Berg is a surname of North-European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish [Danish: Bjerg]), the word means "mount", "mountain", or "cliff".

Notable people sharing the surname "Berg"

In music

• Alban Berg (1885–1935), Austrian composer
• Andrea Berg, German singer
• Bill Berg (musician), American drummer
• Bob Berg (1951–2002), American jazz saxophonist
• Cia Berg (born 1963), Swedish singer and television presenter
• Cy Berg, vaudeville performer and the "Berg" in the group Witt and Berg
• Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
• Emil Berg, Swedish singer
• Espen Berg (born 1983), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
• Gunnar Berg (composer) (1909–1989), Swiss-born Danish composer
• Joakim Berg (born 1970), lead singer of the Swedish band Kent
• Lillie Berg (1845–1896), American musician, musical educator
• Moe Berg (musician) (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Shelly Berg (born 1955), American jazz pianist and educator
• Yung Berg (born 1985), American rapper

In media and the arts

• A. Scott Berg (born 1949), American biographer
• Adam Berg (director) (born 1972), Swedish music video director, brother of Joakim Berg
• Alan Berg (1934–1984), American talk radio host
• Alec Berg, American television writer
• Bengt Berg (born 1946), Swedish poet and politician
• Bolette Berg (1872–1944), Norwegian photographer
• Carol Berg (born 1948), American fantasy writer
• Dave Berg (cartoonist) (1920–2002), American cartoonist for MAD
• Dick Berg (1922–2009), American screenwriter and producer
• Elizabeth Berg (author) (born 1948), American novelist
• Gertrude Berg (1894–1966), American radio and television actress
• Gretchen J. Berg, American television producer
• Gunnar Berg (painter) (1863–1893), Norwegian painter
• Guri Berg (born 1963), Norwegian sculptor
• John Berg (actor) (1949–2007), American actor
• John Berg (art director), (1932–2015), American art director
• Lene Berg, (born 1965), Norwegian film director
• Mary Berg, Canadian chef and television personality
• Nancy Berg (1931–2022), American model and actress
• Peter Berg, American actor, film director, producer and writer

In politics and religion

• Axel Berg (born 1959), German politician
• Bill Berg (politician) (1939-1967), Royal Canadian Mounted police man
• Bruno II von Berg (c. 1100 – 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
• Charles A. Berg (1927-2014), American farmer and politician
• David Berg (1919–1994), founder of the religious movement Children of God
• Delmer Berg (1915-2016), American member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War; labor union activist
• Eivinn Berg (1931–2013), Norwegian diplomat and politician
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), Russian statesman and military figure
• Gordon Berg (1927–2013), American farmer and politician
• Gunnar Berg (politician) (1923–2007), Liberal Party politician
• Gunner Berg, Norwegian priest, writer and politician
• Harry Berg (1943-2020), American politician and educator
• Herbert Berg (religion), religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina
• John Berg (priest) (born 1970), American Catholic cleric
• Jónína Kristín Berg (born 1962), Icelandic neopagan leader, art teacher and aromatherapist
• Julius S. Berg (1893–1938), New York politician
• Kim Berg (born 1974), Finnish politician
• Michael Berg (activist) (born 1945), politician and anti-war activist, father of Nick Berg
• Philip Berg (1927–2013), founder of the Kabbalah Centre
• Philip J. Berg (born 1944), activist and former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania
• Moe Berg (1902–1972), U.S. baseball player and spy
• Nick Berg (1978–2004), American businessman beheaded in Iraq
• Ove H. Berg (1840-1922), American politician
• Stephen Jay Berg (born 1951), American Catholic bishop
• Thomas K. Berg (born 1940), American lawyer and politician

In science, medicine and technology

• Carlos Berg (1843-1903), Latvian-born Argentine naturalist and entomologist
• Christine Berg, American radiation oncologist and physician-scientist
• Gabriele Berg (born 1963), German biologist and ecologist
• Jeremy M. Berg, the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• Lev Berg (1876–1950), biologist and geographer
• Max Berg (1870–1947), German architect and urban planner
• Nathaniel Berg, president of the Guam medical society
• Otto Berg (scientist) (1873–1939), German chemist, co-discoverer of the element rhenium
• Otto Karl Berg (1815–1866), German botanist and pharmacist
• Paul Berg (1926–2023), American biochemist
• Raissa L. Berg (1913–2006), Russian geneticist and evolutionary biologist

In sport

• Aki-Petteri Berg (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
• Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver
• Andrea Berg (volleyball) (born 1981), German volleyball player
• Bill Berg (ice hockey) (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dave Berg (infielder) (born 1970), retired Major League Baseball player
• Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 1947), South African tennis player
• Grégoire Berg (1896–1944), French footballer
• Haley Lanier Berg (born 1998), American soccer player
• Henning Berg (born 1969), Norwegian football player
• Herbert Berg (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
• Jan Berg (footballer born 1943), Norwegian footballer
• Jan Berg (footballer born 1965), Norwegian footballer
• Jan Berg (Finnish footballer) (born 1985)
• Justin Berg (born 1984), Major League Baseball player
• Lindsey Berg (born 1980), American volleyball player
• Marcus Berg (born 1986), Swedish football player
• Moe Berg (1902–1972), American baseball player and spy
• Odd Berg (footballer) (born 1952), Norwegian football player
• Odd Berg (cyclist) (1923–2021), Norwegian cyclist
• Otto Berg (athlete) (1906–1991), Norwegian long jumper
• Patty Berg (1918–2006), American golfer
• Per Berg (born 1961), Danish curler
• Rainer Berg (born 1965), French footballer
• Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player
• Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch sprinter

In other fields

• Bryan Berg (born 1975) professional cardstacker
• Gunnar Berg (Scouting) (1897–1987), Norwegian American director of the Boy Scouts of America
• Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1894) (1894–1973), Norwegian ship-owner
• Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1907) (1907–2005), Norwegian ship-owner
• Paavo Berg (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace
• Richard Berg, wargame designer