Bernard Berthod (born September 13, 1952 in Lyon, France) is a man of culture, physician, historian, writer and presenter of exhibitions from Lyon, France.
His father ran a number of business in the silk trade on the la Croix Rousse mount.
He studied medical studies and odontostomatology and undertook a thesis on Jean-Jacques de Gorla, Lyon surgeon and father-Molière.
He then began studying history where he undertook a thesis at the University of Lyon III on the Lyon silversmith Armand Calliat for which he received a degree of Doctor of Letters.