Bertram (name)

Bertram is both a Germanic given name and a surname, from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven"). Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Bertram, 6th-century bishop of Bordeaux
• Bertechramnus, also known as Bertram, 6th/7th-century bishop of Le Mans
• Beorhthelm of Stafford (also Bertram), an Anglo-Saxon saint
• Bertram (Archdeacon of Armagh) (fl. 13th century), Irish Roman Catholic cleric, Archdeacon of Armagh from 1256 to at least 1261
• Master Bertram, or Bertram of Minden (c. 1340–1414/1415), German Gothic painter
• Bertram Benedict (c. 1892 – 1978), American author and editor
• Bertram Clements (1913–2000), English footballer
• Bertram Cunningham (1871–1944), British Anglican priest and academic
• Bertram Dickson (1873–1913), Pioneer Scottish airman
• Bertram Forer (1914–2000), American psychologist
• Bert Freeman (Bertram Clewley Freeman, 1885–1955), English footballer
• Bertram Goode (1886–1955), English footballer
• C. Bertram Hartman (1882–1960), American landscape painter
• Bertram Heyn (1912–1998), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
• Bert Metzger (Bertram L. Metzger, 1909–1986), American football player and inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Bertram Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837–1916), British peer, diplomat and writer
• Bertram Ramsay (1883–1945), British Royal Navy commander, one of the principal commanders of Dunkirk evacuation, Channel Dash, Operation Overlord and Normandy landings
• Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870–1907), British journalist, editor, author and sportsperson
• Bertram de Shotts (1467–1505), Highwayman and Giant
• Bertram Stevens (politician) (1889–1973), Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales between 1932 and 1939
• Bertram Türpe (1952–2014), German Olympic swimmer
• Bertram Wallis (1874–1952), English actor and singer

Surname:

• Adolf Bertram (1859–1945), Archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Alexander Charles Bertram (1852–1908), Canadian businessman and journalist
• Charles Bertram (1723–1765), English literary impostor and forger
• Christoph Bertram (1937), German journalist and security expert
• Douglas Somerville Bertram (1913–1988), British medical entomologist
• Elsie Bertram (1912–2003), English bookseller
• Ernest Bertram, English footballer
• George Bertram (disambiguation), several people
• Hans Bertram (1906–1993), German aviation pioneer
• Helen Bertram (1865–1953), American actress and singer
• Horst Bertram (1948–2023), German footballer
• John Bertram (disambiguation), several people
• Julia Bertram (born 1989), 2012/13 German Wine Queen
• Laura Bertram (born 1978), Canadian actress
• Ossie Bertram (1909–1983), Australian rules footballer
• Ron Bertram (1924–2014), Australian politician
• Sören Bertram (born 1991), German footballer
• Tom Bertram (field hockey) (born 1977), English field hockey player
• Tom Bertram (footballer) (born 1987), German footballer
• Ute Bertram (born 1961), German politician

Fictional characters:

• Bertram (Family Guy), a character on the TV series Family Guy
• Bertram (Fire Emblem), a character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
• Bertram Wilberforce Wooster (Bertie Wooster), a character from the Jeeves series by P. G. Wodehouse
• Bertram, a character from Havelok the Dane
• Bertram, Count of Rousillon, a character from All's Well That Ends Well
• Bertram "Bert" Cooper, a character on Mad Men
• Bertram, a character from the Disney Channel series Jessie
• Bertram, Sir Thomas and Lady, characters in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park
• Bertram, Godfrey, a character from Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering
• Bertram Baxter, a character from Sue Townsend's series Adrian Mole
• Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering Jr., a character on The Knick
• Gale Bertram, from the TV series The Mentalist
• Bertram Grover Weeks, a character from The Sandlot
• Bertram Gilfoyle, a character from Silicon Valley
• Bertram, a character from Thomas and Friends
• Bertram Lupov, a character from Isaac Asimov's short story The Last Question

See also

• A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984), science fiction author