Kern (surname)
Kern is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adele Kern, German soprano opera and operetta singer
- Anna Petrovna Kern, Pushkin's mistress
- András Kern, Hungarian actor
- Brad Kern, American television producer
- Brett Kern, American football punter
- Christian Kern, Austrian politician
- David J. Kern, American naval officer
- Dorothee Kern, German-American biochemist
- Doug Kern, American sailor
- Edward Kern, American cartographer and artist
- Hal C. Kern, American film editor
- Hermann Armin von Kern, Austrian painter
- Jamie Kern, American television personality
- Jerome Kern, American composer
- Jerome H. Kern, American lawyer, investment banker, consultant, and philanthropist
- Jim Kern, American baseball player
- Joey Kern, American actor
- Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern, aka H. Kern, Dutch linguist and Anglo-Indian educator
- Johannes Hendrikus Kern, Dutch botanist
- John W. Kern, American politician
- Karl-Hans Kern, German politician
- Kevin Kern (musician), American musician
- Kevin Kern (actor), Broadway actor
- Marc Kern (ice hockey), Swiss ice hockey player
- Mark Kern, former video game executive
- Murril Kern jr, US Navy
- Nathaniel Kern, American oil industry consultant
- Olga Kern, Russian classical pianist
- Otto Kern, German linguist
- Patricia Kern, British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
- Paul Kern (insomniac), Hungarian who was supposedly unable to sleep
- Paul J. Kern, American army officer and businessman
- Peter E. Kern, American entrepreneur
- Ralph Kern, German artistic gymnast
- Richard Kern, American photographer and filmmaker
- Robert Henry Kern, American engineer and entrepreneur
- Ruth Kern, American lawyer
- Robert J. Kern, American film editor
- Sally Kern, Oklahoma state legislator
- Sean Kern, American water polo player
- Werner Kern (football manager), German football coach