Switzerland
People of this nationality
Pirmin Schwander
b. 1961
politician
Josef Dittli
b. 1957
politician
Raoul Giger
b. 1997
association football player
Heinrich Gretler
1897 – 1977
stage actor
Stephan Müller
b. 1951
director
Robert Stehli
1930 – 2018
conductor
Tristan Marguet
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Peter Taugwalder
1820 – 1888
mountain guide
John James Heidegger
1666 – 1749
impresario
Johann Heinrich Hottinger
1620 – 1667
theologian
Enrico Ardizzoia
b. 1917
association football player
Johann Jakob Breitinger
1575 – 1645
theologian
Romi Kessler
b. 1963
artistic gymnast
Karl Elsener
1934 – 2010
association football player
Lotti Latrous
b. 1953
development worker
Arnold Robert
1846 – 1925
politician
Jenö Staehelin
b. 1940
diplomat
Wilhelm Melliger
1953 – 2018
show jumper
Alessio Bertaggia
b. 1993
ice hockey player
Peter Hegglin
b. 1960
politician
Arnold Lang
1855 – 1914
zoologist
Sebastian Hiller
b. 1976
researcher
Joachim Heer
1825 – 1879
politician
Charles Juillard
b. 1962
politician
Jessica Lutz
b. 1989
ice hockey player
Otto Bucher
1901 – 1999
rower
Jean-Pierre Eckmann
b. 1944
physicist
Pietro Cunti
b. 1962
ice hockey player
Jean-Yves Rey
b. 1970
biathlete
Edita Abdieski
b. 1984
singer
Gustav Senn
1875 – 1945
botanist
Johannes Salat
1498 – 1552
historian
Philippe Roch
b. 1949
politician
Fredy Schultheiss
1926 – 2006
rower
Hubert Schwab
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Robert Scheuermeier
1927 – 2021
civil servant
Alfred Paci
b. 1953
curler
Jürg Studer
b. 1966
association football player
René Schneider
1936 – 2011
association football player
Heinz Sommerhalder
curler
Julien Dinou
1895 – 1983
painter
Erich Grether
1924 – 2007
association football player
Walter Schneider
b. 1928
swimmer
Hermann Lemp
1862 – 1954
engineer
Dare
1968 – 2010
painter
Ralph Näf
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Leila Wandeler
b. 2006
association football player
William Marthé
b. 1894
long-distance runner
Valmir Matoshi
b. 2003
association football player
Mario Corti
b. 1946
aircraft pilot
Béat-Nicolas-Ignace d' Ammann
1701 – 1770
Catholic priest
Johann Jakob von Tschudi
1818 – 1889
explorer
Linus Obexer
b. 1997
association football player
Carlo Ranzoni
b. 1965
judge
Thomas Jordan
b. 1963
economist
Peter Lüscher
b. 1956
alpine skier
Traugott Sandmeyer
1854 – 1922
chemist
Fritz Hartmann
1911 – 1989
sport cyclist
Jasmin Hutter
b. 1978
politician
Marc Walder
b. 1965
tennis player
Giancarlo Luzzani
1912 – 1991
field hockey player
René Groebli
1927 – 2026
photographer
Jérémy Manière
b. 1991
association football player
Pascal Charrière
b. 1964
racewalker
Daniel Streiff
b. 1980
curler
Max Galler
1903 – 1970
association football player
Felix Stähelin
1873 – 1952
historian
Jean Martinet
1898 – 1980
sport cyclist
Ernst Stückelberg
1831 – 1903
painter
Sebastian Hofmeister
1476 – 1533
theologian
Léonie Pointet
b. 2001
sprinter
Beat Koch
b. 1972
cross-country skier
Blaise Nkufo
b. 1975
association football player
Georges Firmenich
1913 – 2005
athlete
Arnaud Bühler
b. 1985
association football player
Walter Geisser
b. 1950
association football player
Eduard Brunner
1939 – 2017
clarinetist
Olivier Biaggi
b. 1971
association football player
Arnau Comas
b. 2000
association football player
Eugen Niederer
1881 – 1957
draftsperson
Jean-Paul Rössinger
canoeist
Walter Mafli
1915 – 2017
painter
Antoine Claraz
1909 – 1997
sculptor
Bruno Riem
1923 – 1992
modern pentathlete
Ken Baumgartner
b. 1966
ice hockey player
Clint Capela
b. 1994
basketball player
Jürg Leuthold
b. 1966
physicist
Manu-L
b. 1983
singer
Nicolas Beney
b. 1980
association football player
Robert Hippolyte Chodat
1865 – 1934
botanist
Hanna Sahlfeld-Singer
1943 – 2025
politician
Albert Madörin
1905 – 1960
bobsledder
Mario Venzago
b. 1948
pianist
Hans Burn
b. 1965
Para alpine skier
Paul Jacquot
b. 1995
rower
Zoé Claessens
b. 2001
sport cyclist
Nicolas Julliard
b. 1972
singer
Hanspeter Seiler
b. 1933
politician
Thomas Huber
b. 1955
artist
Simon Schoch
b. 1978
snowboarder