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".

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
 * 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
 * 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