46.9480° N, 7.4474° E

BERN

Most Famous People Born in Bern, Switzerland

Notable people
1,261
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Author 2.7×

A Swiss federal capital whose bench is unusually literary and unusually scholarly for its size. Bern's distinctive professions are authors, academics, ice hockey players, architects, photographers, historians, painters, and diplomats — a combination that reflects both the federal civil service and a long Bernese tradition of humanistic learning. Paul Klee, Albrecht von Haller, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt all belong here; Einstein was not a son but wrote his 1905 miracle year in a Bern patent office.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Bern during each.

What Bern Is Known For

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Politician is Bern's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (156).

Bern over-indexes on author2.7× the global rate.

Bern under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician156
  2. Writer77
  3. Painter66
  4. Actor64
  5. Hockey36
  6. Football34
  7. Academic31
  8. Historian30
  1. Author292.7×
  2. Academic312.4×
  3. Hockey362.4×
  4. Architect262.3×
  5. Photographer142.3×
  6. Historian302.3×
  7. Painter662.0×
  8. Diplomat141.9×
  1. Football340.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bern's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 105 of 1,261 notable people

0017 FOOTBALL

Alain Sutter

Born 1968

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0020 OPERA

Salvatore Licitra

1968 - 2011

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0070 WRITER

Marcus Pfister

Born 1960

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0072 ECONOMIST

Philipp Hildebrand

Born 1963

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0093 JOURNALIST

Tom Kummer

Born 1963

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0097 HISTORIAN

Regula Stämpfli

Born 1962

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0105 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Jacobacci

Born 1963

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0136 ATHLETIC

Sandra Gasser

Born 1962

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0156 PROFESSOR

Rahel Jaeggi

Born 1966

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0195 HOCKEY

Martin Rauch

Born 1965

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0196 MUSIC

Wen-Sinn Yang

Born 1965

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0247 HOCKEY

Patrick Howald

Born 1969

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0283 CHESS

Lucas Brunner

Born 1967

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0286 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Steiert

Born 1961

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0308 POLITICIAN

Marie Garnier

Born 1962

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0309 COMPOSER

Erik Gedeon

Born 1963

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0328 POLITICIAN

Beatrice Simon

Born 1960

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0331 ACTOR

Max Gertsch (Schauspieler)

Born 1963

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0333 POLITICIAN

Thomas Fuchs (homme politique)

Born 1966

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0335 ACTOR

Joachim Kretzer

Born 1968

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0346 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Daniel Mojon

Born 1963

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0369 ATHLETIC

Urs Dellsperger

Born 1963

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0371 THEOLOGIAN

Gottfried W. Locher (Theologe)

Born 1966

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0373 CINEMA

Benedict Neuenfels

Born 1966

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0376 CONDUCTOR

Stefan Blunier

Born 1964

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0396 ACTOR

Bettina Stucky

Born 1969

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0401 ART HISTORIAN

Tobia Bezzola

Born 1961

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0404 POLITICIAN

Corrado Pardini

Born 1965

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0416 AUTHOR

Bänz Friedli

Born 1965

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0434 POLITICIAN

Lorenz Hess

Born 1961

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0436 FILM

Pascal Ulli

Born 1969

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0462 SKIER

Marcel Sulliger

Born 1967

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0472 ACTOR

Sylvie Rohrer

Born 1968

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0482 ACTOR

Marcus Signer

Born 1964

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0483 ACTOR

Christoph Marti

Born 1965

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0490 WRITER

Lorenz Pauli

Born 1967

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0497 LINGUIST

Daniel Perrin

Born 1961

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0498 THEATRE

Meret Matter

Born 1965

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0504 ACTOR

Michael Neuenschwander

Born 1962

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0512 MUSIC

Büne Huber

Born 1962

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0526 ACADEMIC

Oliver Diggelmann

Born 1967

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0530 NEUROSCIENTIST

Dominique de Quervain

Born 1968

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0539 ACADEMIC

Stefan Hulfeld

Born 1967

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0547 ART HISTORIAN

Eva Roth Heege

Born 1963

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0567 COMPOSER

Christoph Grab

Born 1967

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0569 MUSIQUE

Christopher S.

