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Well-known people who were born in Bern
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Edita Abdieski , singer
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Etienne Abelin , violinist and cultural manager
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Johannes Äbersold , Ebenist
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Daniel Aebi , musician
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Klaus Aerni , geographer
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Kurt Aeschbacher , television presenter
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Walther Aeschbacher , conductor and composer
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Félicie Affolter , psychologist and psychotherapist
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Michael Ambühl , State Secretary and Professor
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Klaus Ammann , botanist
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Levin Amweg , racing driver
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Volkmar Andreae , conductor and composer
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David Apiarius , printer
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Johann-Conrad Appenzeller , reformed pastor and folk writer
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Marie Bach , writer
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Samuel Bachmann , Dean of the Bern Minster
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Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix , neurologist
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Richard Bäumlin , legal scholar and politician
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Ursula Bäumlin , politician
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Claude Béglé , manager
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Ueli Berger , artist, product designer, interior designer
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Ernest Berner , jazz pianist, impresario and publicist
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René Bertschy , jazz musician
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Gerhard Beutler , astronomer
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Carl Bieri , painter and graphic artist
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Peter Bieri , writer and philosopher
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Ruth Bietenhard , journalist, author and teacher
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Hans-Ulrich Bigler , economist and politician
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Werner Bircher , Mayor 1979–1992
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Boris Blank , musician
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Kurt Blum , photographer and documentary filmmaker
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Susanne Juliane von Bondeli , writer and salonière
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Jean-Pierre Bonny , politician
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Gustav von Bonstetten , archaeologist
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Karl Viktor von Bonstetten , writer
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Bernhard Böschenstein , literary scholar
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Christoph Braendle , writer and journalist
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Heinz Bratschi , politician
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Walter Breisky , Austrian politician
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Guglielmo L. Brentel , hotelier
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Reto Brunner , curator
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Adrian I. von Bubenberg , mayor of the city of Bern and hero of the battle of Murten
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Otto von Büren , Mayor of the City
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Hans Burgener , violinist
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Hans Burren , politician
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Conrad Burri , mineralogist
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Jean-Luc Darbellay , composer, conductor, clarinetist and doctor
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Rudolf Dellsperger , theologian
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Yvonne Dellsperger , German studies specialist
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Sandro Del-Prete , painter, illusionist
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Thomas Demenga , cellist and composer
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Emil Dick , engineer and inventor
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Marc Dietrich , singer, member of the group Peter, Sue & Marc
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Oliver Diggelmann , legal scholar
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Herbert Distel , painter, object, video and sound artist
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Paul Dübi , politician
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Hervé Dumont , film scholar
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Carl Durheim , lithographer and one of the first professional photographers
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Jörg Dürmüller , opera and concert singer
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Beno Eckmann , mathematician
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Brandolf Egger , magistrate and connoisseur
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Urs Egger , film and television director
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Hans Eggimann , painter, illustrator and architect
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Gottfried von One , composer and Righteous Among the Nations
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Hans Albert Einstein , civil engineer, professor, son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić
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Andreas Engel , biophysicist and university professor
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Samuel Engel , librarian, geographer, politician, philanthropist and economist
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Sven Epiney , television presenter
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Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach , officer
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Sigmund von Erlach , General
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Alfred Ernst , lawyer, officer and military theorist
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Margarethe Faas-Hardegger , women's rights activist and trade unionist
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Esther Feingold , soprano and saxophonist
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Daniel von Fellenberg , politician and lawyer
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Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg , educator and agronomist
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Reto Finger , playwright
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Donat Fisch , jazz musician
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Daniel Fischer , lawyer and professor
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Eduard Fischer , mycologist
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Emanuel Friedrich von Fischer , politician
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Henry Berthold von Fischer , architect
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Kurt von Fischer , musicologist and pianist
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Ludwig Fischer , botanist
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Ulrich Fischer , politician
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Karl Wilhelm wing , doctor
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René Fonjallaz , journalist, fascist and bobsledder
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Armand Forel , doctor and politician
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Bartholomäus Frank , cantor and composer.
