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Berg (surname)

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Berg is a surname of North-European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish [Danish: Bjerg]), the word means "mount", "mountain", or "cliff".

Notable people sharing the surname "Berg"

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In science, medicine and technology

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  • Carlos Berg (1843-1903), Latvian-born Argentine naturalist and entomologist
  • Christine Berg, American radiation oncologist and physician-scientist
  • Gabriele Berg (born 1963), German biologist and ecologist
  • Jeremy M. Berg, the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • Lev Berg (1876–1950), biologist and geographer
  • Max Berg (1870–1947), German architect and urban planner
  • Nathaniel Berg, president of the Guam medical society
  • Otto Berg (scientist) (1874–1939), German chemist, co-discoverer of the element rhenium
  • Otto Karl Berg (1815–1866), German botanist and pharmacist
  • Paul Berg (1926–2023), American biochemist
  • Raissa L. Berg (1913–2006), Russian geneticist and evolutionary biologist

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