Editing Bern (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Grynaeus.jpg|thumb|140px|J J Grynaeus]]
[[File:BubenbergDenkmal 8406.jpg|140px|thumb|Statue of Adrian von Bubenberg]]
[[File:Anna Fedorovna by unknown.jpg|140px|thumb|Anna Feodorovna, early 1800s]]
[[File:Albrecht von Haller 1736.jpg|140px|thumb|Albrecht von Haller, 1736]]
[[File:Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration.jpg|140px|thumb|Albert Einstein, 1921]]
[[File:Johann Rudolf Wyss (der Jüngere).jpg|140px|thumb|Johann Rudolf Wyss]]
[[File:Daniel Albert Wyttenbach - Imagines philologorum.jpg|thumb|140px|Daniel Albert Wyttenbach]]
[[File:Lukas Hartmann.jpg|140px|thumb|Lukas Hartmann, 1985]]
[[File:NiklausManuel1530.jpg|140px|thumb|Niklaus Manuel, 1530]]
[[File:ManiMatter1970.jpg|140px|thumb|Mani Matter, 1970]]
[[File:Patricia Kopatchinskaja 4 (c) Marco Borggreve.JPG|140px|thumb|Patricia Kopatchinskaja, 2012]]

=== Public servants, the military and the church ===
* [[Conrad Justinger]] ({{circa|1360}}–1438) – chronicler, magistrate and notary public of the city of Bern
* [[Johann Jakob Grynaeus]] (1540–1617) – Protestant divine, a theologian of the school of [[Huldrych Zwingli]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Grynaeus, Johann Jakob |volume= 12 | page = 642 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Robert Scipio von Lentulus|Robert Scipio, Freiherr von Lentulus]] (1714–1786) – military officer, in Austrian and later, Prussian service
* [[Emmanuel Han]] (1801–1867) – military officer and [[philhellene]], fought in the [[Greek War of Independence]]
* [[Walter Breisky]] (1871–1944) – Austrian jurist, civil servant and politician
* [[Rosalie Dreyer]] (1895–1987) – naturalized British nurse, pioneer in Britain's public-funded nursing service
* [[August R. Lindt]] (1905–2000) – lawyer and diplomat, Chairman of [[UNICEF]] 1953–1954 and [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UN High Commissioner for Refugees]] 1956–1960 
* [[Marc Hodler]] (1918–2006) – lawyer, President of the International Ski Federation 1951–1998, exposed the [[2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal]]
* [[Hans Urwyler]] (1925–1994) – Christian minister of the [[New Apostolic Church]]
* [[Kofi Annan]] (1938–2018 in Bern) – UN Secretary-General 1997–2006
* [[Algirdas Paleckis]] (born 1971) – Lithuanian diplomat, politician and columnist

=== Politicians and the landed gentry ===
* [[Adrian von Bubenberg]] ({{circa|1434}}–1479) – Bernese knight, military commander and 3-time mayor (Schultheiss) of Bern, hero of the [[Battle of Murten]]
* [[Niklaus Dachselhofer]] (1595–1670) – Bernese politician, Schultheiss (mayor) of Bern 1636–1667 
* [[Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg]] (1661–1743) – founder of [[New Bern, North Carolina]]
* [[Julie Bondeli|Susanna Julie von Bondeli]] (1731–1778) – famous salonist and lady of letters, the salon became the center of intellectual life in Bern. 
* [[Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia]] (1781 – Elfenau, near Bern 1860) – German princess of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
* [[Mikhail Bakunin]] (1814– 1876 in Bern) – Russian revolutionary anarchist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bakunin, Mikhail |volume= 3 | page = 231 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Karl Schenk]] (1823–1895) – pastor, politician; served on the Swiss Federal Council 1863–1895 
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1870–1924) – lived in Bern 1914–1917
* [[Louise Elisabeth de Meuron]] (1882–1980) – aristocrat and eccentric personality in Bern
* Dom [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]] (born 1945) – claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as the head of the [[House of Braganza]]
* [[Regula Rytz]] (born 1962) – politician, sociologist and historian<ref name="woz-20111110">{{cite web |author=Noëmi Landolt |date=10 November 2011 |title=Die pragmatische Brückenbauerin |trans-title=The pragmatic bridge builder |url=http://www.woz.ch/1145/regula-rytz/die-pragmatische-brueckenbauerin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425005030/http://www.woz.ch/1145/regula-rytz/die-pragmatische-brueckenbauerin |archive-date=25 April 2016 |access-date=16 April 2016 |publisher=[[WOZ Die Wochenzeitung]] 45/2011 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[Ursula Wyss]] (born 1973) – economist and politician
* [[Min Li Marti]] (born 1974) – politician, publisher, sociologist and historian

