List of Swiss people

This is a list of people associated with the modern Switzerland and the Old Swiss Confederacy. Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes famous natives of Switzerland and its predecessor states as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Switzerland. For more information see the articles Swiss people and Demographics of Switzerland.

Archaeology

Eric Breuer, archaeologist Ferdinand Keller (1800–1881), archaeologist Heinrich Menu von Minutoli (1772–1846), archaeologist

Jean-Marc Moret (born 1942), archaeologist and art historian Fritz Puempin (1901–1972), archeologist and painter Karl Schefold (1905–1999), classical archaeologist

Architecture

Francesco Borromini Adolphe Appia (1862–1928), architect and scenic designer Hans Auer (1847–1906), known for his design of the Federal Palace Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890–1980), architect and sculptor Hans Benno Bernoulli (1876–1959), architect Jost Franz Huwyler-Boller (1874–1930), hotel architect Melchior Berri (1801–1854), architect Max Bill (1908–1994), architect, artist, designer Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), architect in Italy Mario Botta (born 1943), architect Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), (1887–1965), architect[1] Ernst Cramer (1898–1980), renowned garden architect Justus Dahinden (born 1925), architect, professor Albert Frey (1903–1998), architect

Carlo Fontana (1634–1714), architect in Italy Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), architect in Rome Domenico Gilardi (1785–1845), architect charged with rebuilding Moscow after 1812 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 Hannes Meyer (1889–1954), architect, director of the Bauhaus Dessau Flora Steiger-Crawford (1899–1991), first woman architect to graduate in Switzerland Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734), architect in Saint Petersburg Bernard Tschumi (born 1944), architect associated with Deconstructivism Peter Zumthor (born 1943), winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize

Actors

Ursula Andress (born 1936), actress Giuseppe Bausilio (born 1997), performs on Broadway in the titular role of Billy in the Tony-award winning musical Billy Elliot Dimitri (born 1935), clown Annemarie Düringer (born 1925), film, television and stage actress Bruno Ganz (born 1941), actor Viktor Giacobbo (born 1952), actor and comedian Mathias Gnädinger (born 1941), actor Curt Goetz (1888–1960), actor and film director Grock (1880–1959), clown Gardi Hutter (born 1951), clown, entertainer and actress Irène Jacob (born 1966), actress

Maximilian Schell Marthe Keller (born 1945), actress and opera director Mathis Künzler (born 1978), film, television and stage actor. Max Loong (born 1980), actor and producer Vincent Pérez (born 1964), actor and director Liselotte Pulver (born 1929) Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), actor and producer Michel Simon (1895–1975), actor and comedian Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian Jean-Luc Bideau (born 1940), comedian Michel Simon (1895-1975), comedian

Art

Albert Anker Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849), painter Cuno Peter Amiet (1868–1961) Thomas Ammann (1950–1993), art dealer and collector Albert Anker (1831–1910) Jean Arp (1886–1966), sculptor, painter and poet Jean Arcelin (born 1962), painter René Auberjonois (1872–1957), painter François Bocion (1828–1890), painter Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), painter Karl Bodmer (1809–1893), painter of the American West Ferdinand Brader (1833–1901), Folk Art sketch artist of rural farm life in USA Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955), painter, installation artist, and critic Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953), Swiss-Tibetan sculptor and painter Frank Buchser (1828–1890), painter Alexandre Calame (1810–1864), painter Jean Crotti (1878–1958), painter Jean Dunand (1877–1942), decorative artist, sculptor Hans Erni (born 1909) Alberto Giacometti Fischli & Weiss (born 1946 & 1952), artist duo Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782), portrait painter Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741–1825), painter Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786), entomologist Karl Gerstner (born 1930), graphic designer and painter Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), sculptor, painter H. R. Giger (1940-2014), illustrator Anton Graff (1736–1813), painter Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), decorative artist

