List of Swiss people

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"Swiss people" redirects here. See Demographics of Switzerland for the population of Switzerland; see Helvetii, Burgundians, Alamanni and Rhaetians for the historical predecessors of the Swiss.

This is a list of famous Swiss and notable people from or resident in Switzerland and cantons forming present-day Switzerland.

[edit] Architecture

Francesco Borromini (1599-1667), architect in Italy
Mario Botta (born 1943), architect
Le Corbusier, (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), (1887-1965), architect
Albert Frey, (1903-1998), architect
Jacques Herzog (born 1950), architect
Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967), architect
William Lescaze (1896-1969)
Carlo Maderno (1556-1629), architect in Italy
Pierre de Meuron (born 1950), architect
Domenico Trezzini, (1670-1734) architect in Saint Petersburg

[edit] Actors

Ursula Andress (born 1936), actress
Yul Brynner (1915?-1985), actor
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British-American actor, longtime Swiss resident
Bruno Ganz (born 1941), actor
Grock (1880-1959), clown
Franz Hohler (born 1943)
Irène Jacob (born 1966), actress
Liselotte Pulver (born 1929)
Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004), British actor, longtime Swiss resident
Caterina Valente (born 1931), singer, actress
Remo Vinzens (born 1975), actor

[edit] Art

Renee Amsler (born 1982), portrait artist
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), painter
Cuno Peter Amiet (1868-1961)
Albert Anker (1831-1910)
Jean Arp (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet
René Auberjonois (1872-1957), painter
François Bocion (1828-1890), painter
Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), painter
Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), painter of the American West
Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955), painter, installation artist, and critic
Frank Buchser (1828-1890), painter
Alexandre Calame (1810-1864), painter
Vivian Crettol (born 1973), painter
Jean Crotti (1878-1958), painter
Hans Erni (born 1909)
Johann Caspar Füssli (1706-1782), portrait painter
Henry Fuseli, (Johann Heinrich Füssli), (1741-1825), painter
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786), entomologist
Salomon Gessner (1730-1788)
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), sculptor, painter
H. R. Giger (born 1940), illustrator
Anton Graff (1736-1813), painter
Eugène Grasset (1845-1917), decorative artist
Willi Gutmann (1927-Present), sculptor
Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), painter
Max Huber (1919-1992), graphic designer
Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), painter
Paul Klee (1879-1940), painter
Rudolf Koller (1828-1905), painter
Niklaus Manuel (1484-1530), painter
Marcol (born 1970), multicriteria artist and photographer
Roger Pfund (born 1943), painter, graphic designer
James Pradier (1790-1852), sculptor
Oskar Reinhart (1885-1965), collector
Iris von Roten-Meyer (1917-1990), lawyer and artist
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), sculptor, became Swiss in 1971
Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923), painter and printmaker
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943), painter, sculptor
Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), kinetic artist
Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)
Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), painter
Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938), painter

[edit] Aviation

Oskar Bider (1891-1919)
Henri Dufaux (1879-1980)
Armand Dufaux (1883-1941)
Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937), pilot, director Ad Astra, Swissair
Claude Nicollier (born 1944), pilot, astronaut
Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist
Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931), balloonist

[edit] Business

Carl Franz Bally (1821-1899), founder of the Bally Shoe company
Abraham Louis Breguet (1747-1823), watchmaker
François-Louis Cailler (1796-1852), chocolatier
Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941), automobile engineer
Alfred Escher (1819-1882) statesman, businessman and railway constructor
Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767-1823) architect of the Lint melioration
Louis Favre (1826-1879), engineer of the Gotthard tunnel
Jürg Haller (1968), private banker
Nicolas Hayek (1928), entrepreneur, chairman, Swatch Group
Antoine LeCoultre, entrepreneur and watchmaker
Jürg Marquard (1945), magazine publisher and Swiss television star
Henri Nestlé (1814-1890), founder of Nestlé S.A.
Georges Edouard Piaget, watchmaker
Beat Fischer von Reichenbach (1641-1698), held postal monopoly in Berne
Daniel Jean-Richard (1665-1741), watchmaker
Philippe Suchard (1797-1884), chocolatier
William de Vigier (1912-2003), entrepreneur

