Namesakes
German Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor
(chancellor) Bernhard von Bülow 1900-1909 
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball, 1 basketball
(basketball) Bennie Borgmann 1961
(baseball) Barney Dreyfuss 2008
Notable Athletes:
1 golf
(golf) Bernhard Langer 1957-
Notable Musicians:
1 singer
Dennie Christian (a.k.a. Bernhard) 1956-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 mathematician, 1 philosopher
Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866
Adolf Reinach (a.k.a. Bernhard) 1883-1917
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Ferd Grapperhaus (a.k.a. Bernhard) 1959-
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
(silver) Bror Brenner (a.k.a. Bernhard) 1912 sailing
(silver) Bernhard Baier 1936 water polo
(gold) Bernd Kannenberg 1972 50 km walk
(gold) Bernhard Glass 1980 luge
(bronze) Ben Spijkers 1988 judo
Other Royalty:
2 princes, 1 prince consort
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1948-1980 Netherlands
Friso of Orange-Nassau (a.k.a. Bernhard) 1968-2013 Netherlands
Bernhard of Orange-Nassau 1969- Netherlands
Saints:
1 blessed
Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg 1875-1943
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Bernhard Hammer 1879; 1888-1889