Angelica Kauffman Willi Gutmann (1927–2013), sculptor Stefan Haenni (1958), painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), painter Max Huber (1919–1992), graphic designer Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), painter Jorg Khun (1940–1964), wildlife artist and illustrator Paul Klee (1879–1940), painter Rudolf Koller (1828–1905), painter Albert "Lindi" Lindegger (1904–1991), illustrator and painter Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530), painter Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo (1863–1913), sculptor 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 Félix Vallotton Jacques Sablet (1749–1803), painter Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, became Swiss in 1971 Nadja Sieger (born 1968), comedian, actress, jazz-vocalist, known as Nadeschkin Gerold Späth (born 1939), Swiss poet and writer Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923), painter and printmaker Niklaus Stoecklin (1896–1982), painter and graphic designer Harald Szeemann (1933–2005), curator Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter, sculptor Myriam Thyes (born 1963), new media artist Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), kinetic artist Rodolphe Toepffer (1799–1846) Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter Emile Vouga (1840–1908), painter Ricco Wassmer (1915–1972), painter Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938), painter Adrian Frutiger (born 1928), typeface designer

Aviation

Oskar Bider Oskar Bider (1891–1919), aviation pioneer Alfred Comte (1895–1965), pilot, co-director Ad Astra Aero, engineer Henri Dufaux (1879–1980) Armand Dufaux (1883–1941) Ernest Failloubaz (1892–1919), pilot, instructor, Swiss pilot's brevet number 1 René Grandjean (1884–1963), pilot, engineer

Bertrand Piccard Walter Mittelholzer (1894–1937), pilot, director Ad Astra Aero, Swissair Claude Nicollier (born 1944), pilot, astronaut[1] Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist Yves Rossy (born 1959), pilot, "jet-man" Eduard Spelterini (1852–1931), balloonist Emile Taddéoli (1879–1920), pilot, Swiss pilot's brevet number 2, chief pilot on seaplanes Ad Astra Aero

Business

Alfred Escher Carl Franz Bally (1821–1899), founder of the Bally Shoe company Ernesto Bertarelli (born 1965), entrepreneur, founder of Team Alinghi Daniel Borel (born 1950), founder of Logitech Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823), watchmaker François-Louis Cailler (1796–1852), chocolatier Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), automobile engineer, founder of Chevrolet Raphael H. Cohen, serial entrepreneur and business angel Gottlieb Duttweiler (1888–1962), entrepreneur, founder of Migros[1] Alfred Escher (1819–1882), statesman, businessman and railway constructor[1] Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767–1823), architect of the Lint melioration Louis Favre (1826–1879), engineer of the Gotthard tunnel Nessim Gaon (born 1922), financier, founder of the Noga company

Henri Nestlé Adolf Guyer-Zeller (1839–1899), railway entrepreneur Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), entrepreneur, chairman, Swatch Group[1] Baron Jean-Conrad Hottinguer (1764–1841), banker Jürg Marquard (born 1945), magazine publisher Henri Nestlé (1814–1890), founder of Nestlé S.A. Daniel Peter (1836–1919), inventor of milk chocolate Georges Edouard Piaget (1855–1931), watchmaker Beat Fischer von Reichenbach (1641–1698), held postal monopoly in Berne Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron Daniel Jean-Richard (1665–1741), watchmaker Philippe Suchard (1797–1884), chocolatier Ernst Thomke (born 1939 in Biel/Bienne, turnaround manager, e.g. Swatch Daniel Vasella (born 1953), chairman William de Vigier (1912–2003), entrepreneur

Dancers

Giuseppe Bausilio (born 1997), performs on Broadway in the titular role of Billy in the Tony-award winning musical Billy Elliot Flore Revalles (1889–1966), principal dancer with Ballets Russes c. 1915–1918 [2]

Filmmakers

Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six Oscars Marc Forster (born 1969), director of such movies as: Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, or the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace Jean-Luc Godard (born 1930), director, screen writer and critic Claude Goretta (born 1929), director

