Bernays

Bernays is a surname and may refer to:

• Isaac Bernays (1792 - 1849), a German rabbi, and father of:
  • Jakob Bernays (1824 - 1881), a German classical linguist
  • Michael Bernays (1834 - 1897), a German literature historian
    • Martha Bernays (1861-1951), granddaughter of Isaac Bernays and wife of Sigmund Freud
      • Paul Bernays (1888 - 1977), a Swiss mathematician born in London, a great-grandson of Isaac
      • Edward Bernays (1891-1995), nephew of Sigmund Freud, great-grandson of Isaac Bernays and the "father of public relations"
        • Anne Bernays (born 1930), daughter of Edward Bernays and American novelist

• Adolphus Bernays — Professor of German Language in London, brother of Isaac
  • Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831-1908), a public servant and agricultural writer in Australia (son of Adolphus and a nephew of Isaac Bernays)

• Robert Bernays (1902 - 1945) Liberal MP
• Frederick Bernays Wiener (1906–1996), American jurist

It may also refer to:

• Von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel set theory