Bernt is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Bernt Albert (born 1944), Norwegian politician for the Conservative PartyBernt Balchen, D.F.C. (1899–1973), Norwegian, and later Norwegian-American, polar and aviation pioneerBernt Bjørnsgaard (born 1973), Norwegian orienteering competitor and World championBernt Bull (born 1946), Norwegian politician for the Labour PartyBernt Carlsson (1938–1988), Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations and United Nations Commissioner for NamibiaBernt Johan Collet (born 1941), son of Chamberlain and Master of the Royal Hunt, Harald Collet and landscape architect Else CollettBernt Evens (born 1978), Belgian professional footballerBernt Evensen (1905–1979), Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclistBernt Frilén, Swedish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1974 Individual World Orienteering ChampionshipsBernt Haas (born 1978), Swiss football (soccer) defenderBernt Hagtvet (born 1946), Norwegian political scientistBernt B. Haugan (born 1862), American Lutheran minister, politician, and temperance leaderBernt Michael Holmboe (1795–1850), Norwegian mathematicianBernt Holtsmark (1859–1941), Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left PartyBernt Hulsker (born 1977), Norwegian footballer playingBernt Ingvaldsen (1902–1985), Norwegian politician for the Conservative PartyBernt Johansson (born 1953), retired road bicycle racer from Sweden, professional rider from 1977 to 1981Bernt Julius Muus (1832–1900), Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and church leaderBernt Krebs, German scientistBernt Sverdrup Maschmann (1805–1869), Norwegian priest and politicianHans Bernt Myhre (born 1817), Norwegian politicianBernt Notke (born 1435), German painter and sculptorBernt Oftestad (born 1942), professor in Western Cultural History at MF Norwegian School of TheologyBernt Øksendal (born 1945), Norwegian mathematicianBernt Olufsen (born 1954), the Editor-in-Chief of Verdens Gang (VG), the largest daily of NorwayBernt Østerkløft (1906–1996), Norwegian Nordic combined skierBernt Persson (born 1946), Swedish former international speedway riderBernt Petersen (born 1937), Danish furniture designer often known simply as BerntBernt Rosengren (born 1937), Swedish jazz tenor saxophonistBernt Ström (1940–2009), Swedish actorBernt Tunold (1877–1946), Norwegian painterBernt Wahl, mathematician, entrepreneur and authorBernt Wilhelm Westermann (1781–1868), wealthy Danish businessman who collected insects