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: Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Attack on Titan People with the given name Berthold Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (900–947), German duke Berthold of Zwiefalten, (c.1089-1169), German abbot and historian 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) (1180–1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch Berthold of Ratisbon (1210–1272), German monk Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist Berthold Englisch (1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages 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 Viertel (1953-1953), Austrian screenwriter and film director Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (1125–1186) 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