Berthold (name)

Berthold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, berht ('bright') and wald ('(to) rule'). Variants include Berchtold and Bertolt.

People with the given name Berthold

 * Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (900–947), German duke
 * Berthold of Zwiefalten, (c. 1089 – 1169), German abbot and historian
 * Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906–1963), German aristocrat
 * Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate
 * Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint
 * Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (1180–1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch
 * Berthold of Ratisbon (1210–1272), German monk
 * Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author
 * Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist
 * Berthold Englisch (1851–1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master
 * Berthold Laufer (1874–1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages
 * Berthold Lubetkin (1901–1990), Russian architect
 * Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905–1944), German aristocrat and lawyer
 * Berthold Schwarz, semi-legendary inventor of gunpowder
 * Berthold Viertel (1953–1953), Austrian screenwriter and film director
 * Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (1125–1186)

People with the surname Berthold

 * Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861), German physiologist and zoologist
 * Avgust Berthold (1880–1919), Slovene photographer
 * David Berthold, Australian theatre director
 * Rudolf Berthold (1891–1920), German WWI flying ace
 * Thomas Berthold (born 1964), soccer coach
 * Richard Berthold (born 1946), American professor of history (retired)