Kern is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anna Petrovna Kern (1800–1873), Pushkin's mistressAndrás Kern (born 1948), Hungarian actorBrad Kern, American television producerDorothee Kern (born 1966), German-American biochemistEricca Kern (born 1965), American bodybuilderDavid J. Kern, American naval officerEdward Kern (1822–1863), American cartographer and artistJamie Kern (born 1977), American television personalityHal C. Kern (1894-1985), American film editorJerome Kern (1885–1945), American composerJim Kern (born 1949), American baseball playerJoey Kern (born 1976), American actorJohan Hendrik Caspar Kern (1833–1917), aka H. Kern, Dutch linguist and Anglo-Indian educatorJohn W. Kern (1849–1917), American politicianJohn Kern (Canadian politician), former Saskatchewan Green Party leaderKarl-Hans Kern (1932–2014), German politicianKevin Kern (born 1958), American musicianMarc Kern (ice hockey) (born 1989), Swiss ice hockey playerMitch Kern (born 1965), American art photographerNathaniel Kern, American oil industry consultantOlga Kern (born 1975), Russian classical pianistOtto Kern (1863–1942), German linguistPaul J. Kern (born 1945), American army officer and businessmanRalph Kern (born 1967), German artistic gymnastRichard Kern (born 1954), American photographer and filmmakerRobert J. Kern (1885-1972), American film editorSally Kern (born 1946), Oklahoma state legislatorSean Kern (born 1978), American water polo playerWerner Kern (football manager) (born 1946), German football coachMarko Kern (born 1948),Croatian painterHermann 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.