Kern (surname)

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

• Adele Kern (1901–1980), German soprano opera and operetta singer
• Anna Petrovna Kern (1800–1873), Pushkin's mistress
• András Kern (born 1948), Hungarian actor
• Brad Kern, American television producer
• Brett Kern, American football punter
• Christian Kern, Austrian politician
• David J. Kern, American naval officer
• Dorothee Kern (born 1966), German-American biochemist
• Doug Kern (born 1963), American sailor
• Edward Kern (1822–1863), American cartographer and artist
• Hal C. Kern (1894–1985), American film editor
• Hermann Armin von Kern (1838–1912), Austrian painter
• Jamie Kern (born 1977), American television personality
• Jerome Kern (1885–1945), American composer
• Jerome H. Kern (1937–2024), American lawyer, investment banker, consultant, and philanthropist
• Jim Kern (born 1949), American baseball player
• Joey Kern (born 1976), American actor
• Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (1833–1917), aka H. Kern, Dutch linguist and Anglo-Indian educator
• Johannes Hendrikus Kern (1903–1974), Dutch botanist
• John W. Kern (1849–1917), American politician
• Karl-Hans Kern (1932–2014), German politician
• Kevin Kern (musician) (born 1958), American musician
• Kevin Kern (actor), Broadway actor
• Marc Kern (ice hockey) (born 1989), Swiss ice hockey player
• Mark Kern, former video game executive
• Nathaniel Kern, American oil industry consultant
• Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian classical pianist
• Otto Kern (1863–1942), German linguist
• Patricia Kern (1927–2015), British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
• Paul Kern (insomniac), Hungarian who was supposedly unable to sleep
• Paul J. Kern (born 1945), American army officer and businessman
• Peter E. Kern (1860–1937), American entrepreneur
• Ralph Kern (born 1967), German artistic gymnast
• Richard Kern (born 1954), American photographer and filmmaker
• Robert Henry Kern, American engineer and entrepreneur
• Ruth Kern (1914–2002), American lawyer
• Robert J. Kern (1885–1972), American film editor
• Sally Kern (born 1946), Oklahoma state legislator
• Sean Kern (born 1978), American water polo player
• Timm Kern (born 1972), German politician
• Werner Kern (football manager) (born 1946), German football coach

See also

• Kerns (surname)