Bernie (given name)

Bernie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Bernard and Bernadette, and may refer to:


 * 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 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 Federko (born 1956), Canadian hockey player
 * Bernie Nolan (1960—2013), Irish actress and singer
 * Bernie Geoffrion (1931–2006), Canadian National Hockey League Hall-of-Fame player and coach
 * Bernie Goetz (born 1947), American vigilante
 * Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American actor
 * Bernie Kosar (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
 * Bernie Leahy (1908–1978), American football player
 * Bernie Lewis (born 1945), Welsh former footballer
 * Bernie Jaye, British comics creator and editor
 * 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 Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
 * Bernie O'Neill (bowls), is a Northern Irish international laws bowler
 * 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 Szocs (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 Dieter (born 1986), German cabaret artist
 * 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