Famous People with Name Bernal

Kristine Ann Tan Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Kristine Ann Tan Bernal: better known in her a Filipina actress that became known as one of the finalist of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search for teenagers on Philippine television. She was eventually named as part of the Ultimate Loveteam with Mart Escudero.Kristine Ann Tan Bernal is born on May 17, 1989 in Quezon City to Edgardo Bernal, who currently resides in the United States and works in a semiconductor company, and Analyn Tan, who is a housewife. She is the third in a brood of 4. She has twin older sisters Kathleen Ann and Katherine Ann, who are also models, and has a younger brother named Miguel.

Boris De Greiff Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Boris De Greiff Bernal: is a Colombian chess master, born in Medellín.In 1951, he won the Colombian Championship in Bogotá. In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won). In 1957, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1958, he took 20th in Portoroz (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won). In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá (Oscar Panno won). In 1962, he took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won).

John Desmond Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

John Desmond Bernal: was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory of space groups, including the quaternion method; this became the mathematical basis of later work on crystal structure. Whilst at Cambridge he also became known as "Sage", a nickname given to him by a girl working in Ogden's Bookshop at the corner of Bridge Street in about 1920[1]. After graduation, he began research under Sir William Bragg at the Davy Faraday Laboratory at the Royal Institution[3] in London. In 1924 he determined the structure of graphite[3]. He also did work on bronze[3]. While at Cambridge he worked on the structure of vitamin B1 (1933), pepsin (1934), vitamin D2 (1935), the sterols (1936), and the tobacco mosaic virus (1937)[3].

Alejandro Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Alejandro Bernal: is a Colombian footballer who plays for Independiente Santa Fe.He can play as defensive midfielder. He was a starter on the Colombian Sub 20 that failed to qualify for the 2007 World Cup.

José Bernal            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

José Bernal: is a Cuban-American artist. He was born in Santa Clara, in the former province of Las Villas, now Villa Clara, Cuba. He became a naturalized U.S.A. citizen in 1980.The art of José Bernal is distinguished by a highly independent body of work. His aesthetics stem from a fertile and heightened imagination, together with his Cuban birth and the experience of exile and renewal. Bernal's oeuvre from 1937 to present is diverse and prolific, at times hinting of masters of the distant past or those celebrated in more recent decades.