Johann Nepomuk Berger (pseudonym: Sternau) (born 16 September 1816 in Proßnitz, Moravia; died 9 December 1870 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian lawyer, politician and writer.

Berger studied law, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate (jur.

On 24 May 1848 Berger was elected as a deputy to the Frankfurt National Assembly (Frankfurter Nationalversammlung) till 23 April 1849, as a member of the Donnersberg (radical left), representing Mähren-Olmütz in Moravia and opposed the proposal to offer the title of Emperor to the King of Prussia.

In March 1861 he entered the Lower Austrian Diet who in turn elected him in 1863 to the lower house (Chamber of Deputies, Abgeordnetenhaus) of the Imperial Council (Reichsrat) as a leading member of the Liberals and was active as a committee member and speaker.

Berger was considered to belong to a minority in the ministry, who desired reconciliation with the Slavic nationalities on the basis of direct elections instead of parliamentary delegations.