# Bernal

Bernal is a Spanish given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Bernard.
Bernal may refer to:

## People with the name
### Given name

* Bernal de Bonaval, 13th century Galician troubadour
* Bernal de Foix, 1st Count of Medinaceli, Spanish military officer
* Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 1581), Spanish conquistador

### Middle name

* Ralph Bernal Osborne (1808–1882), British Liberal politician

### Surname
#### A

* Agostino Bernal (1587–1642), Spanish Jesuit theologian
* Agustín Bernal (1959–2018), Mexican film actor
* Alejandro Bernal (born 1988), Colombian football player
* Andy Bernal (born 1966), Australian football player

#### C

* Cassie Bernall (1981–1999), student killed in the Columbine High School massacre
* César Bernal (born 1995), Mexican footballer
* Chesús Bernal (1960–2019), Spanish professor and politician

#### D

* Darío Yazbek Bernal (1990), Mexican actor
* David "Elsewhere" Bernal (1979), American popping dancer
* Delfina Bernal (born 1941), Colombian painter and multimedia artist
* Diana Bernal, Mexican politician

#### E

* Egan Bernal (born 1997), Colombian road cyclist

#### F

* Floralia Estrada Bernal (born 1990), Mexican para-athlete

#### G

* Gabriel Bernal (1956–2014), Mexican boxer
* Gael García Bernal (born 1978), Mexican film actor

#### H

* Heraclio Bernal (1855–1888), Mexican bandit

#### I

* Ignacio Bernal (1910–1992), Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist
* Ishmael Bernal (1938–1996), Filipino filmmaker

#### J

* Jair Bernal (born 1968), Colombian road cyclist
* Jesús Aparicio-Bernal (1929–2024), Spanish politician
* Jesús Mosquera Bernal (born 1993), Spanish actor
* John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971), Irish-born biophysicist, crystallographer, historian of science, and British Communist
* Jorge Bernal (born 1979), Mexican football player
* José Bernal (1925–2010), Cuban-American artist
* José Daniel Bernal (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
* José León Bernal (born 1995), Spanish football player
* Joseph Bernal (1927–2025), American politician in Texas
* Joyce E. Bernal (born 1968), Filipina director
* Juan Bernal Ponce (1938–2006), Costa Rican architect
* Julio Ernesto Bernal, Colombian road cyclist

#### K

* Kris Bernal (born 1989), Filipina actress

#### L

* Laura Bernal (195?–2020), Argentine diplomat
* Lorena Bernal (born 1981), Argentinian-Spanish beauty queen and actress
* Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado (1530–1593), Spanish captain
* Luz Marina Bernal (born 1960), Colombian human rights activist

#### M

* Marcelino Bernal (born 1962), Mexican football player
* Martin Bernal (1937–2013), British scholar of modern Chinese political history
* Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956), Mexican composer, organist, pedagogist and musicologist

#### P

* Paulino Bernal (1939–2022), American accordion player

#### R

* Ralph Bernal (1783 or 1784–1854), British Whig politician
* Rodrigo Bernal (born 1959), Colombian botanist
* Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 1969), Spanish-American astrophotographer

#### S

* Salvador Bernal (footballer) (born 1992), Mexican football player
* Salvador Bernal (artist) (1945–2011), Filipino artist
* Sergio Bernal (born 1970), Mexican football player
* Susan Bernal (born 1982), Colombian materials scientist

#### V

* Victor Bernal (1953–2006), Major League Baseball pitcher

## Geography

* Peña de Bernal, monolith in Mexico
** Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico (San Sebastián Bernal), site of the Peña de Bernal
* Bernal, Argentina
* Bernal, New Mexico, United States
* Bernal, a location in Serafina, New Mexico, United States
* Bernal Heights, neighborhood of San Francisco, United States
** Bernal Heights Summit, a nearby hill
* Bernal District, Peru
* Bernal Islands, sub-group of the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
* Bernal/Singleton Transfer Location, bus station in Dallas, Texas. United States
* Bernal Subbasin, an aquifer in California, United States
* Augustin Bernal Park, a park in Pleasanton, California, United States

## Other

* Bernal Lecture (endowed by John Desmond Bernal), organised by the Royal Society of London
* Bernal sphere (named after John Desmond Bernal), a type of space habitat
* Bernal v. Fainter, 1984 US Supreme Court case