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