[edit] Linguistics

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), linguist

[edit] Mathematics

Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), mathematician and physicist
Jakob Bernoulli (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician
Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician
Armand Borel (1923-2003), mathematician
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), mathematician and geometer
Michel Plancherel (1885-1967), mathematician
Georges de Rham (1903-1990), mathematician
Ludwig Schläfli (1814-1895), mathematician
Jakob Steiner (1796-1863), mathematician and physicist

[edit] Military

Pierre Victor Besenval de Bronstatt (1721-1791)
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (1787-1875), General, geographer
Joachim Forrer (1782-1833)
Henri Guisan (1874-1960), General during WWII
Hans Herzog (1819-1894), General 1870-1871
Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779-1869), General, military writer
Christophe Keckeis, Chief of the Armed Forces (since 2004)
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher (1716-1802)
Pius Segmüller (born 1944), commander Swiss Guard
Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg (1850-1927)
Ulrich Wille (1848-1925), General during WWI

[edit] Music

Mia Aegerter (born 1976), pop musician
Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969), conductor
Lys Assia (born 1926), singer
Urs Bühler (born 1971),tenor, member of Il Divo
Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor
Dominik Burkhalter (born 1975), bandleader, composer, drummer
Carlo Crivelli (born 1957), composer, drummer, songwriter, showman, percussionist
Salome Clausen, pop musician and MusicStars contestant
Michel Corboz (born 1934), conductor
Claudia D'Addio, pop musician, Eurovision Song Contest 2006 participant and MusicStars contestant
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), musician, educator, developer of Eurhythmics
Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as DJ Bobo
Piero Esteriore, pop musician, Eurovision Song Contest 2004 participant and MusicStars contestant
Edwin Fischer (1886-1960), pianist and conductor
Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 19??), known as Celtic Frost's Tom Warrior
Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929), conductor
Ernst Haefliger (born 1919), tenor
Heinz Holliger (born 1939), oboe
Giovanni Speranza (born 1966), composer
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), composer
Philippe Huttenlocher (born 1942), bass
Christian Jacob (born 1958), jazz pianist
Michael Jarrell (born 1958), composer
Kuno Lauener (born 1961), leadsinger of Bernese rock band Züri West
Pepe Lienhard, (born 1939), band leader and saxophone player
Daniel Kandlbauer, pop musician and MusicStars contestant
Frank Martin (1890-1974), composer
John R. Nolan (born 1992) rock guitarist
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), composer
Ludwig Senfl (1486-1542/3), Renaissance composer
Matthias Spillmann (born 1975), bandleader, composer, trumpeter
Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor
Silvio Varviso (1924-2006), conductor, especially of opera
Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953), harpist
Alberich Zwyssig (1808-1854), priest, composer of the Swiss Psalm
Roland Zoss (born 1951), rockpoetry musician

[edit] Philosophy

Benjamin Constant (1767-1830)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), philosopher, author
Jeanne Hersch (1910-2000), philosopher
Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929-2004), social critic
Hans Saner (1934-), philosopher
Henri Lauener (1933-2002), philosopher
Peter Bieri (1944-), philosopher, author
Dominik Perler (1965-), philosopher

[edit] Psychology and Pedagogy

Ludwig Binswanger (1881–1966)
Eugen Bleuler (1857-1940)
Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung (1875-1961), psychiatrist
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), pedagogue
Oskar Pfister
Jean Piaget (1896–1980), psychologist
Hermann Rorschach (1884-1921)

[edit] Politics

Étienne Clavière (1735-1793)
Élie Ducommun (1833-1906), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize
Henri Dunant (1828-1910), Founder of the Red Cross 1901 Nobel Peace Prize
Nicholas of Flüe (1417-1487), diplomat, hermit, Catholic saint
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), US Secretary of the Treasury, diplomat
Albert Gobat (1843-1914), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize
Jörg Jenatsch (1596-1639), pastor, Protestant politician
Josef Leu (1800-1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), revolutionary
Kurt Meyer (born 1944), member of the government of the canton of Lucerne (1995-2005)
Pierre Muller (born 1952), former mayor of Geneva
Napoleon III (1808-1873) (naturalized in 1832)
Jacques Necker (1732-1804), statesman and finance minister of Louis XVI
Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755-1824), statesman, diplomat
Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg (1569-1621)
Rudolf von Planta (died 1640), judge in lower Engadin
Rudolf von Planta-Wildenberg (1603-1641)
Fritz Platten (1883 - 1942), Communist
Nelly Wicky (born 1923), former member of the National Council