Moritz de Hadeln (born 1940), director, film festival director Markus Imhoof (born 1941), director Xavier Koller (born 1944), director Daniel Schmid (1941–2006), director Alain Tanner (born 1929), director Fred Roy Krug (1929), American Producer – Director

Mathematics

Johann Bernoulli Paul Bernays (1888–1977), made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of 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 Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), mathematician and geometer[1] Michel Plancherel (1885–1967), mathematician Georges de Rham (1903–1990), mathematician Ludwig Schläfli (1814–1895), mathematician Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), mathematician and physicist Edward Kofler (1911–2007), mathematician Konrad Osterwalder (Born 1942), mathematician and physicist Daniel Bleichenbacher (Born 1964), mathematician and cryptographer

Military

Guillaume-Henri Dufour 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[1] Hans Herzog (1819–1894), General 1870–1871 Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), General, military writer

Christophe Keckeis (born 1945), Chief of the Armed Forces (2004–2007) Elmar Mäder, commander of the Swiss Guard (2002–) Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher (1716–1802) Pius Segmüller (born 1952), commander of the Swiss Guard (1998–2002) Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg (1850–1927) Ulrich Wille (1848–1925), General during WWI

Music

Mia Aegerter (born 1976), pop musician Martin Eric Ain, Celtic Frost bassist Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969), conductor Lys Assia (born 1926), singer Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as DJ Bobo Urs Bühler (born 1971), tenor, member of Il Divo Dominik Burkhalter (born 1975), bandleader, composer, drummer Michel Corboz (born 1934), conductor Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), solo violinist Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950), musician, educator, developer of Eurhythmics Philippe Decourroux (born 1962), Christian singer and drummer Henri Dès (born 1940), singer and songwriter Andy Egert (born 1961), blues guitarist/singer and songwriter Electroboy (born 1974), electronic music producer Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), pianist and conductor Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Celtic Frost guitarist/singer Peter Giger (born 1939), percussionist and bandleader Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929), conductor Ernst Haefliger (1919–2007), tenor Heinz Holliger (born 1939), oboe Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer Philippe Huttenlocher (born 1942), bass Christian Jacob (born 1958), jazz pianist Michael Jarrell (born 1958), composer Daniel Kandlbauer, pop musician and MusicStars contestant Kuno Lauener (born 1961), lead singer of Bernese rock band Züri West Carlos Leal (born 1969), rapper and actor. Best known as a member of the hip-hop group Sens Unik

Andreas Vollenweider Pepe Lienhard (born 1939), band leader and saxophone player Frank Martin (1890–1974), composer Mani Matter (1936–1972) singer[1] Jojo Mayer (born 1963), drummer Dieter Meier (born 1945), singer of electronica band Yello, which had such hits as "Oh Yeah" and "The Race". Mandy Meyer (born 1960) guitarist, played in bands as Asia, Gotthard and Krokus Patrick Moraz (born 1948) keyboardist with Yes and Moody Blues Paolo Pandolfo, violist (viola da gamba). Zlatko Perica (born 1969), better known as "Slädu", played guitar in bands as Tangerine Dream or Gölä Carlos Perón (born 1952), producer and former singer of electronica band Yello Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957), composer Ludwig Senfl (1486–1542/3), Renaissance composer Marc Storace (born 1951) Maltese-Swiss rock vocalist and songwriter. Best known as singer of hard rock band Krokus Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor Martin Tillman (born 1964), film music composer Tina Turner Tina Turner (born 1939), singer, dancer and actress Silvio Varviso (1924–2006), conductor, especially of opera Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953), Grammy award winning harpist Chris von Rohr (born 1951), musician and producer. Best known as bassist of hard rock band Krokus August Wenzinger (1905–1996), cellist, violist (viola da gamba), pioneer of early music performance. Andreas Wettstein (born 1971), violinist, son of Niels Kaj Jerne Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854), priest, composer of the Swiss Psalm Roland Zoss (born 1951), rock poetry musician

