# Bernie (given name)

Bernie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Bernard and Bernadette.
Notable people with the given name include:

## People

* Bernie Agrons (1922–2015), American politician
* Bernie Allen (born 1939), American baseball player
* Bernie Anderson Jr., silent film music composer
* Bernie Babcock (1868–1962), real name Julia Burnelle Smade Babcock, American author
* Bernie Barrantes, Filipino drag performer
* Bernie Bickerstaff (born 1944), American former National Basketball Association head coach
* Bernie Collins (born 1986 or 1987), British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland
* Bernie Carbo (born 1947), American baseball player
* Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American actor, poet, and professional football player
* Bernie de Le Cuona, British entrepreneur
* Bernie Dieter (born 1986), German cabaret artist
* Bernie Dwyer (1943–2013), Irish journalist, filmmaker and political activist
* Bernie Ebbers (1941–2020), Canadian businessman, founder and former chief executive officer of WorldCom
* Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British sports entrepreneur
* Bernie Erickson (born 1944), American football player
* Bernie Farrelly, Irish camogie player
* Bernie Fedderly, Canadian drag racing crew chief
* Bernie Federko (born 1956), Canadian hockey player
* Bernie Geoffrion (1931–2006), Canadian National Hockey League Hall-of-Fame player and coach
* Bernie Goetz (born 1947), American vigilante
* Bernie Jaye, British comics creator and editor
* Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American actor
* Bernie Kosar (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
* Bernie Lim (born 1994), American physician and community organiser
* Bernie Leahy (1908–1978), American football player
* Bernie Lewis (born 1945), Welsh former footballer
* Bernie Malone (born 1948), Irish politician
* Bernie Mac (1957–2008), American comedian, actor, and voice actor
* Bernie Madoff (1938–2021), American convicted scammer and businessman
* Bernie Mangiboyat, American musician and founder of the band The Fifth
* Bernie Murphy (1923–?), Irish hurler
* Bernie Murray (born 1985), is a Northern Irish sportswoman
* Bernie Nolan (1960–2013), Irish actress and singer
* Bernie Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
* Bernie O'Neill (bowls), is a Northern Irish international laws bowler
* Bernie O'Rourke, Irish linguist
* Bernie Palmer (1893–1989), Canadian photographer
* Bernie Parent (born 1945), Canadian former National Hockey League goaltender
* Bernie Portenski (1949—2017), New Zealand long-distance runner
* Bernie Perryman (born 1959), American politician
* Bernie Quinlan (born 1951), Australian footballer
* Bernie Ripoll (born 1966), Australian politician
* Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900–2001), American printmaker, illustrator
* Bernie Roth (1907—2004), American curler
* Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American senator and presidential candidate
* Bernie Sherlock, Musical artist
* Bernie Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian table tennis player
* Bernie Taupin (born 1950), longtime lyricist for Elton John
* Bernie Tiede (born 1958), American mortician and convicted murderer
* Bernie Wagenblast (born 1956), American journalist and voice-over artist
* Bernie Williams (born 1968), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
* Bernie Willock, Canadian cyclist and businessman
* Bernie Wijesekara (1930–2014), Sri Lankan Sinhala sports journalist
* Bernie Wolfe (hockey) (born 1951), Canadian NHL hockey player
* Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), American keyboardist and composer

## Fictional characters

* Bernie (Doonesbury), a comic strip character
* Bernie, a Beanie Baby St. Bernard produced by Ty, Inc.
* Bernie Abrahms, on the soap opera General Hospital
* Bernie Barges, one of the main protagonists of the animated TV series Watch My Chops
* Bernie Crane, supporting character in GTA IV
* Bernie Kropp, a minor character in the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles
* Bernie Lumen, a supporting character in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental
* Bernie McGloughlin, one of the titular characters in the Irish film The Commitments
* Bernie Steinberg, one of the main characters of the 1972–1973 television series Bridget Loves Bernie
* Bernie White, a character in the 2016–2017 Millarworld comic book series Reborn
* Bernadette Taylor, a character from a TV soap opera, EastEnders