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Berg is a surname of North European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish), the word means "mount", "mountain" or "cliff".

List of people surnamed Berg

In music:

  • Alban Berg (1885–1935), Austrian composer
  • Bob Berg (1951–2002), American jazz saxophonist
  • Cia Berg (born 1963), Swedish singer and television presenter
  • Cy Berg vaudeville performer and the "Berg" in the group Witt & Berg
  • Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
  • Emil Berg, Swedish singer
  • Espen Berg (born 1983), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
  • Gunnar Berg (composer) (1909–1989), Swiss-born Danish composer
  • Joakim Berg (born 1970), lead singer of the Swedish band Kent
  • Moe Berg (musician) (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Shelly Berg (born 1955), American jazz pianist and educator
  • Yung Berg (born 1986), American rapper

    • In media and the arts:

  • A. Scott Berg (born 1949), American biographer
  • Adam Berg (director) (born 1972), Swedish music video director, brother of Joakim Berg
  • Alan Berg (1934–1984), American talk radio host
  • Carol Berg, fantasy writer
  • Dave Berg (cartoonist) (1920–2002), American cartoonist for MAD
  • Dick Berg (1922–2009), American screenwriter and producer
  • Elizabeth Berg (author) (born 1948), American novelist
  • Gertrude Berg (1894–1966), American radio and television actress
  • Gunnar Berg (painter) (1863–1893), Norwegian painter
  • John Berg (actor) (1949–2007), American actor
  • John Berg (art director), (1932–2015), American art director
  • Peter Berg, American actor, film director, producer and writer

    • In politics and religion

  • Axel Berg (born 1959), German politician
  • Bruno II von Berg (c. 1100 – 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
  • Charles A. Berg (1927-2014), American farmer and politician
  • David Berg (1919–1994), founder of the religious movement Children of God
  • Delmer Berg (1915-2016), American member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War; labor union activist
  • Eivinn Berg (1931–2013), Norwegian diplomat and politician
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), Russian statesman and military figure
  • Gordon Berg (1927–2013), American farmer and politician
  • Gunnar Berg (politician) (born 1923), Liberal Party
  • Gunner Berg, Norwegian priest, writer and politician
  • Herbert Berg (religion), religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina
  • John Berg (priest) (born 1970), American Catholic cleric
  • Julius S. Berg (1893–1938), New York politician
  • Michael Berg (born 1945), politician and anti-war activist, father of Nick Berg
  • Philip Berg (1927–2013), founder of the Kabbalah Centre
  • Philip J. Berg (born 1944), activist and former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania
  • Moe Berg (1902–1972), U.S. baseball player and spy
  • Nick Berg (1978–2004), American businessman beheaded in Iraq
  • Ove H. Berg (1840-1922), American politician
  • Stephen Jay Berg (born 1951), American Catholic bishop

    • In science, medicine, and technology

  • Gabriele Berg (born 1963), German biologist and ecologist
  • Jeremy M. Berg, the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • Lev Berg (1876–1950), biologist and geographer
  • Max Berg (1870–1947), German architect and urban planner
  • Nathaniel Berg, president of the Guam medical society
  • Otto Berg (scientist) (1873–1939), German chemist, co-discoverer of the element rhenium
  • Otto Karl Berg (1815–1866), German botanist and pharmacist
  • Paul Berg (born 1926), American biochemist
  • Raissa L. Berg (1913–2006), Russian geneticist and evolutionary biologist

    • In sport

  • Aki-Petteri Berg (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
  • Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver
  • Andrea Berg (volleyball) (born 1981), German volleyball player
  • Dave Berg (infielder), (born 1970) a retired Major League Baseball player
  • Jan Berg (footballer born 1943), Norwegian footballer
  • Jan Berg (footballer born 1965), Norwegian footballer
  • Jan Berg (Finnish footballer) (born 1985)
  • Justin Berg (born 1984), Major League Baseball player
  • Henning Berg (born 1969), Norwegian football player
  • Herbert Berg (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
  • Lindsey Berg (born 1980), American volleyball player
  • Marcus Berg (born 1986), Swedish football (soccer) player
  • Moe Berg (1902–1972), American baseball player and spy
  • Odd Berg (footballer) (born 1952), Norwegian football player
  • Odd Berg (cyclist) (born 1923), Norwegian cyclist
  • Otto Berg (athlete) (1906–1991), Norwegian long jumper
  • Patty Berg (1918–2006), American golfer
  • Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player

    • In other fields

  • Bryan Berg (born 1975) professional cardstacker
  • Gunnar Berg (Scouting) (1897–1987), Norwegian American director of the Boy Scouts of America
  • Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1894) (1894–1973), Norwegian ship-owner
  • Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1907) (1907–2005), Norwegian ship-owner
  • Paavo Berg (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace
  • Richard Berg, wargame designer

    • References

    Berg (surname) Wikipedia
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