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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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Liselotte Pulver

Born 1929

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Yves Rénier

Born 1942

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Sabine Timoteo

Born 1975

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Clara Lee

Born 1986

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Yangzom Brauen

Born 1980

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Stefan Kurt

Born 1959

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Max Hubacher

Born 1993

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Monica Zanchi

Born 1959

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Sibylle Canonica

Born 1957

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Christine Lauterburg

Born 1956

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Hans Heinz Moser

1936 - 2017

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Patrick Frey

Born 1951

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Selma Urfer

1928 - 2013

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Stéphanie Berger

Born 1977

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Cleo von Adelsheim

Born 1987

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Giuseppe Bausilio

Born 1997

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Anna Katarina

Born 1970

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Nils Althaus

Born 1981

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Max Gertsch (Schauspieler)

Born 1963

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Joachim Kretzer

Born 1968

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Felix Maurice Locher

1882 - 1969

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Herbert Herrmann

Born 1941

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Luke J. Wilkins

Born 1979

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Therese Affolter

Born 1951

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Bettina Stucky

Born 1969

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Silvia Reize

1948 - 2012

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Louise Pasteau

Born 1983

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Esther Gemsch

Born 1955

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Renée Weibel

Born 1986

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Birgit Steinegger

Born 1948

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Nina Burri

Born 1977

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Bernhard Stirnemann

1936 - 2011

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Sylvie Rohrer

Born 1968

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Stephan Märki

Born 1955

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Marcus Signer

Born 1964

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Christoph Marti

Born 1965

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Michael Neuenschwander

Born 1962

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Lisa Brand

Born 1993

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Joanna Kitzl

Born 1980

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Livia S. Reinhard

Born 1974

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Véronique Deschamps

1928 - 2004

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Silvia Jost

Born 1945

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David Imper

Born 1979

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Jean-Pierre Le Roy

Born 1953

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Thomas Klameth

Born 1943

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Christophe Sermet

Born 1971

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Marianne Chappuis

Born 1939

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Katharina Schütz

Born 1956

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Benjamin Kiss

Born 1968

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Willy Fueter

1909 - 1962

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Aurelia Burckhardt

Born 1974

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Nicole Allmann

Born 1975

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Hans Mahlau

1900 - 1981

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Kay Kysela

Born 1989

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François Gremaud

Born 1975

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Luna Paiano

Born 2006

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Silvia Espigado

Born 1964

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Carolin von Petzholdt

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Saladin Dellers

Born 1994

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Jana Pensa

Born 1997

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Tanja Lehmann

Born 1989

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Martin Zürcher

Born 1982

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Simon Käser

Born 1986

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Vera Flück

Born 1994

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