See also:

List of members of the Swiss Federal Council (since 1848)
List of members of the Swiss National Council (current)
List of members of the Swiss Council of States (current)
List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (since 1848)
List of Presidents of the Swiss National Council (since 1848)
List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States (since 1848)
List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (since 1803)
List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet (before 1848)
List of mayors of Berne
List of mayors of Geneva
List of mayors of Lausanne
List of mayors of Zurich
List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland
List of the first female holders of political offices: Switzerland

[edit] Religion

Jakob Abbadie (1654-1727), Protestant preacher
Gilberto Agustoni (born 1922), cardinal
Jacob Amman (17th century)
Karl Barth (1886-1968)
Theodore Beza (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva
Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), reformer in Zurich
Georges Cardinal Cottier (born 1922), former professor of theology
Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530) painter, dramatician, politician and reformer in Berne
Johann Augustanus Faber (c.1470-c.1530), theolgian and historian
William Farel (1489-1565), reformer in Geneva
Theodosius Florentini (1808-1865)
Gaston Frommel (1862-1906)
Berchtold Haller (1492-1536), reformer in Berne
Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (1801-1874)
Johann Jakob Herzog (1805-1882)
Hans Küng (born 1928), theologian
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), pastor and physiognomist
Oswald Myconius (1488-1552)
Johannes Oecolampadius (1482-1531)
Frère Roger (1915-2005), founder of Taizé
Philip Schaff (1819-1893)
Henri Cardinal Schwery (born 1932), former Bishop of Sion
Guichard Tavelli, (died 1375), Bishop of Sion
Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1797-1847), theologian and critic
Pierre Viret, reformer in Vaud Canton
Johann Jakob Wettstein (1693-1754), theologian
John Joachim Zubly, (Hans Joachim Züblin), (1724-1781), pastor, delegate to the Continental Congress
Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), reformer in Zurich

[edit] Science

[edit] A-F

Firmin Abauzit, (1679-1767), scientist
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835-1910), American man of science
Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), work on ice ages, glaciers
Jacob Amsler (1823-1912), mathematician and inventor of measuring instruments
Werner Arber (born 1929), 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Johann Georg Baiter (1801-1877), philologist
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840-1914) archaeologist
Jean-François Bergier (born 1931), historian
Eugene Bleuler (1857-1940), psychiatrist
Felix Bloch (born 1905), 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics
Charles Bonnet (1720-1793), botanist
Daniel Bovet (born 1907), 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Joost Bürgi (1552-1632), mathematician and watchmaker
Johann Büttikofer (1850-1929), zoologist
Jean-André Deluc (1727-1817), geologist
Albert Einstein, (1879-1955), 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics
Richard R. Ernst (born 1933), 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Edmond H. Fischer (born 1920), 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Auguste Forel (1848-1931), myrmecologist, psychiatrist, neurologist
François-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912), pioneer in the study of lakes
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786), entomologist

[edit] G-O

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)
Jules Gonin (1870-1935), ophthalmologist
Charles-Edouard Guillaume (1861-1938), 1920 Nobel Prize in Physics
Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)
Anna Heer (1863-1918), physician
Walter Hess (1881-1973), 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Carl Hilty (1833-1909), jurist
Albert Hofmann, (1906-), chemist, discoverer of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
Eugen Huber (1849-1923), jurist
François Huber (1750-1831), naturalist
Paul Karrer (1889-1971), 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917), 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817–1894), chemist
Michel Mayor (born 1942), astronomer
Johannes von Müller (1752-1809), historian
K. Alex Müller (born 1927), 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics
Paul Müller (1899-1965), 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787-1849)

