Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("rim of shield").
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Given name
Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
Bertrand Barère (1755–1841), French politician, freemason and journalist, one of the members of National Convention and leaders of Reign of Terror
Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
Bertrand Blier (1939–2025), French director and screenwriter
Bertrand Cantat (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician
Bertrand Clausel (1772–1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Days War and Battle of Salamanca
Bertrand of Comminges (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 1380), Constable of France
Bertrand H. Hoak (1917–1987), New York state senator
Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903–1987), French philosopher and political economist
Bertrand Lacaste (1897–1994), French clergyman and bishop
Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), computer scientist and author
Bertrand Nagymartoni (fl. 1243–1276), Aragonese-Hungarian nobleman
Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
Bertrand Owundi (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
Bertrand de Poulengy (fl. c. 1392–1456), French nobleman
Bertrand Ract-Madoux (born 1953), French Army general
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate
Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer
Fictional characters
Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bertrand Bell, a human fighter character in the D&D web series Critical Role
Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris
Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of The Monkey and the Cat
Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Surname
Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
Antoine de Bertrand (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer
Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
Christophe Bertrand (1981–2010), French composer
Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919–1986), French actor
Claudine Bertrand (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet
Elie Bertrand (1713–1797), Swiss geologist, naturalist, pastor and theologian.
Émile Bertrand (1844–1909), French mineralogist
Gabriel Bertrand (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
Gustave Bertrand (1896–1976), French intelligence officer
Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
Guy Bertrand (chemist), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
Guy Bertrand (lawyer), Québec lawyer and political activist
Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773–1844), French general (First Empire)