List of Famous people born in Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Anouk Vergé-Dépré is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her current partner is Joana Heidrich.

Clara Lee, better known by her mononym Clara, is a Swiss-born British actress and model based in South Korea.

Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist and journalist.

Maria Friedman is an English actress and director of stage and screen, best known for her work in musical theatre. She is an Eight-time Olivier Award nominee, winning three. Her first win was for her 1994 one-woman show, By Special Arrangement. She has also twice won Best Actress in a Musical for the original London productions of Passion and Ragtime. She is more recently known for her role as Elaine Peacock in EastEnders. She also made an appearance as the narrator in the 1999 straight to video version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Stefan Kurt is a Swiss actor. He attended the University of the Arts Bern before pursuing a professional acting career. He performed on stage as well as in more than fifty films since 1993.

Fabian Cancellara, nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo. He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began road cycling after falling in love with an old bike at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and won two consecutive World Junior Time Trial Championships in 1998 and 1999. At age nineteen he turned professional and signed with the Mapei–Quick-Step team, where he rode as a stagiaire. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a one-day classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations.

Sir Desmond Angus Swayne is a British Conservative politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of New Forest West since 1997.

Marc Hirschi is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.

Mujinga Kambundji is a Swiss sprinter. She won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event.

Philipp Michael Hildebrand is a Swiss banker. He was head of the Swiss central bank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) from 2010 until he resigned on 9 January 2012 after controversy surrounding his wife's currency trading.