Kern
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Kern may refer to:
  • Kern (typography), the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font
  • Kern (soldier)
    Kern (soldier)
    A Kern was a Gaelic soldier, specifically a light infantryman in Ireland during the Middle Ages.-Linguistic roots:The word kern is an anglicisation of the Middle Irish word ceithern or ceithrenn meaning a collection of persons, particularly fighting men. An individual member is a ceithernach...

    , a light infantry unit in Medieval Irish armies
  • Kern, California, a former unincorporated community in Kern County, California
  • Kern County, California
    Kern County, California
    Spreading across the southern end of the California Central Valley, Kern County is the fifth-largest county by population in California. Its economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction, and there is a strong aviation and space presence. Politically, it has generally...

    , a county in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California
  • Kern ag
    Kern ag
    KERN Global Language Services is an internationally active language service provider and of German origin.- History :The company started as KERN Internationale Handels- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH which was founded in 1969 by Manfred and Ruthild Birte Kern in Frankfurt am Main, Germany...

    , a German-based international language service company
  • Boron, California
    Boron, California
    Boron is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Boron is located east-southeast of Castle Butte, at an elevation of 2467 feet . The population was 2,253 at the 2010 census, up from 2,025 at the 2000 census...

     or Kern, California, a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States
  • (Kern Lda), a Portugal-based Real Estate Agent, West Algarve

People with the surname

  • Anna Petrovna Kern
    Anna Petrovna Kern
    Anna Petrovna Kern, née Poltoratskaya , was a Russian socialite and memoirist, best known as the addressee of what is probably the best known love poem in the Russian language, written by Pushkin in 1825....

     (1800—1873), Pushkin's mistress
  • András Kern
    András Kern
    András Kern is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.- Life :In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled Mi Lesz? , and subsequently won first prize in the 13th Hungarian National Amateur Film Festival.In 1970 he graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest...

    , popular Hungarian actor
  • Brad Kern
    Brad Kern
    Brad Kern is a distinguished television producer and writer best known recently for his work as head writer and executive producer on the hit supernatural drama Charmed, which he was showrunner on for all eight seasons...

  • Dorothee Kern
    Dorothee Kern
    Dorothee Kern, is a professor of Biochemistry at Brandeis University and former player for the East German national basketball team. She has published papers on, and continues to research, protein folding, especially using NMR techniques....

    , Professor at Brandeis University
    Brandeis University
    Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...

  • Ericca Kern
    Ericca Kern
    Ericca Kern is a professional female bodybuilder and model from the United States.Ericca was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 18, 1965. Her family moved frequently but settled in Hermantown, Minnesota in 1975. At the age of 18 Ericca discovered she had an eating disorder. In 1985 Ericca was...

     (born 1965), American bodybuilder
  • David J. Kern
    David J. Kern
    David Kern, an officer of the United States Navy, was the first commanding officer of USS Virginia .Kern earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned in May 1981. Upon completion of nuclear power training and Naval Submarine School, he reported toUSS...

  • Edward Kern
    Edward Kern
    Edward Meyer Kern was born 26 Oct 1822 or 1823 in Philadelphia - the son of John Kern III and Mary Elizabeth Bignell. He was trained as an artist and was appointed to accompany John C. Fremont on his third expedition in 1845. He was paid $3.00 a day on this trip. He served as cartographer as well...

     (1822—1863), American cartographer and artist
  • Jamie Kern
    Jamie Kern
    Jamie Marie Kern is best known as Creator and CEO of She was also a TV News Anchor for several years and prior to that, a contestant on the first season of Big Brother. She has also competed in the Miss USA pageant and won the Baywatch College Search in 1999 where she appeared on an episode of...

  • Jerome Kern
    Jerome Kern
    Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...

     (1885–1945), American composer
  • Jim Kern
    Jim Kern
    James Lester Kern is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. Kern had a thirteen-year Major League career from 1974 to 1986 with the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies.Kern was elected to the American League All-Star...

  • Joey Kern
    Joey Kern
    Joseph Daniel "Joey" Kern is an American actor. He is most widely known for his roles in the 2003 films Cabin Fever and Grind.-Early life:...

  • Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
    Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
    Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern was a Dutch linguist and Orientalist. In the literature, he is usually referred to as H...

     (or H. Kern, 1833–1917), Dutch linguist and former head of Brahmana College and of Queen's College, Benares
  • John W. Kern
    John W. Kern
    John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of...

     (1849–1917), American politician
  • John Kern (Canadian politician)
    John Kern (Canadian politician)
    John Kern from Moose Jaw was the leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan. He was elected May 27, 2006, and after his resignation due to personal circumstances was succeeded by Sandra Finley of Saskatoon on Oct 14, 2006....

  • Kevin Kern
    Kevin Kern
    Kevin Kern is an American pianist, composer and recording artist of New Age music. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is now generally recognized as a representative of the New Age style...

  • Marc Kern (ice hockey)
    Marc Kern (ice hockey)
    Marc Kern is a Swiss ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with the SC Langenthal of the National League B.-External links:...

     (born 1989), Swiss ice hockey goaltender
  • Mitch Kern
    Mitch Kern
    Mitch Kern is an American photographer living in Canada whose work explores the relationship between the individual and society. Kern uses portrait photography as a vehicle for social commentary....

    , American artist
  • Nathaniel Kern
    Nathaniel Kern
    Nathaniel Kern, also known as Nat Kern, is President of Foreign Reports Inc., a consulting firm founded in 1956 to provide political reporting and analysis for the oil industry. He has been with the firm since 1972, becoming Vice President in 1975 and President in 1990...

    , President, Foreign Reports Inc.
  • Olga Kern
    Olga Kern
    Olga Kern is a Russian classical pianist. Born as Olga Pushechnikova to a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, she later adopted her mother's maiden name professionally...

     (born 1975), Russian classical pianist
  • Otto Kern
    Otto Kern
    Otto Kern was a German linguist and former professor of philology at the University of Halle. He studied classical philology and archaeology at the Universities of Berlin and Göttingen and attained a doctorate of philology in 1888....

     (1863–1942), German linguist
  • Paul J. Kern
    Paul J. Kern
    General Paul John Kern became President and Chief Operating Officer of AM General LLC on August 1, 2008. His unique career blends technical expertise, combat operations, program management, policy development, and advisory roles to senior political leaders.Kern held numerous leadership positions...

    , American general
  • Richard Kern
    Richard Kern
    Richard Kern is a New York underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films featuring underground personalities of the time...

     (born 1954), American photographer and filmmaker
  • Sally Kern
    Sally Kern
    Sally Kern is an Oklahoma state legislator and former schoolteacher from Oklahoma City known for her outspoken public views against homosexuality. On May 2, 2011, she was publicly reprimanded by the House of Representatives for comments she made the preceding week against minorities and women...

     (born 1946), Oklahoma state legislator
  • Sean Kern
    Sean Kern
    Sean Kern is an American water polo player. His position is center forward . During his water polo career, Kern was a four-time All-American, two-time National Player of the Year, two-time NCAA champion and three-time UCLA scoring leader. After his 1999 season, Kern was honored as the first-ever...

     (born 1978), American water polo player
  • Werner Kern
    Werner Kern
    Werner Kern is a German football coach, who is head of the youth department at FC Bayern Munich.After a career playing amateur football, Kern was appointed assistant manager of Bayern Munich in 1970, where he remained until 1977, serving during the club's golden era...

     (born 1946), German football coach

See also

  • Kirn (disambiguation)
    Kirn (disambiguation)
    Kirn is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Kirn may also refer to:*Kirn, Argyll and Bute, a village in Argyll, Scotland*KIRN, a radio station in Los Angeles-People with the surname:*Walter Kirn, American novelist and critic...

  • Kernel (disambiguation)
  • Kerner
    Kerner
    Kerner is a surname. Notable people and organizations bearing this name include:In literature:* Elizabeth Kerner, fantasy author* Justinus Kerner , a German lyric poet of the Swabian schoolIn politics:...

    , a surname
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