Kern is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anna Petrovna Kern (1800–1873), Pushkin's mistress
András Kern (born 1948), Hungarian actor
Brad Kern, American television producer
Dorothee Kern (born 1966), German-American biochemist
Ericca Kern (born 1965), American bodybuilder
David J. Kern, American naval officer
Edward Kern (1822–1863), American cartographer and artist
Jamie Kern (born 1977), American television personality
Hal C. Kern (1894-1985), American film editor
Jerome Kern (1885–1945), American composer
Jim Kern (born 1949), American baseball player
Joey Kern (born 1976), American actor
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (1833–1917), aka H. Kern, Dutch linguist and Anglo-Indian educator
John W. Kern (1849–1917), American politician
John Kern (Canadian politician), former Saskatchewan Green Party leader
Karl-Hans Kern (1932–2014), German politician
Kevin Kern (born 1958), American musician
Marc Kern (ice hockey) (born 1989), Swiss ice hockey player
Mitch Kern (born 1965), American art photographer
Nathaniel Kern, American oil industry consultant
Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian classical pianist
Otto Kern (1863–1942), German linguist
Paul J. Kern (born 1945), American army officer and businessman
Ralph Kern (born 1967), German artistic gymnast
Richard Kern (born 1954), American photographer and filmmaker
Robert J. Kern (1885-1972), American film editor
Sally Kern (born 1946), Oklahoma state legislator
Sean Kern (born 1978), American water polo player
Werner Kern (football manager) (born 1946), German football coach
Marko Kern (born 1948),Croatian painter
Hermann Armin von Kern (1838–1912), an academic painter, one of the most popular Austrian genre painters of his time and a court painter at the Emperor Franz Josef court in Vienna.
Benjamin von Kern (1800 L. Mikuláš - 3.12.1868 L. Hrádok), Doctor of medicine. Hermann Armin von Kern's father.