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Martin Frank , writer
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Tanya Frei , curler
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Eduard Freimüller , politician
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Patrick Frey , author, publisher, cabaret artist and actor
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Walter Frey , internist
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Tanja Frieden , snowboarder
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Franz Rudolf Frisching , officer, magistrate and industrialist
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Oskar Frölich , technician
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Hansruedi Fuhrer , football player
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Daniel Funk , watchmaker
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Johann Friedrich Funk , sculptor
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Thomas Füri , violinist and director of the Camerata Bern (1979–1993)
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René Gardi , travel writer
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Sandra Gasser (* 1962), track and field athlete
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Max Geiger (1922–1978), Protestant clergyman and university professor in Basel
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Rolf Geissbühler , writer
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Max Gerber , clergyman
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Paul Gerber , watchmaker
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Daniel Giger , fencer
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Theres Giger , politician
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Daniel Glaus , organist and composer
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Rudolf Gmür , legal scholar
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Ernst Graf , painter, graphic artist and caricaturist
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Étienne Grandjean , doctor and researcher
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Kaspar von Gruyeres , historian
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Otto von Greyerz , dialect writer and professor of language and literature
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Erich Gruner , historian and political scientist
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Johann Jakob Grynaeus , theologian
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Fredy Gsteiger , journalist
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Charles Albert Walter Guggisberg , zoologist, nature photographer and non-fiction author
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Samuel Güldin , Pietist and immigrant to the United States
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Paul Günter , politician
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Elsbeth Gysi , graphic artist, illustrator, draftsman, painter and glass painter
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Joel Gysin , German floorball player
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Albrecht von Haller , poet and scholar
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Gottlieb Emanuel von Haller , historian
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Hermann Haller , sculptor
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Karl Ludwig von Haller , constitutional lawyer
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Luca Hänni , pop musician
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Thomas Hansjakob , lawyer and politician
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Lukas Hartmann , writer
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Alexandre Hay , lawyer
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Barbara Hayoz , politician
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Douglas Heck , diplomat
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Fritz Heeb , lawyer and politician
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Thomas Helbling , politician
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Niklaus Henzi , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Rudolf Henzi , theologian and university professor
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Albrecht Herport , painter
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Anton Herport , Protestant clergyman
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Herbert Herrmann , actor
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Beata Heuer-Christen , concert singer and singing teacher
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Philipp Hildebrand , economist and political scientist
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Marc Hirschi , cyclist
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Thomas Hirschhorn , artist
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Simon Ho , pianist and composer
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Ferdinand Hodler , painter
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Paul Hofer , art historian
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Nadine Hostettler , journalist and writer
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Edy Hubacher , bobsledder and athlete
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Hanspeter "Büne" Huber , singer of the dialect band Patent Ochsner
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Klaus Huber , composer, violinist, conductor and composition teacher
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Max Huggler , art historian
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Marianne Huguenin , politician
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Johann Heinrich Hummel , Protestant clergyman and pastor at Bern Minster
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Sophie Hunger , singer, songwriter and film composer
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Kurt Hutterli , author
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Arnold Käch , officer, skier and functionary
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Eduard Kaeser , physicist, philosopher, publicist
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Walther Kauer , writer
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Vincent Kaufmann , book scholar and Romance scholar
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Bernhard Kauter , winemaker
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Fabian Kauter , musician
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Markus Keller , theater director, director and author
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Tom Keller , filmmaker and cameraman
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Verena Elisabeth Keller , biologist
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Kurt Kipfer , doctor and politician
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Benjamin Kiss , actor
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Arnold C. Klebs , doctor and medical historian
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Alexander Klee , painter
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Emil Theodor Kocher , surgeon and Nobel Prize winner
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Gerhard Kocher , publicist, political scientist, health economist and aphorist
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Marc Kocher , architect
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Daniel Koerfer , German historian
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Franz Niklaus König , painter
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Gustav König , politician
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Samuel Heinrich König , mathematician, orientalist and pietistic theologian
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Manuela Kormann , curler
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Willy Kotoun , percussionist
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Ruedi Krebs , songwriter
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Ernst Kreidolf , picture book illustrator
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Gottlieb Jakob Kuhn , reformed pastor and folk song writer
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Hans Kuhn , civil servant
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Hans Kuhn , physical chemist
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Tom Kummer , journalist
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Johann Friedrich Küpfer , industrialist
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Stefan Kurt , actor
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Christoph Albert Kurz , lawyer and politician
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Hans-Rudolf Kurz , lawyer and military historian
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Rudolf Friedrich Kurz , painter and illustrator
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Hermann Kutter , theologian
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Zdravko Kuzmanović , football player
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Paul Laciga , beach volleyball player
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Domenic Landolf , jazz musician and composer
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Christiane Langenberger , politician
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Hans Lanz , politician
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Pierre Lardy , civil engineer
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Henri L. Le Roy , Professor of Biometrics and Population Genetics