Philosophy

Benjamin Constant Richard Avenarius (1843–1896), formulated the radical positivist doctrine of "empirical criticism" Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881), philosopher and poet Peter Bieri (born 1944), philosopher, author Benjamin Constant (1767–1830) Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), philosopher Henri Lauener (1933–2002), philosopher

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Dominik Perler (born 1965), philosopher Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), social critic Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), philosopher, author[1] Hans Saner (born 1934), philosopher Alexandru Şafran (1910–2006), rabbi and philosopher

Psychology and pedagogy

Carl Jung Peter Baumann (born 1935), psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger (1881–1966), psychologist Eugen Bleuler (1857–1940), psychiatrist Hans-Werner Hunziker (1934), psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961), founder of analytical psychology Emma Jung (1882–1955), psychoanalyst and author

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004), psychiatrist, pioneer in near-death studies Max Lüscher (born 1923), inventor of the Lüscher color test Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), pedagogue[1] Oskar Pfister (1873–1956), psychologist and pastor Jean Piaget (1896–1980), psychologist Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Politics

Joseph Deiss Rudolf Brun (1290s–1360), first mayor of Zurich Gaudenz Canova (1887–1962) Étienne Clavière (1735–1793) Joseph Deiss (born 1946), Federal Councilor, President of the United Nations General Assembly Élie Ducommun (1833–1906), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize Henri Dunant (1828–1910), Founder of the Red Cross 1901 Nobel Peace Prize[1] Nicholas of Flüe (1417–1487), diplomat, hermit, Catholic saint Henry Dunant 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 Ursula Koch (born 1941), politician the first women president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) Josef Leu (1800–1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne

Jacques Necker Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793), revolutionary Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940), Federal Councilor (1911–1940) and President of the League of Nations 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 Carla del Ponte 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 Elisabeth von Rapperswil (around 1251 or 1261 – † 1309 probably in Rapperswil), last Countess of the House of Rapperswil Carla del Ponte (born 1946), Swiss attorney general, chief prosecutor of two international criminal law tribunals Trudy Späth (1908-1990), first women to hold an elected office Katharina von Zimmern (1478–1547), last Abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey

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 officials of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803)
• List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland
• List of the first female holders of political offices: Switzerland
• List of mayors of Aarau, Altstätten, Arbon, Baden, Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Brig, Brig-Glis, Bulle, Burgdorf, Carouge, Chur, Davos, Delémont, Frauenfeld, Fribourg, Geneva, Grenchen, Herisau, Köniz, Kreuzlingen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Tour-de-Peilz, Lausanne, Le Châtelard, Les Planches, Liestal, Locarno, Lucerne, Lugano, Martigny, Montreux, Morges, Murten, Naters, Neuchâtel, Nyon, Olten, Rapperswil-Jona, Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen, Sierre, Sion, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thun, Trimbach, Uster, Vevey, Wädenswil, Wil, Winterthur, Yverdon, Zofingen, Zug, Zürich

Religion

John Calvin John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) Protestant Reformer, founder of Calvinism or reformed theology. Jakob Abbadie (1654–1727), Protestant preacher Gilberto Agustoni (born 1922), cardinal Jacob Amman (17th century) Karl Barth (1886–1968), theologian Theodore Beza (1519–1605), reformer in Geneva Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), reformer in Zurich Georges Cottier (born 1922), cardinal, theologian Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484–1530) painter, dramatician, politician and reformer in Berne Johann Augustanus Faber (c.1470–c.1530), theologian 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)

Huldrych Zwingli Hans Küng (born 1928), theologian Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), pastor and physiognomist Oswald Myconius (1488–1552) Johannes Oecolampadius (1482–1531), reformer in Basel Frère Roger (1915–2005), founder of Taizé Philip Schaff (1819–1893) Henri Schwery (born 1932), cardinal, former Bishop of Sion Guichard Tavelli (died 1375), Bishop of Sion Clemens Thoma (1932–2011) Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1797–1847), theologian and critic Pierre Viret (1511–1571), reformer in Vaud Canton Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), theologian and writer 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

