Bernie (given name)

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

• Bernie Babcock (1868-1962), real name Julia Burnelle Smade Babcock, American author
• Bernie Bickerstaff (born 1944), American former National Basketball Association head coach
• Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American actor, poet, and professional football player
• Bernie Ebbers (born 1941), 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 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 Mac (1957–2008), American comedian, actor, and voice actor
• Bernie Madoff (born 1938), American convicted scammer and businessman
• Bernie Mangiboyat, American musician and founder of the band The Fifth
• Bernie Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
• Bernie Parent (born 1945), Canadian former National Hockey League goaltender
• Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American senator and presidential candidate
• Bernie Taupin (born 1950), longtime lyricist for Elton John
• Bernie Tiede (born 1958), American mortician and convicted murderer
• Bernie Williams (born 1968), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
• Bernie Wolfe (hockey) (born 1951), Canadian NHL hockey player
• Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), American keyboardist and composer