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Jean-Pierre Le Roy , actor, qualified cultural manager
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Remo Legnazzi , film director
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Thomas Leitch-Frey , politician
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Theodor von Lerber , educator and school founder
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Salvatore Licitra , Italian tenor
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Walter Linck , sculptor
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August R. Lindt , lawyer, diplomat and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Hermann Lindt , politician
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Rodolphe Lindt , founder of the "Chocolademanufaktur Lindt"
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Barbara Locher , soprano and professor for solo singing at the Lucerne School of Music
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David Loosli , racing cyclist
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Georg Luck , philologist
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Samuel Friedrich Luthardt , politician and lawyer
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Bernhard Luginbühl , artist
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Dirk Lüken , church musician
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Max Lüthi , literary scholar and fairytale interpreter
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Johann Ludwig Samuel Lutz , Reformed theologian and university professor in Bern
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Manon , Zurich artist
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Niklaus Manuel , playwright, painter, graphic artist, reformer and statesman
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Francesco Mariotti , artist
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Kurt Marti , pastor and writer
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Mani Matter , lawyer, Bernese chansonnier
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Christian Megert , object artist, member of the ZERO movement
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Dominique Mentha , theater director and director
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Elisabeth de Meuron , aristocrat, city original
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Dario Meyer , ice hockey player
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Franz Ludwig Michel , explorer and colonialist
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Alen Milosevic , handball player
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Gottfried Mind , draftsman
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Catherine Mittermayer , ancient orientalist
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Daniel Mojon , ophthalmologist
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Monique , singer
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Charles Monnard , historian, politician, writer and university professor
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Jürg Morgenthaler , jazz musician
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Robert Morgenthaler , jazz musician
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Hans Heinz Moser , actor
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René E. Mueller , writer and bon vivant
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Max Rudolf von Mühlenen , painter, founder of the painting school of the same name
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Albrecht von Mülinen , mayor of the city and republic of Bern
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Helene von Mülinen , women's rights activist
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Max Müller , psychiatrist
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Erich Münch , Colonel Brigadier and Chief of the Swiss Air Protection Forces
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Johann Heinrich Müslin , Pietist
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Roland Muri , painter
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Cristina Perincioli , director, writer, multimedia producer and web author
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Etienne Perincioli , sculptor
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Marcel Perincioli , sculptor
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Daniel Perrin , linguist and media scientist
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Simon Petermann , jazz musician
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Hermann Plattner , graphic artist, draftsman and painter
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Katharina Prelicz-Huber , trade unionist and politician
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Liselotte Pulver , actress
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René Ramp , artist
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Fernand Rausser , photographer
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Vincent Raven , professional magician
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Peter Reber , songwriter and singer
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Ernst Reinhard , politician
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Toni Reinhard , novelist
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Thuringia from Ringoltingen , Schultheiss from Bern
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Samuel Röthlisberger , handball player
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Samuel Rohrer , jazz drummer
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Arist Rollier , politician
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Hans Albert Rooschüz , entrepreneur
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Eva Roth Heege , art historian and archaeologist
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Rudolf von Erlach , Bernese knight
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Albrecht Rudolf Rüetschi , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Hermann Rupf , art collector
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Walther Rytz , botanist and mycologist
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Jean Rudolf von Salis , historian, writer and publicist
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Julia Saner , model
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Meret Schindler , politician
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Klaus Schädelin , pastor, politician, writer ( My name is Eugen )
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Karl Schenk , politician
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Carl Schenkel , film director and screenwriter
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Franz Eugen Schlachter , Bible translator and preacher
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Julian Schmutz , ice hockey player
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Karl-Heinz Schneeberger , violinist and music teacher
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Burchard von Schwanden , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
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Martin Schwander , journalist and activist of the 1968 movement
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Hans Schwarz , author, officer, publisher and rider
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Christophe Schweizer , jazz trombonist and band leader
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Delia Sclabas (* 2000), athlete
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Philippe Seydoux , ice hockey player
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Sha , jazz musician
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Christoph Siegrist , meteorologist and television presenter
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Christoph Simon , writer
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Friedrich Sinner , mayor of Bern
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Johann Rudolf Sinner , writer
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Ida Somazzi , suffragette
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Sandro Spaeth , mountain bike rider
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Rudolf Stämpfli , entrepreneur
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Johann Friedrich Stapfer , lawyer and politician
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Philipp Albert Stapfer , politician, diplomat and theologian
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Albert Steck , co-founder of the Swiss Social Democratic Party
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Verena Stefan , writer
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Steff la Cheffe , rapper
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Christoph von Steiger , theologian and magistrate
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Hans Steiger , Schultheiss of Bern
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Martin Steinegger , ice hockey player
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Daniel Steiner , ice hockey player
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George Steinmann , artist and musician
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Beat Sterchi , writer
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Wilhelm Stettler , miniature painter and baroque painter
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Simon Steuri , director, writer and radio host
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Rudolf Emanuel Stierlin , Protestant clergyman and local researcher
