Arts and Music

• Bernard Haitink (born 1929)

  Dutch conductor.

  • Director of Amsterdam''s Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1964- (see list of Conductors)
• Bernard Herrmann (born 1911, died 1975)

  American composer.

  • Composed the theme for Hitchcock''s movie thriller Psycho (see list of Composers of the 20th Century)
• Bernard Ralph Maybeck
  • 1951 American Institute of Architects gold medal winner (see list of Winners of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal)
• Bernard Rands
  • 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music)

Leadership

• Bernard Cammarata
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company TJX (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Bernard J. Ebbers
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Worldcom (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company MCI WorldCom (see list of 2000 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Bernard M. Fox (born 1942)

  American electrical engineer.

  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Northeast Utilities (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Bernard Marcus
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Home Depot (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Bernard Law Montgomery (born 1887, died 1976)

  British field marshal.

  • Defeated Rommel in North Africa; conducted the D-Day invasion of Normandy (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Bernard L. Schwartz
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Loral (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)

Science and Philosophy

• Bernard B. Brodie

  Pharmacologist.

  • 1968 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956)

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1993), Discovery (1995) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Bernard Katz (born 1911)

  British physiologist known for his research on nerve and muscle function.

  • 1970 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Bernard M. Oliver (born 1916)

  Electrical engineer and technical consultant at NASA.

  • 1986 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Bernard A. Schriever (born 1910)

  U.S. Air Force general.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Bernard A. De Voto (born 1897, died 1955)

  American historian.

  • Wrote The Crooked Mile and Mark Twain''s America (see list of Historians)

Sports

• Bernard Destremau
  • 1941-42 French Open tennis champion (see list of French Open Tennis Champions)
• Bernard Hinault
  • 1978-79, 1981-82, 1985 Tour de France champion (see list of Tour de France Winners)
• Bernard Joe Smith

  American runner.

  • 1942 Boston Marathon champion (see list of Boston Marathon Winners)
• Bernard Thevenet
  • 1975, 1977 Tour de France champion (see list of Tour de France Winners)
• Bernard Wrightson

  American athlete.

  • 1968 Olympic gold medal winner for Springboard Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Springboard Diving)

Stage and Screen

• Bernard Fox

  British actor.

  • Portrayed Col. Crittendon (see list of Actors on ''Hogan's Heroes'')
  • Portrayed Dr. Bombay (see list of Actors on ''Bewitched'')
• Bernard Jaffe

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by H.E. West (see list of Characters in the film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask)
• Dr. Bernard Laski

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Young and the Restless'')

The Literary World

• Bernard Bailyn (born 1922)

  American historian.

  • Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for History, in 1968 for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and in 1987 for Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Bernard Malamud (born 1914, died 1986)

  American novelist.

  • 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for The Fixer (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
  • Two-time National Book Award winner for Fiction, in 1959 for The Magic Barrel and in 1967 for The Fixer (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction)
• Bernard L. Stein
  • 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
• Bernard A. De Voto (born 1897, died 1955)

  American historian.

  • 1948 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for Across the Wide Missouri (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
  • 1953 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Course of Empire (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)