# Berg (surname)

Berg is a surname of North-European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish [Danish: Bjerg]), the word means "mount", "mountain", or "cliff".

## Notable people sharing the surname "Berg"
### In music

* Alban Berg (1885–1935), Austrian composer
* Andrea Berg, German singer
* Bill Berg (musician), American drummer
* Bob Berg (1951–2002), American jazz saxophonist
* Cia Berg (born 1963), Swedish singer and television presenter
* Cy Berg, vaudeville performer and the "Berg" in the group Witt and Berg
* Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
* Emil Berg, Swedish singer
* Espen Berg (born 1983), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
* Gunnar Berg (composer) (1909–1989), Swiss-born Danish composer
* Joakim Berg (born 1970), lead singer of the Swedish band Kent
* Karin Berg (1936–2006), American music executive
* Lillie Berg (1845–1896), American musician, musical educator
* Moe Berg (musician) (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Shelly Berg (born 1955), American jazz pianist and educator
* Yung Berg (born 1985), American rapper

### In media and the arts

* A. Scott Berg (born 1949), American biographer
* Adam Berg (director) (born 1972), Swedish music video director, brother of Joakim Berg
* Alan Berg (1934–1984), American talk radio host
* Alec Berg, American television writer
* Bengt Berg (born 1946), Swedish poet and politician
* Bolette Berg (1872–1944), Norwegian photographer
* Carol Berg (born 1948), American fantasy writer
* Dave Berg (cartoonist) (1920–2002), American cartoonist for MAD
* Dick Berg (1922–2009), American screenwriter and producer
* Elizabeth Berg (author) (born 1948), American novelist
* Gertrude Berg (1894–1966), American radio and television actress
* Gretchen J. Berg, American television producer
* Gunnar Berg (painter) (1863–1893), Norwegian painter
* Guri Berg (born 1963), Norwegian sculptor
* John Berg (actor) (1949–2007), American actor
* John Berg (art director), (1932–2015), American art director
* Lene Berg, (born 1965), Norwegian film director
* Mary Berg, Canadian chef and television personality
* Nancy Berg (1931–2022), American model and actress
* Peter Berg, American actor, film director, producer and writer

### In politics and religion

* Axel Berg (born 1959), German politician
* Bill Berg (politician) (1939-1967), Royal Canadian Mounted police man
* Bruno II von Berg (c. 1100 – 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
* Charles A. Berg (1927-2014), American farmer and politician
* David Berg (1919–1994), founder of the religious movement Children of God
* Delmer Berg (1915-2016), American member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War; labor union activist
* Eivinn Berg (1931–2013), Norwegian diplomat and politician
* Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), Russian statesman and military figure
* Gordon Berg (1927–2013), American farmer and politician
* Gunnar Berg (politician) (1923–2007), Liberal Party politician
* Gunner Berg, Norwegian priest, writer and politician
* Harry Berg (1943-2020), American politician and educator
* Herbert Berg (religion), religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina
* John Berg (priest) (born 1970), American Catholic cleric
* Jónína Kristín Berg (born 1962), Icelandic neopagan leader, art teacher and aromatherapist
* Julius S. Berg (1893–1938), New York politician
* Kim Berg (born 1974), Finnish politician
* Lars Patrick Berg (born 1966), German politician
* Michael Berg (activist) (born 1945), politician and anti-war activist, father of Nick Berg
* Philip Berg (1927–2013), founder of the Kabbalah Centre
* Philip J. Berg (born 1944), activist and former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania
* Moe Berg (1902–1972), U.S. baseball player and spy
* Nick Berg (1978–2004), American businessman beheaded in Iraq
* Ove H. Berg (1840-1922), American politician
* Stephen Jay Berg (born 1951), American Catholic bishop
* Thomas K. Berg (born 1940), American lawyer and politician

### In science, medicine and technology

* Carlos Berg (1843-1903), Latvian-born Argentine naturalist and entomologist
* Christine Berg, American radiation oncologist and physician-scientist
* Gabriele Berg (born 1963), German biologist and ecologist
* Jeremy M. Berg, the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
* Lev Berg (1876–1950), biologist and geographer
* Max Berg (1870–1947), German architect and urban planner
* Nathaniel Berg, president of the Guam medical society
* Otto Berg (scientist) (1874–1939), German chemist, co-discoverer of the element rhenium
* Otto Karl Berg (1815–1866), German botanist and pharmacist
* Paul Berg (1926–2023), American biochemist
* Raissa L. Berg (1913–2006), Russian geneticist and evolutionary biologist

### In sport

* Aki-Petteri Berg (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
* Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver
* Andrea Berg (volleyball) (born 1981), German volleyball player
* Bill Berg (ice hockey) (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
* Dave Berg (infielder) (born 1970), retired Major League Baseball player
* Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 1947), South African tennis player
* Grégoire Berg (1896–1944), French footballer
* Haley Lanier Berg (born 1998), American soccer player
* Henning Berg (born 1969), Norwegian football player
* Herbert Berg (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
* Jan Berg (footballer born 1943), Norwegian footballer
* Jan Berg (footballer born 1965), Norwegian footballer
* Jan Berg (Finnish footballer) (born 1985)
* Justin Berg (born 1984), Major League Baseball player
* Lindsey Berg (born 1980), American volleyball player
* Marcus Berg (born 1986), Swedish football player
* Moe Berg (1902–1972), American baseball player and spy
* Odd Berg (footballer) (born 1952), Norwegian football player
* Odd Berg (cyclist) (1923–2021), Norwegian cyclist
* Otto Berg (athlete) (1906–1991), Norwegian long jumper
* Patrick Berg (born 1997), Norwegian footballer
* Patty Berg (1918–2006), American golfer
* Per Berg (born 1961), Danish curler
* Rainer Berg (born 1965), French footballer
* Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player
* Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch sprinter

### In other fields

* Bryan Berg (born 1975) professional cardstacker
* Gunnar Berg (Scouting) (1897–1987), Norwegian American director of the Boy Scouts of America
* Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1894) (1894–1973), Norwegian ship-owner
* Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1907) (1907–2005), Norwegian ship-owner
* Paavo Berg (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace
* Richard Berg, wargame designer