Berthold
Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, berht meaning "bright" and wald meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to:
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People with the given name Berthold
- Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (c. 900 – 947), German duke
- Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 - 1963), German aristocrat
- Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate
- Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint
- Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1180 – 1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch
- Berthold of Ratisbon (c. 1210–1272), German monk
- Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist
- Berthold Lubetkin (1901—1990), Russian architect
- Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905—1944), German aristocrat and lawyer
- Berthold Schwarz, semi-legendary inventor of gunpowder
- Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen
People with the surname Berthold
- Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803-1861), German physiologist and zoologist
- Avgust Berthold (1880–1919), Slovene photographer
- David Berthold, Australian theatre director
- Joseph Berchtold, early senior Nazi Party member and a co-founder of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS)
- Rudolph Berthold (1891–1920), German WWI flying ace
- Thomas Berthold (born 1964), soccer coach
- Richard Berthold (born 1946), American professor of history (retired)
Companies
- Berthold Type Foundry, former German type foundry
Places
- Berthold, North Dakota, United States
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