Eberhard

Eberhard or Everard or Everardo is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.

People

First name

• Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
• Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
• Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–1496)
• Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392)
• Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937)
• Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (ca 885–939)
• Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–1066)
• Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint

Last name

• Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family (Eberhard & Co.) from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century
  • George-Emile Eberhard (1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co
  • George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
  • Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
• Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769–1884), a German writer
• Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005), an American composer
• Hans J. Müller-Eberhard (1927–1998), a molecular immunologist
• Hermann Eberhard (1852–1908), a 19th-century German explorer that discovered Giant sloth remains at Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument
• Johann Augustus Eberhard (1739–1809), a German theologian
• Martin Eberhard (born 1960), co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors
• Mary Jane West-Eberhard contemporary biologist upon social wasps and phenotypic plasticity
• Matthias Eberhard (1815–1876), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier
• Paul Eberhard (born 1917), Swiss bobsledder
• Wolfram Eberhard (1909–1989), a sociologist of rural China

Companies

• Eberhard's, supermarket chain in Michigan

See also

• Eberhardt
• Eberhart (disambiguation)