Born 1969

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0582 WRITER

Guy Krneta

Born 1964

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0583 MEDIEVALIST

Simon Teuscher

Born 1967

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0598 COMPOSER

Simon Ho

Born 1965

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0608 BASSIST

Bänz Oester

Born 1966

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0613 ENTREPRENEUR

Daniel Häni

Born 1966

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0618 ACTOR

Benjamin Kiss

Born 1968

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0621 ENTREPRENEUR

Daniel Aegerter

Born 1969

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0647 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Pulver

Born 1965

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0662 LAWYER

Pascale Baeriswyl

Born 1968

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0666 PROFESSOR

Olivier de Weck

Born 1968

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0671 ARTIST

Nik Emch

Born 1967

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0672 ACADEMIC

Carl Alexander Krethlow

Born 1965

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0680 CLARINET

Domenic Landolf

Born 1969

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0721 FILM

Christine Kopp

Born 1967

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0727 SINGER

Daniel Boemle

1960 - 2007

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0729 AUTHOR

Michael Herzig

Born 1965

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0732 JOURNALIST

Mark van Huisseling

Born 1965

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0743 PAINTER

Karoline Schreiber

Born 1969

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0749 WRITER

Daniela Schenk

Born 1964

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0755 FILM

Oliver Kuster

Born 1968

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0766 PRESENTER

Ueli Schmezer

Born 1961

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0785 MUSIC

Stewy von Wattenwyl

Born 1962

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0794 TRUMPET

Werner Hasler

Born 1969

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0811 TROMBONIST

Christophe Schweizer

Born 1968

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0842 FILM

Miriam Pucitta

Born 1964

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0850 THEATRE

Livia Anne Richard

Born 1969

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0872 POLITICIAN

Beat Flach

Born 1965

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0881 DRUMMER

Margrit Rieben

Born 1963

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0891 PHOTOGRAPHER

Patrick Loertscher

Born 1964

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0908 FOOTBALL

Béatrice von Siebenthal

Born 1964

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0919 AUTHOR

Roy Spring

Born 1963

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0934 FOOTBALL

René Sutter

Born 1966

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0936 HOCKEY

Andreas Fischer (hockey sur glace)

Born 1966

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0948 SAXOPHONIST

Wege Wüthrich

Born 1960

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0988 AUTHOR

Samuel Mumenthaler

Born 1961

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0995 MANAGER

Catherine Mühlemann

Born 1966

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0996 ACTOR

Silvia Espigado

Born 1964

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1047 POLITICIAN

Michael Aebersold

Born 1962

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1067 POLITICIAN

Ursula Schneider Schüttel

Born 1961

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1076 WRITER

Theres Kessler Agdler

Born 1969

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1095 PRESENTER

Franz Fischlin

Born 1962

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1142 SWIMMER

Edith Boss

Born 1966

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1146 COMPOSER

Christian Sommerhalder

Born 1969

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1147 JOURNALIST

Fredy Gsteiger

Born 1962

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1152 AKTIVIST

Claudia Sabine Meier

Born 1968

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1154 COMPOSER

Andréas Härry

Born 1964

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1157 ATHLETE

Carles Lerín

Born 1962

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1162 JOURNALIST

Andreas Dietrich (Journalist)

Born 1964

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1163 POLITICIAN

Daniel von Siebenthal

Born 1960

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1164 CHEMIST

Stefan Bernhard

Born 1966

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1168 FREESTYLE

Freddy Romano

Born 1966

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1174 VERSAMMLUNG

Ursula Nold

Born 1965

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1175 POLITICIAN

Thomas Leitch-Frey

Born 1962

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1182 SINGER

Esther Feingold

Born 1965

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1189 POLITICIAN

Michael Wüthrich

Born 1960

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1194 POLITICIAN

Barbara Hayoz

Born 1962

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1198 POLITICIAN

Ruedi Löffel

Born 1962

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1230 MUSIC

Erwin Lorant

Born 1962

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1254 POLITICIAN

Mirjam Veglio

Born 1967

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