Famous People with Name Bernd

Bernd Nickel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Nickel: a former German footballer. Due to his straight shots his nickname was "Doktor Hammer".Nickel began his career in 1957 at SV Eisemroth. In 1966 he was signed by Eintracht Frankfurt, where he scored 141 goals in 426 Bundesliga games. He won the DFB-Pokal in 1974, 1975 and 1981. His biggest success was the victory of the UEFA Cup in 1980. Frankfurt won against Borussia Mönchengladbach with 1-0 and 2-3. Nickel stayed until 1983 at the Eintracht. He was notorious for his heavy distance shots and free kicks.

Bernd Patzke            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Patzke: a former German football player.

Bernd Schuster            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Schuster: a German football coach and former player. He is the manager at Spanish club Real Madrid.Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. His club president Josep Lluís Núñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragones had difficult relations with him[1]. At age 21, in 1981, he received a bad injury on his right knee by Athletic Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea and never reached the level of the early seasons. He won, however, the European Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985.

Bernd Karbacher            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Karbacher: is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 22nd, which he reached on April 17, 1995. His career high in doubles was at 163 set at June 6, 1994.

Bernd Heine            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bernd Heine: a German linguist and specialist in African studies.From 1978 to 2004 Heine held the chair for African Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. His main focal points in research and teaching are African linguistics, language sociology, grammaticalisation theory and language contact. The grammaticalisation theory, which deals with the changes in grammar, and to which he contributed 7 books and numerous articles, is his main focal point.From 1968 to 1969 he was an assistant at the Department for African Studies of the Cologne University, from 1969 to 1972 he was a lecturer and from 1975 to 1978 visiting professor at the University of Nairobi. In 1978 he took over the chair of African Studies at the University of Cologne.

Edward Bernds            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Bernds: was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois.While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur licenses. In the early 1920s there was considerable prestige for amateur operators to have commercial radio licenses, and Bernds was in a good position to get into broadcasting when he graduated in 1923, a year when radio stations began popping up all over Chicago. He found employment — at age 20 — as chief operator at Chicago's WENR.

Magdalena Adriaantje (Magda) Berndsen-Jansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Magdalena Adriaantje (Magda) Berndsen-Jansen: is a Dutch politician and former police officer. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she has been an MP since June 17, 2010. She focuses on matters of safety, judiciary and police.

Douglas Brian "Doug" Berndt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Brian "Doug" Berndt: was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with partner Barbara Brown. The duo twice won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Marianne Berndt            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marianne Berndt: is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Chile. She set her personal best (16.39m) in the women's shot put at the 2003 South American Championships.

Bengt Berndtsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Bengt Berndtsson: was a Swedish football winger. He was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).After starting his carrier playing for two local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1951 and won a Swedish Championship with the club. He played 599 matches for IFK during his 17 seasons there, a club record that would stand for 30 years, before being beaten by Mikael Nilsson.