Kern (surname)

Kern is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adele Kern (1901–1980), German soprano opera and operetta singer
 * Anna Petrovna Kern (1800–1873), Pushkin's mistress
 * András Kern (born 1948), Hungarian actor
 * Brad Kern, American television producer
 * Brett Kern, American football punter
 * Christian Kern, Austrian politician
 * David J. Kern, American naval officer
 * Dorothee Kern (born 1966), German-American biochemist
 * Doug Kern (born 1963), American sailor
 * Ericca Kern (born 1965), American bodybuilder
 * Edward Kern (1822–1863), American cartographer and artist
 * Jamie Kern (born 1977), American television personality
 * Hal C. Kern (1894–1985), American film editor
 * Hermann Armin von Kern (1838–1912), Austrian painter
 * Jerome Kern (1885–1945), American composer
 * Jim Kern (born 1949), American baseball player
 * Joey Kern (born 1976), American actor
 * Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (1833–1917), aka H. Kern, Dutch linguist and Anglo-Indian educator
 * Johannes Hendrikus Kern (1903–1974), Dutch botanist
 * John W. Kern (1849–1917), American politician
 * Karl-Hans Kern (1932–2014), German politician
 * Kevin Kern (born 1958), American musician
 * Marc Kern (ice hockey) (born 1989), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Mitch Kern (born 1965), American art photographer
 * Nathaniel Kern, American oil industry consultant
 * Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian classical pianist
 * Otto Kern (1863–1942), German linguist
 * Patricia Kern (1927–2015), British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
 * Paul Kern (insomniac), Hungarian who was supposedly unable to sleep
 * Paul J. Kern (born 1945), American army officer and businessman
 * Peter E. Kern (1860–1937), American entrepreneur
 * Ralph Kern (born 1967), German artistic gymnast
 * Richard Kern (born 1954), American photographer and filmmaker
 * Robert Henry Kern, American engineer and entrepreneur
 * Ruth Kern (1914–2002), American lawyer
 * Robert J. Kern (1885–1972), American film editor
 * Sally Kern (born 1946), Oklahoma state legislator
 * Sean Kern (born 1978), American water polo player
 * Werner Kern (football manager) (born 1946), German football coach