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

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Architecture

Main article: List of Swiss architects

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

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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
Irène Jacob (born 1966), actress
Marthe Keller (born 1945), actress and opera director

Maximilian Schell

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 (born 1935), actor and producer
Michel Simon (1895–1975), actor and comedian
Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian

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Art

See also: List of Swiss painters

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
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 (born 1940), illustrator
Anton Graff (1736–1813), painter
Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), decorative artist
Willi Gutmann (1927-2013), sculptor

Angelica Kauffmann

Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), painter
Max Huber (1919–1992), graphic designer
Angelica Kauffmann (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
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
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
Fabian Bürgy (born 1980), designer and sculptor

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Aviation

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

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Business

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
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
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

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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 Ballet Russe c. 1915-1918 ^[2]

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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

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Filmmakers

Fred Roy Krug (1929), American Producer – Director

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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 (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, mathematician and physicist

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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

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

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Music

See also: List of Swiss composers

Claudia D'Addio

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
Claudia D'Addio, pop musician, Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and MusicStars contestant
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
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 (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

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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

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Psychology and Pedagogy

Peter Baumann (born 1935), psychiatrist
Ludwig Binswanger (1881–1966), psychologist
Eugen Bleuler (1857–1940), psychiatrist
Hans-Werner Hunziker (1934), psychologist
Max Lüscher (born 1923), inventor of the Lüscher color test
C.G. Jung (1875–1961), psychiatrist

Emma Jung (1882–1955), psycho-analyst and author
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004), psychiatrist, pioneer in near-death studies
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), pedagogue^[1]
Oskar Pfister (1873–1956), psychologist and pastor
Jean Piaget (1896–1980), psychologist
Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922),

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Politics

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

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
Elisabeth Kopp (born 1936), first woman elected to the Federal Council
Josef Leu (1800–1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne
Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946), Federal Councilor, advocate of sustainable transportation

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
Carla del Ponte (born 1946), Swiss attorney general, chief prosecutor of two international criminal law tribunals
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 Baden, Berne, Fribourg
List of mayors of Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne
List of mayors of Lugano, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen
List of mayors of Uster, Winterthur, Zofingen, Zurich
List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland
List of the first female holders of political offices: Switzerland

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Religion

See also: List of Swiss cardinals

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

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Science

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

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 (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 (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 Ruzicka (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

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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
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
Didier Cuche (born 1974), Alpine skier
Johan Djourou (born 1987), footballer
Oscar Egg (born 1890), 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
Maya Pedersen (born 1972), skeleton athlete
Manuela Pesko (born 1978), snowboarder
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

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Writers

See also: List of Swiss poets

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]
Werner J. Egli (born 1943)
Felix Epper (born 1967)

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
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

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
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
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 (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)
Manfred Züfle (1936–2007), writer

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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

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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
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
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
Anna Ringier (1896–2006), oldest living Swiss (as of 2006^[update])
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

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See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: People of Switzerland

Swiss longevity recordholders
Lists of people by nationality for other lists of people by nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location

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References

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^ Davier, Anne Flore Revalles, in: Kotte, Andreas (Ed.): Dictionary of the Theater in Switzerland, Zurich 2005 Chronos Verlag, vol. 3, p. 1484.</ accesse October 17, 2012

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