Editing Bern (section)

=== Politicians and the landed gentry ===
* [[Adrian von Bubenberg]] ({{circa|1434}}–1479) – Bernese knight, military commander and 3-time mayor (Schultheiss) of Bern, hero of the [[Battle of Murten]]
* [[Niklaus Dachselhofer]] (1595–1670) – Bernese politician, Schultheiss (mayor) of Bern 1636–1667 
* [[Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg]] (1661–1743) – founder of [[New Bern, North Carolina]]
* [[Julie Bondeli|Susanna Julie von Bondeli]] (1731–1778) – famous salonist and lady of letters, the salon became the center of intellectual life in Bern. 
* [[Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia]] (1781 – Elfenau, near Bern 1860) – German princess of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
* [[Mikhail Bakunin]] (1814– 1876 in Bern) – Russian revolutionary anarchist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bakunin, Mikhail |volume= 3 | page = 231 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Karl Schenk]] (1823–1895) – pastor, politician; served on the Swiss Federal Council 1863–1895 
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1870–1924) – lived in Bern 1914–1917
* [[Louise Elisabeth de Meuron]] (1882–1980) – aristocrat and eccentric personality in Bern
* Dom [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]] (born 1945) – claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as the head of the [[House of Braganza]]
* [[Regula Rytz]] (born 1962) – politician, sociologist and historian<ref name="woz-20111110">{{cite web|url=http://www.woz.ch/1145/regula-rytz/die-pragmatische-brueckenbauerin|title=Die pragmatische Brückenbauerin|publisher=[[WOZ Die Wochenzeitung]] 45/2011|author=Noëmi Landolt|language=de|date=10 November 2011|access-date=16 April 2016|archive-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425005030/http://www.woz.ch/1145/regula-rytz/die-pragmatische-brueckenbauerin|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ursula Wyss]] (born 1973) – economist and politician
* [[Min Li Marti]] (born 1974) – politician, publisher, sociologist and historian