[edit] P-Z

Paracelsus (1493-1541), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), alchemist
Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics
Jean Piaget (1896-1980), psychologist
Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), physicist and balloonist
Bertrand Piccard (b. 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist
Jacques Piccard (b. 1922), engineer and underwater explorer
Jean Piccard (1884-1963), balloonist
François-Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809-1872), zoologist and paleontologist
Raoul Pictet (1846-1929), physicist
Adolf Portmann (1897-1982), zoologist
Vladimir Prelog (1906-1998), 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Didier Queloz (born 1966), astronomer
Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996), chemist, 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Eugene Renevier (1831-1906), geologist
Heinrich Rohrer (born 1933), 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics
Leopold Ruzicka (1887-1976), 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), botanist
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, (1672-1733), Swiss savant
Jack Steinberger (born 1921), 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics
Alfred Werner (1866-1919), 1913 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Niklaus Wirth (born 1934), computer scientist, ACM Turing Award winner, inventor of the Pascal programming language
Kurt Wüthrich (born 1938), 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (1746-1820)
Alexandre Yersin (1894-1943), physician, isolates the Yersinia pestis
Rolf M. Zinkernagel (born 1944), 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Fritz Zwicky (1898-1974), astronomer
Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588), scholar

[edit] Sports

Paul Accola (born 1967), skiing champion
David Aebischer (born 1978), NHL goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens
Daniel Albrecht (born 1983), Alpine skier
Simon Ammann (born 1981), gold medallist in Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Madeleine Berthod (born 1931), 1956 gold medallist in Downhill skiing
Denise Biellmann (born 1962), World champion figure skater
Sepp Blatter (born 1935), FIFA president
Ursula Bruhin (born 1970), snowboarder
Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), pro wrestler
Stéphane Chapuisat (born 1969), footballer
Roger Federer (born 1981), tennis champion: 9-time Grand Slam singles champion
Michela Figini (born 1966), Alpine skiing champion
Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Fencing champion, gold medallist in Athens Olympics
Alexander Frei (born 1979), footballer
Tanja Frieden (born 1976), snowboarder
Martin Gerber (born 1974), NHL goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes
Arnold Gerschwiler (born c. 1914), skater
Hans Gerschwiler (born c. 1921), World champion figure skater
Jack Gerschwiler (1898-2000), coach
Franz Heinzer (born 1962), Alpine skier
Stéphane Henchoz (born 1974), footballer
Erika Hess (born 1962), Alpine skiing champion
Martina Hingis (born 1980), tennis champion: 5-time Grand Slam singles champion
Jakob Hlasek (born 1964), tennis player
Ambrosi Hoffmann (born 1977), Alpine skiing medalist
Shihan Andy Hug (1964-2000), Karate and Kickboxing champion
Patrick Hürlimann (born 1963), Olympic curling champion
Bruno Kernen (born 1972), Alpine skier, Bronze medalist and former World Champion in downhill
Bruno Kernen (born 1961), Alpine skier, winner of the 1983 Kitzbühel downhill race
Hugo Koblet (1925-1964), cycling champion
Franz Krienbühl (1929-2002), speed skater
Andreas Küttel (born 1979), ski jumper
Peter Lüscher (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion
Stéphane Lambiel (born 1985), men's figure skating, 2-time reigning World Champion (2005, 2006)
Daniela Meuli (born 1981), snowboarder
Peter Müller (born 1957), Alpine skiing champion
Lise-Marie Morerod (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion
Marie-Theres Nadig (born 1954), Alpine skiing champion
Maya Pedersen (born 1972), skeleton athlete
Manuela Pesko (born 1978), snowboarder
Walter Prager (1910-1984), Alpine skiing champion
Marc Rosset (born 1970), tennis player, gold medallist in Barcelona Olympics
Bernhard Russi (born 1948), Alpine skiing champion
Martina Schild (born 1981), Downhill skiing champion
Hedy Schlunegger (1923-2003), downhill olympic champion of 1948
Vreni Schneider (born 1964), Alpine skiing champion
Patty Schnyder (born 1978), professional tennis player
Thabo Sefolosha (born 1984), NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
Philippe Senderos (born 1985), footballer
Mark Streit (born 1977), NHL defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens
Alain Sutter (born 1968), footballer
Kubilay Türkyilmaz (born 1967), footballer
Maria Walliser (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion
Jean Wicki (born 1933), gold medallist in bobsleigh
Hakan Yakin (born 1977), footballer
Murat Yakin (born 1974), footballer
Heidi Zurbriggen (born 1967), skier
Matthias Zurbriggen (1856-1917), mountain guide and Alpinist
Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion
Silvan Zurbriggen (born 1981), skier

