Bernays

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Bernays is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adolphus Bernays (1795–1864), professor of German in London; brother of Isaac Bernays and father of:
    • Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831–1908), public servant and agricultural writer in Australia; son of Adolphus Bernays
  • Edward Bernays (1891–1995), the "father of public relations"; great-grandson of Isaac Bernays and father of:
    • Doris E. Fleischman
  • Isaac Bernays (1792–1849), German rabbi; brother of Adolphus Bernays and father of:
  • Karl Ludwig Bernays (1815–1876), Marxist journalist
  • Marie Bernays (1883–1939), German politician and educator
  • Martha Bernays (1861–1951), wife of Sigmund Freud; granddaughter of Isaac Bernays by his son Berman
  • Paul Bernays (1888–1977), Swiss mathematician born in London; great-grandson of Isaac Bernays
  • Robert Bernays (1902–1945), Liberal MP; great-grandson of Adolphus Bernays
  • Thekla M. Bernays (1856–1931), women's suffrage's activist, author and lecturer

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