Bergen is a surnamehttps://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=bergen#:~:text=Bergen%20Name%20Meaning,-German%20and%20Jewish&text=Swedish%20(mainly%20Berg%C3%A9n)%3A%20ornamental,%2Denius%20%27relating%20to%27. originating from several Germanic languages, from a word for "hill(s)" or "mountain(s)".
Notable persons with this surname include:
Beverley Bergen, New Zealand soprano opera singer Bill Bergen (1878–1943), American baseball player Bob Bergen (born 1964), American voice actor Candice Bergen (actress) (born 1946), American actress and model Candice Bergen (politician) (born 1964), Canadian federal politician David Bergen (born 1957), Canadian author Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), American actor and radio performer Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1846–1924), American folklorist, ethnobiologist and author Frances Bergen (1922–2006), American actress and model Hans Hansen Bergen (c.1610–1654), Norwegian-born shipwright, and one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam Helen Corinne Bergen (1868–?), American journalist and author John Teunis Bergen (1786–1855), American politician Junior Bergen (born 2002), American football player Larisa Bergen (1949–2023), Soviet volleyball player Martin Bergen (disambiguation), several people Peter Bergen (born 1962), British-American journalist Polly Bergen (1930–2014), American entertainer Stanley S. Bergen Jr. (1929–2019), American university president Teunis G. Bergen (1806–1881), American politician Todd Bergen, Canadian ice hockey player W. R. Bergen, American basketball coach Wendy Bergen (1956–2017), American television journalist
van/von Bergen The preposition "of" or "from" is a common part of names in Dutch (Van), German (von) and related languages.
Notable people whose surnames contain this particle in conjunction with "Bergen" include: John S. Van Bergen (1885–1969), American architect Nora von Bergen (born 1990), Swiss ice dancer Peter A. Van Bergen (1763–1804), American politician Steve von Bergen (born 1983), Swiss footballer
See also Bergen (disambiguation)
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