[edit] Writers

Peter Bichsel (born 1935)
S. Corinna Bille (1912-1979), author, poet
Ida Bindschedler (1854-1919), childbook author
Silvio Blatter (born 1946)
Hans Boesch (born 1926)
Hermann Burger (1942-1989), author, poet, literary scholar, editor
Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745-1832)
Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998)
Blaise Cendrars, (Frédéric Louis Sauser), (1887-1961), author
Victor Cherbuliez (1829-1899), member of the Académie française
Jacques Chessex (born 1934)
Anne Cuneo (born 1936)
Erich von Däniken (born 1935), Ancient Astronauts writer
Martin R. Dean (born 1955), writer
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), author and playwright
Werner J. Egli (born 1943)
Felix Epper (born 1967)
Heinrich Federer (1866-1928)
Martin Frank (born 1950)
Max Frisch (1911-1991), author and architect
Salomon Gessner (1730-1788)
Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938)
Jeremias Gotthelf, (Albert Bitzius), (1797-1854), author
Roger Graf (born 1958)
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature
Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971)
Zoë Jenny (born 1974)
Gottfried Keller (1819-1890), Swiss author
Hugo Loetscher (born 1929), Swiss author ("der Immune")
Ella Maillart (1903-1997)
Niklaus Meienberg (1940-1993)
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898)
Adolf Muschg (born 1934)
Suzanne Necker, née Suzanne Curchod, (1739-1794)
Juste Olivier (1807-1876)
Daniele Pantano (born 1976), poet, translator, editor
Eugène Rambert (1830-1886)
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), writer
Grisélidis Réal (1929-2005)
Urs Richle (born 1965)
Margrit Schriber (born 1939)
Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998)
Josias Simmler (1530-1576), theologian, historian
Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature
Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), author of Heidi
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, (Madame de Staël), (1766-1817)
Ugonna Wachuku (born 1971), Nigerian writer living in Geneva
Otto F. Walter (1928-1994)
Robert Walser (1878-1956)
Silja Walter (born 1919) sister of Otto F. Walter, Benedictinian nun and writer
Markus Werner (born 1944) author of "Zündel's Departure"
Urs Widmer (born 1938)
Johann David Wyss (1743-1818), author of The Swiss Family Robinson
Yvette Z'Graggen (born 1920)
Albin Zollinger (1885-1941)
Emil Zopfi (born 1943)
Fritz Zorn, (Fritz Angst), (1944-1976), author of Mars
Roland Zoss (born 1951)
Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771-1848)

[edit] Others

Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan (1933-2003), UN High Commissioner for Refugees, longtime Swiss resident
Othmar Ammann (1879-1965), civil engineer, bridge engineer to the New York Port Authority
Nick Auf der Maur (1942-1998), Canadian journalist, Swiss parents
Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), physician and Muesli inventor
Johann Georg Bodmer (1786-1864), inventor
Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698-1783)
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), art historian
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1814), traveller and orientalist
Elias Canetti (1905-1994), 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident
Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six Oscars
Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (1771-1844)
Marc Forster (born 1969), film director
Marie Grossholtz (1761-1850), known as Madame Tussaud
Paul Grueninger (1891-1972), commander of police and humanitarian
Ingvar Kamprad (born 1926), founder of IKEA, Swiss resident since 1976
Carl Lutz (1895-1975), diplomat and humanitarian
Robert Maillart (1872-1940), Civil Engineer, inventor of many concrete bridge techniques
Christoph Meili (born 1968), whistleblower
Christian Menn (Born 1927), Civil Engineer
Max Miedinger (1910-1980), typeface designer, inventor of Helvetica
Susanna Orelli (1845-1939), humanitarian
Archibald Reiss (1876-1929), criminologist
Beat Richner (born 1947), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia
Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
Anna Ringier (born 1896), oldest living Swiss (as of 2006)
John Sutter (1803-1880), California settler
Alain Tanner (born 1929), film director

[edit] Not included

Helvetia

Betty Bossi, fictional cook and writer of cookbooks
Globi, Swiss cartoon character
Papa Moll, Swiss Childrens Book Character
Heidi, protagonist of the book by Johanna Spyri
Helvetia, personification of Switzerland
Swiss Family Robinson, from the book by Johann David Wyss
Ueli Rotach, legendary hero of the 1405 battle at Stoss
William Tell, legendary 14th century hero
Arnold von Winkelried, legendary hero of the 1386 battle of Sempach
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), from Alsace, not Switzerland

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