Bernal

Bernal is a Spanish given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Bernard.

Bernal may refer to:

People with the name

Given name

• Bernal de Bonaval, 13th century Galician troubadour
• Bernal de Foix, 1st Count of Medinaceli, Spanish military officer
• Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 1581), Spanish conquistador

Middle name

• Ralph Bernal Osborne (1808–1882), British Liberal politician

Surname

A

• Agostino Bernal (1587–1642), Spanish Jesuit theologian
• Agustín Bernal (1959–2018), Mexican film actor
• Alejandro Bernal (born 1988), Colombian football player
• Andy Bernal (born 1966), Australian football player

C

• Cassie Bernall (1981–1999), student killed in the Columbine High School massacre
• César Bernal (born 1995), Mexican footballer
• Chesús Bernal (1960–2019), Spanish professor and politician

D

• Darío Yazbek Bernal (1990), Mexican actor
• David "Elsewhere" Bernal (1979), American popping dancer
• Delfina Bernal (born 1941), Colombian painter and multimedia artist
• Diana Bernal, Mexican politician

E

• Egan Bernal (born 1997), Colombian road cyclist

G

• Gabriel Bernal (1956–2014), Mexican boxer
• Gael García Bernal (born 1978), Mexican film actor

H

• Heraclio Bernal (1855–1888), Mexican bandit

I

• Ignacio Bernal (1910–1992), Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist
• Ishmael Bernal (1938–1996), Filipino filmmaker

J

• Jair Bernal (born 1968), Colombian road cyclist
• Jesús Aparicio-Bernal (born 1929), Spanish politician
• Jesús Mosquera Bernal (born 1993), Spanish actor
• John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971), Irish-born biophysicist, crystallographer, historian of science, and British Communist
• Jorge Bernal (born 1979), Mexican football player
• José Bernal (1925–2010), Cuban-American artist
• José Daniel Bernal (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
• José León Bernal (born 1995), Spanish football player
• Joyce E. Bernal (born 1968), Filipina director
• Juan Bernal Ponce (1938–2006), Costa Rican architect
• Julio Ernesto Bernal, Colombian road cyclist

K

• Kris Bernal (born 1989), Filipina actress

L

• Laura Bernal (195?–2020), Argentine diplomat
• Lorena Bernal (born 1981), Argentinian-Spanish beauty queen and actress
• Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado (1530–1593), Spanish captain
• Luz Marina Bernal (born 1960), Colombian human rights activist

M

• Marcelino Bernal (born 1962), Mexican football player
• Martin Bernal (1937–2013), British scholar of modern Chinese political history
• Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956), Mexican composer, organist, pedagogist and musicologist

P

• Paulino Bernal (1939–2022), American accordion player

R

• Ralph Bernal (1783 or 1784–1854),, British Whig politician
• Rodrigo Bernal (born 1959), Colombian botanist
• Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 1969), Spanish-American astrophotographer

S

• Salvador Bernal (footballer) (born 1992), Mexican football player
• Salvador Bernal (artist) (1945–2011), Filipino artist
• Sergio Bernal (born 1970), Mexican football player
• Susan Bernal (born 1982), Colombian materials scientist

V

• Victor Bernal (1953–2006), Major League Baseball pitcher

Geography

• Peña de Bernal, monolith in Mexico
  • Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico (San Sebastián Bernal), site of the Peña de Bernal
• Bernal, Argentina
• Bernal, New Mexico, United States
• Bernal, a location in Serafina, New Mexico, United States
• Bernal Heights, neighborhood of San Francisco, United States
  • Bernal Heights Summit, a nearby hill
• Bernal District, Peru
• Bernal Islands, sub-group of the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
• Bernal/Singleton Transfer Location, bus station in Dallas, Texas. United States
• Bernal Subbasin, an aquifer in California, United States
• Augustin Bernal Park, a park in Pleasanton, California, United States

Other

• Bernal Lecture (endowed by John Desmond Bernal), organised by the Royal Society of London
• Bernal sphere (named after John Desmond Bernal), a type of space habitat
• Bernal v. Fainter, 1984 US Supreme Court case

See also

• Bernalillo