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Toni Stooss , art historian
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Peter Stotz , classical philologist
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Charlot Strasser , psychiatrist and writer
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Mark Streit , ice hockey player
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Christine Streuli , painter
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Gottlieb Samuel Studer , mountaineer, panorama draftsman and author
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Albrecht Stürler , architect
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Alain Sutter , football player
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Harald Szeemann , art historian, exhibition organizer
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Rudolf von Tavel , writer
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Simon Teuscher , historian
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Georg Thormann , Protestant clergyman and pioneer of Pietism in Bern
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Édouard Tièche , classical philologist
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Max Tièche , dermatologist
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Rudolf Trachsel , engineer and President of the General Management of PTT
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Stefan Trechsel , lawyer and judge at the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia
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Alexander Tschäppät , Mayor 2005–2016
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Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner , economist and magistrate
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Vincenz Bernhard Tscharner , writer
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Niklaus Tscheer , Pietist and writer, emigrated to Germany
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Aimé Félix Tschiffely , endurance rider, writer, adventurer
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Luzius Wasescha , trade diplomat
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Friedrich von Wattenwyl , estate manager and bishop of the Moravian Brethren
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Niklaus von Wattenwyl , banker and pietist
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Katharina Weber , pianist and composer
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Willy Weber , sculptor
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Thomas Wegmüller , racing cyclist
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Renée Weibel , actress
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Lisa Wenger , artist, children's book author and painter
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Rudolf Wenger , Reformed theologian
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Luitpold Werz , German ambassador
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Hugo Wetli , painter, graphic artist, lithographer, draftsman and illustrator
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Gottfried Widmer , orientalist in Bern
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Isabelle Wildhaber , lawyer
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Samuel Anton Wilhelmi , theologian
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Jacques Wipf , architect
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Adolf Wölfli , painter
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Gertrud Woker , chemist and women's rights activist
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Weg Wüthrich , jazz musician
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Judith Wyder , orienteer
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Johann David Wyss , author
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Johann Rudolf Wyss , author
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Daniel Wyttenbach , philologist
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Christian Zehnder , writer
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Roland Zoss , musician and writer
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Matthias Zschokke , writer and filmmaker
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Markus Zürcher , artist
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Martin Zürcher , actor
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Zeno Zürcher , primary school teacher and cultural worker
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Andreas Züst , photographer, painter, scientist, publisher and collector
Known people who have lived or are currently living in Bern
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Christian Amport , Protestant theologian and university professor
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Ursula Andress , film actress
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Klaus Baumgartner , Mayor 1993-2004
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Berchtold V. von Zähringen , city founder
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Florian Burkhardt , author and composer
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John le Carré , writer
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Johann Jakob Dachs , Pietist
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Johann Friedrich Dändliker , Pietist and head of the Diakonie-Haus in Bern
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Walter Eich , soccer player
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Albert Einstein , physicist
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Johannes Fädminger , Protestant clergyman and founder of a scholarship fund
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Evaristo Garbani-Nerini , Director of the Universal Postal Union
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Ernst Friedrich Gelpke , Protestant clergyman, university professor and rector of the University of Bern
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Friedrich Gerber , Protestant clergyman and educator
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Alec von Graffenried , mayor
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Berchtold Haller , reformer
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , philosopher
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Alexander Heimann , writer
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Polo Hofer , founder of the Bernese dialect rock
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Heinrich Hoffmann , Protestant theologian and long-time professor and rector of the University of Bern
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Anna Huber , choreographer and dancer
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Samuel Gottlieb Hünerwadel , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Ronny Kaiser , poker player
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Paul Klee , painter
- Richard La Nicca, gynecologist in Bern, Bern City Council
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Elisabeth Lardelli (1921–2008), from Poschiavo , politician (SVP)
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Kuno Lauener , singer from Züri West
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Lenin , leader of the October Revolution
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Carl Albert Loosli , philosopher
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Christoph Lüthardt , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Christian Maurer , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Friedrich Meisner , German educator and naturalist
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Meret Oppenheim , artist
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Thuringia von Ringoltingen , writer
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Johann Jakob Romang , writer, secretary in the military department, clerk of the court and writer
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Albert Schädelin , Protestant pastor at the Bern Minster and university professor
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Ludwig Schläfli , mathematician
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Erwin Schloss , German Protestant clergyman
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Christoph Simon , writer
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Simonetta Sommaruga , Federal Councilor
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Johann Stapfer , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Otto Erich Strasser , Protestant clergyman and university professor
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Karl Tellenbach , city original ("Dällebach Kari")
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Michael Thalheimer , director
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Jürgen Theobaldy , writer
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Ignaz Paul Vitalis Troxler , doctor, politician and philosopher
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Reynold Tschäppät , Mayor 1966–1979
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Robert Walser , writer
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Theresia Walser , writer
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Eduard von Wattenwyl , Protestant clergyman and headmaster
Individual evidence
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↑ Andrea Ghiringhelli: Garbani-Nerini, Evaristo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 5, 2007 , accessed April 18, 2020 .
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↑ Martin Kurz: Richard La Nicca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 13, 2008 , accessed December 17, 2019 .