=== Science and academia ===
* [[Albrecht von Haller]] (1708–1777) – anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, bibliographer and poet<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Haller, Albrecht von |volume= 12 | pages = 855&ndash;856 |short= 1 }}</ref>
* [[Carl Adolf Otth]] (1803–1839) – [[naturalist]]
* [[Gustav Heinrich Otth]] (1806–1874) – [[mycologist]]
* [[Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl]] (1823–1914) – entomologist who specialised in [[Orthoptera]]
* [[Ludwig Fischer (botanist)|Ludwig Fischer]] (1828–1907) – botanist, researched [[phanerogams]] and [[cryptogams]]
* [[Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier]] (1840–1914) – American archaeologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse |volume= 3 | page = 311 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Emil Theodor Kocher]] (1841–1917) – physician and medical researcher, received the 1909 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for work on the thyroid<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Kocher,_Emil_Theodor |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Arnold Klebs]] (1870–1943) – physician who specialized in the study of [[tuberculosis]]
* [[Anna Tumarkin]] (1875–1951) – Russian-born, naturalized Swiss academic, the first woman to become a professor of philosophy at the [[University of Bern]]
* [[Albert Einstein]] (1879–1955) – worked out his [[theory of relativity]] while living in Bern, employed as a [[patent examiner]] at the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property|patent office]]
* [[Ida Hoff]] (1880–1952) – pioneering doctor, feminist activist, early regular female motorist
* [[Aimé Félix Tschiffely]] (1895–1954) – Swiss-born, Argentine professor, writer and equestrian adventurer
* [[Hans Albert Einstein]] (1904–1973) – Swiss-American engineer and educator, the second child and first son of [[Albert Einstein]]
* [[Friedrich Tinner]] (born 1937) – nuclear engineer connected with the proliferation of nuclear materials in Iran, Libya, and North Korea
* [[Claudia Rosiny]] (born 1960) – German-Swiss academic in Dance and Media studies, a festival director and cultural manager
* [[Daniel Mojon]] (born 1963) – ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon, invented minimally-invasive [[strabismus surgery]]
* [[Peter Jüni]] (born {{circa|1975}}) – scientific director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, works at [[St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)]]

=== Writing and acting ===
* [[Ulrich Boner]] or Bonerius (early 14th century) – German-speaking Swiss writer of fable<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Boner,_Ulrich |volume=4 |page= 203|short=x}}</ref>
* [[Hans von Rüte]] (died 1558) – Bernese dramatist and chronicler of the Swiss Reformation
* [[Johann David Wyss]] (1743–1818) – author, best remembered for [[The Swiss Family Robinson]]
* [[Charles Victor de Bonstetten]] (1745–1832) – liberal writer<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bonstetten, Charles Victor de |volume=4 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge |page=214|short=x}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Albert Wyttenbach]] (1746–1820) – German Swiss classical scholar<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Wyttenbach,_Daniel_Albert |volume=28 |last= Reid |first= James Smith |author-link= James Smith Reid |pages = 879&ndash;880 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Johann Rudolf Wyss]] (1782–1830) – author, writer, and folklorist who wrote the words to the former Swiss national anthem<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Wyss,_Johann_Rudolf |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Charles Monnard]] (1790–1865) – historian and member of the [[Helvetic Society]]
* [[Vincent O. Carter]] (1924–1983) – American writer, author of ''The Bern Book''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carter, Vincent O. – literapedia bern |url=https://www.literapedia-bern.ch/Carter,_Vincent_O. |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.literapedia-bern.ch}}</ref>
* [[Selma Urfer]] (1928–2013) – author, translator and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selma Urfer {{!}} Actress, Writer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881863/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Liselotte Pulver]] (born 1929) – actress, well known for her hearty and joyful laughter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liselotte Pulver {{!}} Actress, Soundtrack |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003813/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026010359/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003813/ |archive-date=26 October 2018 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Bigna Francis-von Wyttenbach]] (1930–2021) – Swiss writer
* [[Yves Rénier]] (1942–2021) – French actor, director, screenwriter and voice actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yves Rénier {{!}} Actor, Writer, Director |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716699/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227172321/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716699/ |archive-date=27 December 2018 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Lukas Hartmann]] (born 1944) – children's writer, Switzerland's "first husband" in 2015
* [[Yang Lian (poet)|Yang Lian]] (born 1955) – Swiss-Chinese poet associated with the [[Misty Poets]]
* [[Sibylle Canonica]] (born 1957) – actress, has appeared in more than forty films since 1981<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134388/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125144002/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134388/ |date=25 January 2019 }} retrieved 6 December 2018</ref>
* [[Georges Delnon]] (born 1958) – theatre director, artistic director and professor
* [[Sabine Timoteo]] (born 1975) – actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863787/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228011653/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863787/ |date=28 December 2018 }} retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>
* [[Yangzom Brauen]] (born 1980) – actress, activist and writer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062017/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914094515/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062017/ |date=14 September 2020 }} retrieved 6 December 2018</ref>
* [[Cleo von Adelsheim]] (born 1987) – German-Chilean actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7704731/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216191120/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7704731/ |date=16 February 2017 }} retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>