Science

A-F

Felix Bloch 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

Albert Einstein Joost Bürgi (1552–1632), mathematician and watchmaker Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929), zoologist Jean-André Deluc (1727–1817), geologist Paul Dirac (1902–1984), physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955), 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics[1] Richard R. Ernst (born 1933), 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Edmond H. Fischer (born 1920), 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Fritz Fischer (physicist) (1898–1947), physicist Auguste Forel (1848–1931), myrmecologist, psychiatrist, neurologist François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), pioneer in the study of lakes Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786), entomologist

G-O

Conrad Gessner Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) Jules Gonin (1870–1935), ophthalmologist Gustav Guanella (1909–1982), electronics engineer, inventor André Guignard (born 1942), engineer Charles-Edouard Guillaume (1861–1938), 1920 Nobel Prize in Physics Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) Walter Hess (1881–1973), 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Carl Hilty (1833–1909), jurist Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), chemist, discoverer of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Eugen Huber (1849–1923), jurist François Huber (1750–1831), naturalist Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873–1959), dairy professor and technical innovator

Friedrich Miescher Stefan Janos (Physicist) Low temperature physicist 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 Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895), physician and biologist, discovered DNA 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 Jean-Daniel Nicoud, computer scientist and researcher Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787–1849)

P-Z

Paracelsus Paracelsus (1493–1541), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), alchemist[1] Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics Jean Piaget (1896–1980), psychologist Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), physicist and balloonist Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist Jacques Piccard (born 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

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Heinz Rutishauser (1918–1970), mathematician, computer software pioneer Leopold Ružička (1887–1976), 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799), botanist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733), Swiss savant Louis Secretan (1758–1839), mycologist 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

Sports

Roger Federer 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 Sven Baertschi (born 1992), NHL player for the Calgary Flames 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 Fabian Cancellara (born 1981), cyclist Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), pro wrestler Stéphane Chapuisat (born 1969), footballer Dario Cologna (born 1986), Cross-country skiing champion Didier Cuche (born 1974), Alpine skier Johan Djourou (born 1987), footballer Oscar Egg (1890-1961), cyclist Roger Federer (born 1981), tennis champion: 17-time Grand Slam singles champion[1] 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 Ottawa Senators Arnold Gerschwiler (born c. 1914), skater Hans Gerschwiler (born c. 1921), World champion figure skater Jack Gerschwiler (1898–2000), coach Stefan Grogg (born 1974), ice hockey player, member of Swiss National Team 1997 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 Andy Hug (1964–2000), Karate and Kickboxing champion Benjamin Huggel (born 1977), professional footballer 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

Stéphane Lambiel Andreas Küttel (born 1979), ski jumper Peter Lüscher (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion Stéphane Lambiel (born 1985), figure skater, Olympic silver medalist Daniela Meuli (born 1981), snowboarder Nicolas Müller (born 1982), snowboarder Peter Müller (born 1957), Alpine skiing champion Lise-Marie Morerod (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion Marie-Theres Nadig (born 1954), Alpine skiing champion Sonja Nef (born 1972), Alpine skiing champion Maya Pedersen (born 1972), skeleton athlete Manuela Pesko (born 1978), snowboarder Alina Popa (born 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder Walter Prager (1910–1984), Alpine skiing champion Clay Regazzoni (1939–2006), racing driver Tony Rominger (born 1961), cyclist who won major tours four times in his career 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 Oklahoma City Thunder Philippe Senderos (born 1985), footballer Mark Streit (born 1977), NHL defenceman for the New York Islanders Alain Sutter (born 1968), footballer Kubilay Türkyilmaz (born 1967), footballer Maria Walliser (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion Stanislas Wawrinka (born 1985), professional tennis player Jean Wicki (born 1933), gold medallist in bobsleigh Hakan Yakın (born 1977), 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

