Bern (disambiguation)

Bern (or Berne) is the capital of Switzerland.

Bern or Berne may also refer to:

Places

Germany

• Berne, Germany, a town in Lower Saxony
• Berne, Hamburg, former village which became a quarter of Hamburg

Italy

• Verona, Italy, a city called Bern in Middle High German

Netherlands

• Bern (Netherlands), a hamlet in Gelderland

Switzerland

• Canton of Bern, of which Bern is the capital
• Bern (district), the city's administrative district in the Canton of Bern

United States

• Bern, Idaho
• Berne, Indiana
• Berne, Iowa
• Bern, Kansas
• Berne, Michigan
• Berne, Minnesota
• Berne, New York
• Berne, Pennsylvania
• Bern Township, Pennsylvania
• Bern Township, Ohio
• Berne Township, Ohio
• Bern, Wisconsin

People

• Bern, a nickname or short form for the given names Bernard, Bernadette, and Bernadine.

Given name

• Bern Brostek (born 1966), American professional football player
• Bern Shanks (born 1940), American environmental scientist, educator, public administrator, outdoorsman, conservationist, and author
• Bern Nadette Stanis (born 1953), American actress and author

Surname

• Zvi Bern (born 1960), American theoretical physicist
• Dietrich von Bern (454–526), the German name of Theodoric the Great), king of the Ostrogoths
• Eric Berne (1910–1970), Canadian psychiatrist
• Josef Berne (1904–1964), Russian-born American writer, film director and producer
• Suzanne Berne (born 1961), American novelist
• Tim Berne (born 1954), American jazz saxophonist and composer

Other uses

• Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), shorthand for the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), a binding international legal instrument in the field of Nature Conservation
• Berne Convention, shorthand for the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, an international agreement governing copyright

See also

• Berne (disambiguation)
• Bernie (disambiguation)
  • Bernie (given name)
• Berny (disambiguation)
• Burn (disambiguation)