List of Famous people born in Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Luca Hänni is a Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. He rose to fame in 2012 after winning the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idol franchise. He was the first non-German to do so and also the youngest ever winner of the show. Hänni's debut single, "Don't Think About Me", topped the singles charts in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was followed by the release of his debut album, My Name Is Luca (2012), which debuted atop the Austrian and Swiss Albums Charts and became a gold-seller in both countries. His second studio album, Living the Dream, released in 2013, became his second consecutive number-one album in Switzerland.

Roman Bürki is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Yaël Boon is a French–Swiss actress, director, film producer and screenwriter. Boon has appeared in several notable French language films including Welcome to the Sticks (2008) and Supercondriaque (2014). She has also worked on the production side of film; in 2010, she was a writer for Nothing to Declare and in 2016 produced Ma famille t'adore déjà.

Alisha Lehmann is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for English FA WSL club Everton, on loan from West Ham United, and the Switzerland national football team. She previously played for BSC YB Frauen of the Nationalliga A.

Jens Hofer is a Liechtensteiner footballer who plays as a left back for FC Biel-Bienne and the Liechtenstein national team.

Hansjörg Wyss is a Swiss billionaire entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the founder and was president, then chairman, of Synthes USA, until its sale in 2012. Wyss lives in Wyoming and has supported philanthropic causes relating to environmental protection, social justice, and science. His contributions led to the establishment of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University in 2009 and he created the Wyss Foundation, which aims to conserve natural environments, including public lands in the Western United States, Africa, South America, and South Australia. As of 2017, Wyss has a net worth of US$5.6 billion, according to Forbes.

Carmen Mory was a Swiss-Nazi German spy and kapo in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was sentenced to death in the Hamburg Ravensbrück trials in 1947.

Beat Feuz is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Paul Nizon is a Swiss art historian and writer.

Thomas Lüthi is a Swiss professional motorcycle road racer currently competing in the Moto2 Grand Prix World Championship. For 2021, he will ride for Pertamina Mandalika SAG racing team in the Moto2 category.