Writers

Blaise Cendrars Théophile Agustoni (born 1930) Peter Bichsel (born 1935) S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), author, poet Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919), child book author Silvio Blatter (born 1946) Hans Boesch (1926–2003) Hermann Burger (1942–1989), author, poet, literary scholar, editor Erika Burkart (1922–2010), poet Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832) Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998) Elias Canetti (1905–1994), 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident Brett Michael Campbell (born 1967), author Blaise Cendrars (Frédéric Louis Sauser) (1887–1961), author Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899), member of the Académie française Jacques Chessex (1934–2009) Anne Cuneo (born 1936) Erich von Däniken (born 1935), Ancient Astronauts writer Martin R. Dean (born 1955), writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), author and dramatist[1] Daniel Martin Eckhart (born 1962) Werner J. Egli (born 1943) Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), one of the first women novelists and publicists in the German-speaking countries Felix Epper (born 1967) Hermann Hesse Heinrich Federer (1866–1928) Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007) 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 and pastor Roger Graf (born 1958) Jyoti Guptara and Suresh Guptara (born 1988), twin authors (Calaspia and sequels), Swiss residents Stefan Haenni (born 1958) Eveline Hasler (born 1933) Markus Hediger (born 1959) Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident Franz Hohler (born 1943), author and comedian Al Imfeld (born 1935), author and African specialist Meinrad Inglin (1893–1971) Philippe Jaccottet (born 1925) Zoë Jenny (born 1974) Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), author Christian Kracht (born 1966), author

Johanna Spyri Hugo Loetscher (born 1929), author 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) Giorgio Orelli (born 1921), poet, translator Giovanni Orelli (born 1928), poet, teacher Daniele Pantano (born 1976), poet, translator, editor Erica Pedretti (born 1930), author and artist Eugène Rambert (1830–1886) Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947), writer Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005) Urs Richle (born 1965) Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), writer Gustave Roud (1897–1976), poet Denis de Rougemont (1906-1985) Léon Savary (1895–1968), writer and journalist Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944) Margrit Schriber (born 1939) 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 Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (Madame de Staël) (1766–1817) Peter Stamm (born 1963) Albert Steffen (1884–1963), writer, anthroposophist Otto Steiger (1909-2005) Martin Suter (born 1948), columnist and novelist Adrien Turel (1890–1957) Otto F. Walter (1928–1994), novelist Robert Walser (1878–1956) Silja Walter (born 1919) sister of Otto F. Walter, Benedictinian nun and writer Markus Werner (born 1944) Urs Widmer (1938–2014) 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) Manfred Züfle (1936–2007), writer

Legendary and folk heroes

Helvetia, personification ("mother") of Switzerland Arnold von Melchtal, legendary founding father of Switzerland 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

Others

Crown Princess of Brunei Pengiran Minizack Renaldi Anak Hitchtafi Sarah (born 1987), wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, half Swiss and half Bruneian. 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 Michée Chauderon (died 1652), the last person to be executed for sorcery in Geneva Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six Oscars Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patron of the arts and foudner of the Gottfried Keller Stiftung[3] Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (1771–1844) Marie Grossholtz (1761–1850), known as Madame Tussaud Paul Grueninger (1891–1972), commander of police and humanitarian Michelle Hunziker (born 1977), TV presenter previously married to the Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti

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), whistle-blower Christian Menn (born 1927), Civil Engineer Max Miedinger (1910–1980), typeface designer, inventor of Helvetica Claude Nobs (1936–2013), founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival Archibald Reiss (1876–1929), criminologist Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), philanthropist, music and literature patron Beat Richner (born 1947), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), engineer Rosa Rein (1897–2010), oldest living Swiss (as of 2010) Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Sufi writer, born in Basel John Sutter (1803–1880), California settler Alain Tanner (born 1929), film director Stefi Talman (born 1958), shoe designer Lukas Vischer (1780–1840), collector, traveler, artist

See also

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