Behrendt

Behrendt (variants: Behrend, Berendt, Berent, Behrends, Behrens) is a German family name, which is derived from the given name Bernd. As early as the 17th century, Berend (Berendt) was common in northern Germany. Then in the 19th century, Behrend is evident in Friesland. Used as patronymic (Berendsen, Berentzen, Berends) it turned into a family name. The following famous people bear the name Be(h)ren(d/t)(s):

Behrendt

* Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (b. 1953), German Member of the European Parliament, lawyer
* Gerhard Behrendt, German stage designer, see German article
* Greg Behrendt, a stand-up comedian
* Hans Behrendt, German actor and director, see German article
* Hans-Dieter Behrendt, German author, see German article
* Holger Behrendt, German Olympic champion in gymnastics, see German article
* Jan Behrendt (born 1967), German luger
* Jutta Behrendt, German Olympic champion in rowing, see German article
* Kerstin Behrendt, German athlete, see German article
* Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor, see German article
* Larissa Behrendt (born 1969), Aboriginal Australian academic and writer
* Richard Fritz Behrendt, German sociologist, see German article
* Walter Behrendt (1914-1997), German politician
* Walter Behrendt or Walter Curt or Kurt Behrendt (1884-1945), Lorraine-born German-US architect
* Wolfgang Behrendt (politician), German politician, see German article
* Wolfgang Behrendt (boxer), German olympic champion in boxing, see German article

Berend

Family name

* Bommen Berend, see Dutch article
* Eduard Berend, see German article
* Iván T. Berend (Ivan T. Berend, Iván Berend, Ivan Berend)
* Rolf Berend (*1943), German politician
* Alice Berend, (1878-1938), German writer
* Gudrun Berend, (*1955), German athlete, see German article

First name

Berend is also used as a first name, mainly in the Netherlands:
* Berend Botje, see Dutch article
* Berend Boudewijn
* Berend Dubbe
* Berend Petersen, Dutch publisher of Nostradamus
* Berend Tobia Boeyinga
* Berend Jan Udink, see Dutch article
* Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst
* Berend von Melen, see Swedish article
* Issachar Berend Lehmann
* Julius Berend Cohen (1859-1935), British chemist

Berent

* Irwin Berent
* Wacław Berent

Berendt

* Ernst Gottlieb Georg Berendt (1842-1919), German theologian
* Joachim-Ernst Berendt (also Joachim E. or Joachim Ernst Berendt), Jazz journalist
* John Berendt, American author
* Paul Berendt
* Peter Berendt Købke, birth name of the Danish painter Christen Købke

Behrend

* Dora Eleonore Behrend (1877â€"?), Author
* Felix A. Behrend (or Felix Behrend), mathematician
* Friedrich Jacob Behrend, German physician; born at Neu-Stettin, Pomerania
* Henry Behrend, Physician and communal worker; born in Liverpool
* Hildegard Behrend Schriftstellerin
* Jocelyne Behrend Architect, born and working in Paris, France
* Joachim Ernst Behrend, see German article
* Gustav Behrend, German dermatologist, medical writer, and professor
* Israel b. Behrend, German physician and writer on medical subjects
* Jacob Friedrich Behrend, German jurist
* Raoul Behrend

Behrends

* Frederick Behrends
* Hermann Behrends, SS-group leader of Waffen-SS
* Leffmann Behrends (Behrend Lehmann or Lippmann Cohen)
* Marc Behrend
* Peter Wilhelm Behrends (1773-1845), theologian and historian
* Steve Behrends

Behrens

* Bernard "Bunny" Behrens
* Bill Behrens
* Christian Behrens
* Doris Behrens-Abouseif
* Eva Behrens-Hommel
* Frederik A. Behrens (or Frederik Behrens), guitarrist
* Friedrich Behrens (1909-), German economist
* Fritz Behrens (b. 1948 )
* Harry Behrens (b. 1965)
* Heidi Behrens-Benedict
* Heinz Behrens(b. 1932)
* Herbert Behrens
* Herbert Behrens-Hangeler (1898-1981)
* Hildegard Behrens (b. 1941), opera singer
* Isidor Behrens
* Sir Jacob Behrens, Municipal worker at Bradford, England
* Johann Gerhard Behrens, German astronomer
* Manja Behrens, German actress
* Marla Behrens
* Peter Behrens (1868-1940), German architect
* Rainer Behrens (b. 1966) German born Photographer http://rainerbehrens.com
* Rick Behrens
* Roger Behrens (b. 1968)
* Roy R. Behrens (or Roy Behrens) (b. 1946) American author and designer
* Sam Behrens
* Sophie Behrens
* William W. Behrens (or W. W. Behrens'')
* W. W. Behrens, Jr.

Berendsen

* Fritz Berendsen, see German article

Berens

* Hermann Berens, musician

Places

Be(h)ren(d/t)(s) might refer to the following places
* Behrendt Mountains
* Berent, German name of Kościerzyna, see :de:Landkreis Berent (Westpr.) (German article)
* Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
* Behren-lès-Forbach, Alsace
* Berens River (see also Berens River Airport)

Other

* Behrend, Publisher
* Behrens Baumann Dust syndrome
* Behrens-Fisher problem
* FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel
* Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens

See also

* Related family names: Beer, Behr, Baer, Baerenthal, Berenson