the last royal descendant of King Kamehameha I, whose will founded the Kamehameha Schools.
Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Summerfield (Benny), fictional archaeology professor created by Paul Cornell in the 1992 Doctor Who novel Love and War; later led Virgin's Doctor-free New Adventures and Big Finish's first licensed audio range, played by Lisa Bowerman since 1998.
Bernie (2011 film)
Bernie (2011) is Richard Linklater's mockumentary dark comedy, starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey, about mortician Bernie Tiede's 1996 murder of widow Marjorie Nugent in Carthage, Texas, adapted from Skip Hollandsworth's Texas Monthly article and later tied to Tiede's 2014 release and 2016 resentencing.
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey (Bernard Terry Casey, 1939–2017) was an NFL wide receiver for the 49ers and Rams who became a painter, poet, and actor, playing Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again.
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930) is the British executive who ran Formula One's commercial rights for four decades via FOCA, FOM, and the Concorde Agreements, sold the sport to Liberty Media in 2016–2017, and in 2023 received a suspended sentence for tax fraud with a £652.6m settlement.
Bernie Kaminetsky
Bernie Kaminetsky (Bernard Kaminetsky), American physician, MDVIP co-founder and Medical Director, and president of AIPAC's Board of Directors; Albert Einstein and NYU-trained internist-nephrologist in Boca Raton, Florida.
Bernie Kopell
Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American character actor known as KAOS agent Siegfried on Get Smart and Dr. Adam Bricker on all 250 episodes of The Love Boat; also That Girl, Lancelot Link, and stage work.
Bernie Kosar
Bernie Kosar (born 1963, Boardman, Ohio) is a former NFL quarterback who led Miami to the 1983 national title and the Cleveland Browns (1985-93) to three AFC Championship Games, later winning a Super Bowl with Dallas.
Bernie Leadon
Bernie Leadon (Bernard Matthew Leadon III, born 1947, Minneapolis) is an American multi-instrumentalist and Eagles founding member; played on the band's first four country-rock albums, left in 1975, replaced by Joe Walsh, and released the solo album Too Late to Be Cool in 2025.
Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, 1957–2008), Chicago stand-up comedian and actor; Kings of Comedy tour, The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2006), Ocean's Eleven films; died of pneumonia.
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff, born Bernard Madoff, was an American stockbroker who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, losing customers about $17.3 billion before its 2008 collapse.
Bernie Marsden
Bernie Marsden (Bernard John Marsden) was an English rock and blues guitarist, born in 1951, who co-founded Whitesnake and co-wrote the hit "Here I Go Again".
Bernie Moreno
Bernie Moreno, Colombian-born Republican businessman and U.S. senator from Ohio since January 2025; Ohio's first Latino senator. Defeated Sherrod Brown in 2024 by 3.5 points in a $500 million race after winning the Trump-endorsed primary with 50.5%.
Bernie Nolan
Bernie Nolan (Bernadette Therese Nolan, 1960–2013), Irish singer and actress, lead vocalist of The Nolans on "I'm in the Mood for Dancing", later Diane Murray in Brookside and Sgt Sheelagh Murphy in The Bill; died of breast cancer aged 52.
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders (Bernard Sanders, born 1941, Brooklyn) is Vermont's independent U.S. senator since 2007, a democratic socialist, former Burlington mayor and 16-year House member, and 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign
Bernie Sanders' 2016 Democratic presidential campaign: insurgent challenge to Hillary Clinton launched in 2015, won 23 states and 43% of the primary vote on small-dollar fundraising, with strong youth support and later superdelegate reforms.