Switzerland
People of this nationality
John V. Breakwell
1917 – 1991
engineer
Paul Häberlin
1878 – 1960
philosopher
Walter Ludwig Leonz Amrhyn
1716 – 1793
politician
Audrey Werro
b. 2004
athletics competitor
Lars Villiger
b. 2003
association football player
Heidi Diethelm Gerber
b. 1969
sport shooter
Hans Caspar Hirzel
1725 – 1803
writer
Henri Chaix
1925 – 1999
pianist
Gilles Aubonney
b. 1958
association football player
Armand Borel
1923 – 2003
mathematician
Louis Gauchat
1866 – 1942
linguist
Hans Iklé
1906 – 1996
equestrian
Timon Rüegg
b. 1996
sport cyclist
Leonie Krail
b. 1986
figure skater
Gerhard Waldmann
b. 1959
swimmer
Annik Marguet
b. 1981
sport shooter
Sascha Stulz
b. 1988
association football player
Rémi Bonnet
b. 1995
ski mountaineer
Felix Hollenstein
b. 1965
ice hockey player
Pirmin Bischof
b. 1959
politician
Marguerite Bays
1815 – 1879
dressmaker
Hedwig Rieder
1920 – 1978
fencer
Samuel Blaser
b. 1981
music arranger
Lino Guzzella
b. 1957
engineer
Robert Adolf Naef
1907 – 1975
astronomer
Karl Meier
1897 – 1974
actor
Johann Conrad Winz
1757 – 1828
politician
Arnold Bögli
b. 1897
amateur wrestler
Albert J. Welti
1894 – 1965
painter
Sabine Timoteo
b. 1975
actor
Urs Stammbach
b. 1939
mathematician
Erich Maechler
b. 1960
sport cyclist
Heinrich Bichler
1466 – 1484
painter
Tanja Schwander
b. 1978
researcher
Pierre Courthion
1902 – 1988
art critic
Tonia Maria Zindel
b. 1972
stage actor
Nicolas Bochatay
1964 – 1992
alpine skier
Uros Vasic
b. 2001
association football player
Anna Renfer
1896 – 1984
Francisco Sierra
b. 1977
painter
Rodolphe Kasser
1927 – 2013
linguist
Gennaro Olivieri
1922 – 2009
ice hockey player
Urs Suter
b. 1959
association football player
Yolande Jobin
1930 – 2010
figure skater
Karl Gamma
1927 – 2021
alpine skier
Moritz Anton Cappeller
1685 – 1769
naturalist
Bruno Giacometti
1907 – 2012
architect
Sophie Michaud Gigon
b. 1975
politician
Zoël Amberg
b. 1992
racing driver
Jürg Amann
1947 – 2013
dramaturge
Konrad Osterwalder
1942 – 2025
mathematician
Raphael Ris
1728 – 1813
rabbi
Martin Suter
b. 1948
screenwriter
David Gervasi
b. 1983
combined track and field event athlete
Thomas Studer
b. 1972
writer
Philippe Rahmy
1965 – 2017
poet
Ernest Ansermet
1883 – 1969
conductor
Monique Bauer-Lagier
1922 – 2006
politician
Claude Torracinta
1934 – 2024
journalist
Giorgio Gomelsky
1934 – 2016
entrepreneur
Jean Lecoultre
1930 – 2023
painter
René Neyer
b. 1961
amateur wrestler
Alessio Besio
b. 2004
association football player
Paul Strebel
economist
Hans Zoller
1922 – 2020
bobsledder
Dylan Stadelmann
b. 1989
association football player
Adolphe Hug
1923 – 2006
association football player
Dorothea Trudel
1813 – 1862
pastor
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
1823 – 1914
entomologist
Elsbeth Stagel
1300 – 1360
nun
Christine Schaffner
b. 1979
sport cyclist
Alfred Gaschen
1892 – 1977
long-distance runner
Regine Schindler
1935 – 2013
writer
Edgar Oehler
1942 – 2025
journalist
Ruth Humbel
b. 1957
politician
Farhad Rachidi
b. 1962
electrical engineer
John Wolf Brennan
b. 1954
composer
Heinz Isler
b. 1960
sport cyclist
Patrick Küng
b. 1984
alpine skier
Hubert Lauper
1944 – 2024
politician
Edi Heiz
b. 1947
canoeist
Jürg Berger
b. 1954
ice hockey player
Marc Lee
b. 1969
television producer
Marlies Oberholzer
b. 1958
alpine skier
Rahel Tschopp
b. 2000
association football player
Gion Schnyder
b. 1986
orienteer
Maggy Breittmayer
1888 – 1961
violinist
Princess Zahra Aga Khan
b. 1970
Philanthropist
Walther von Bonstetten
1867 – 1949
military personnel
Toni Feldmann
b. 1948
professional athlete
Lukas Vischer
1926 – 2008
theologian
Reto Müller
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
1899 – 1985
politician
Marthe Rakine
1906 – 1996
painter
Matthias Michel
b. 1963
politician
Darian Maleš
b. 2001
association football player
David Hess
1770 – 1843
painter
Auguste Arthur De la Rive
1801 – 1873
physicist
Romain Crevoisier
b. 1965
association football player
Ylena In-Albon
b. 1999
tennis player