=== Artists, painters and musicians ===
* [[Niklaus Manuel Deutsch]] ({{circa|1484}}–1530) – artist, writer, mercenary and Reformed politician 
* [[Albrecht Kauw]] (1621–1681) – still-life painter, cartographer and a painter of [[vedute]]
* [[Gabriel Lory]] the Elder (1763–1840) – Bernese landscape painter and illustrator
* [[Ferdinand Hodler]] (1853–1918) – painter of portraits, landscapes and genre paintings
* [[Lisa Wenger]] (1858–1941) – painter and author of children's books
* [[Adolf Wölfli]] (1864–1930) – artist associated with [[Art brut]]
* [[Bertha Zuricher]] (1869–1949) – author, painter and engraver
* [[Volkmar Andreae]] (1879–1962) – conductor and composer
* [[Eric Blom]] CBE (1888–1959) – British-naturalised music lexicographer, musicologist, music critic and music [[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|biographer]] 
* [[Klaus Huber]] (1924–2017) – composer and academic 
* [[Margrit Zimmermann]] (1927–2020) – pianist, composer, conductor and music educator
* [[Mani Matter]] (1936–1972) – singer-songwriter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272496/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315223459/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272496/ |date=15 March 2017 }} retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>
* [[Roland Zoss]] (born 1951) – songwriter and novelist, lives on the [[Aeolian Islands]]
* [[Christine Lauterburg]] (born 1956) – singer, yodeler and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491606/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215123845/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491606/ |date=15 February 2017 }} retrieved 6 December 2018</ref>
* [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] (born 1977) – Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist
* [[:de:Zora Slokar|Zora Slokar]], (born 1980) horn player with [[Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana]]
* [[Luca Hänni]] (born 1994) – singer-songwriter, dancer, and model, Swiss representative at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2019|2019 Eurovision Song Contest]]
* [[Giuseppe Bausilio]] (born 1997) – actor, dancer, and singer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4545833/  IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612203552/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4545833/ |date=12 June 2019 }} retrieved 6 December 2018</ref>

=== Business ===
* [[Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli]] (1716–1780) – agronomist, a wealthy merchant, economist, and lawyer
* [[Franz Rudolf Frisching]] (1733–1807) – Bernese patrician, officer, politician, founded the [[Frisching Faience Manufactory]]
* [[Rodolphe Lindt]] (1855–1909) – chocolate manufacturer, founded the [[Lindt & Sprüngli|Lindt chocolate factory]]
* [[Marianne Alvoni]] (born 1964) – fashion designer

=== Sport ===
[[File:Otto Hess by Carl Horner.jpg|140px|thumb|Otto Hess, c.&nbsp;1906]]
[[File:Jenni 2013-04-15.JPG|140px|thumb|Jennifer Oehrli, 2013]]
* [[Elia Alessandrini]] (1997–2022), footballer, prospect player for the [[Switzerland national football team]], died from drowning in Oman
* [[Philippe d'Ursel|Philippe Marie Eugène, Count d'Ursel]] (1920–2017), was a Swiss-born Belgian alpine skier and a member of the [[Ursel family]], competed at the [[1948 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Tanja Frieden]] (born 1976), snowboarder and gold medallist at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Guerino Gottardi]] (born 1970), a retired Swiss-Italian footballer, almost 250 club caps
* [[Otto Hess]] (1878–1926), pitcher for the [[Cleveland Bronchos]] 1902 and 1904–08 and [[History of the Boston Braves|Boston Braves]] 1912–15
* [[Maurizio Jacobacci]] (born 1963), Italian-Swiss football manager and former player
* [[Roman Josi]] (born 1990), professional ice hockey player, selected to play for Switzerland at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Arnold Käch]] (1914–1998), military officer, skier, ski official and writer
* [[Christian Kauter]] (born 1947), fencer, silver medallist in the team épée at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and bronze medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Dominik Märki]] (born 1990), Swiss curler, living in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], bronze medallist in the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Jürg Marmet]] (1927–2013), mountaineer, part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1956
* [[Benoît Musy]] (1917–1956), racing driver and motorcycle racer
* [[Maja Neuenschwander]] (born 1980), long-distance runner who competes in marathon races
* [[Jennifer Oehrli]] (born 1989), football goalkeeper, member of the [[Switzerland women's national football team]]
* [[Mirjam Ott]] (born 1972), retired curler, captain of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team
* [[Kris Richard (racing driver)|Kris Richard]] (born 1994), racing driver
* [[Markus Ryffel]] (born 1955), former long-distance runner, silver medallist in the 5000 metres at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Akira Schmid]] (born 2000), professional ice hockey goaltender with the [[New Jersey Devils]] of the [[National Hockey League]]
* [[Ernst Schmied]] (1924–2002), mountaineer, the second successful summiteer of [[Mount Everest]] in 1956
* [[Esther Staubli]] (born 1979), football referee, on the FIFA International Referees List since 2006
* [[Willi Steffen]] (1925–2005), former fighter pilot and international footballer, won 28 caps for his country
* [[Christine Stückelberger]] (born 1947), retired equestrian, gold medallist in dressage at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] compete at six Olympics: 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000. 
* [[Alain Sutter]] (born 1968), footballer, 351 club caps, 58 national team caps