Bertrand (name)

Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("shield").

People with the name include:

Given name

• Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
• Bertrand Barère (1755–1841), French politician and journalist
• Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
• Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
• Bertrand Blier (born 1939), a French director and screenwriter
• Bertrand Clausel (1772–1842), Marshal of France
• Bertrand of Comminges (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
• Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
• Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
• Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
• Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
• Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320-1380), Constable of France
• Bertrand H. Hoak (1917–1987), New York state senator
• Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), computer scientist and author
• Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
• Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher
• Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
• Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer

Fictional characters

• Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris
• Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of The Monkey and the Cat
• Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

Surname

• Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
• Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
• Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
• Antoine de Bertrand (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer
• Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
• Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919–1986), French actor
• Émile Bertrand (1844–1909), French mineralogist
• Gabriel Bertrand (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
• Gustave Bertrand (1896 – 1976), French intelligence officer
• Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
• Guy Bertrand (chemist), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
• Guy Bertrand (lawyer), Québec lawyer and political activist
• Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773–1844), French general (First Empire)
• Henri Bertrand (entomologist) (1892–1978), French entomologist
• Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970)
• Jean-Michel Bertrand (born 1943), French politician
• John Bertrand (Australian sailor) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman
• Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900), French mathematician
• Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891–2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world
• Léon Bertrand (born 1951), French politician
• Louis Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847–1907), French geologist
• Marcheline Bertrand, (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie
• Paul Bertrand (1879–1944), French botanist
• Plastic Bertrand (born 1958), Belgian singer
• Raymond Bertrand de Got (1264-1314), became Pope Clement V
• Robert Bertrand (born 1953), Canadian politician
• Ryan Bertrand (born 1989), English footballer
• Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946), French photographer
• Yves Bertrand (1944–2013), French intelligence officer