Switzerland
People of this nationality
Robert Reitz
1884 – 1951
concertmaster
Beatrix Mesmer
1931 – 2015
historian of Modern Age
Fritz Bossi
1896 – 1971
sport cyclist
Jason Dupasquier
2001 – 2021
motorcycle racer
Patrick Hürlimann
b. 1963
curler
Philippe Cravero
b. 1970
association football player
Erwin Bolthausen
b. 1945
mathematician
Martin Schütz
b. 1954
cellist
Hans Zulliger
1893 – 1965
teacher
Oscar Rauch
b. 1907
association football player
Walter Steiner
1946 – 2020
rower
Boris Smiljanić
b. 1976
association football player
Remo Pianezzi
1927 – 2015
sport cyclist
Frédérique Perler
b. 1960
politician
Charles Martel
1860 – 1945
librarian
Carlo Janka
b. 1986
alpine skier
Max Rudolf
1891 – 2000
rower
Ernst Rudin
canoeist
Rudolf Handmann
1862 – 1940
biblical scholar
Emil J. Straube
b. 1952
mathematician
Georges Perroud
1941 – 2023
association football player
Slaviša Dugić
b. 1985
association football player
Eric Nussbaumer
b. 1960
politician
Jacques Fatton
1925 – 2011
association football player
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
1746 – 1827
pedagogue
Willy Fitting
1925 – 2017
fencer
Edouard Wyss-Dunant
1897 – 1983
explorer
Christian Pfeuti
b. 1950
cross-country skier
Andre Cueni
b. 1960
association football player
Willy Sommer
1925 – 2001
association football player
Leonidas Stergiou
b. 2002
association football player
Robert Hürlimann
b. 1905
water polo player
Valentine Friedli
1929 – 2016
politician
Marcel Sulliger
b. 1967
alpine skier
Roger Stirn
1915 – 1971
athlete
René Strehler
b. 1934
sport cyclist
Pauli Jaks
b. 1972
ice hockey player
Anna Rossinelli
b. 1987
singer-songwriter
Maja Schmid
b. 1967
freestyle skier
Laurent Bartholdi
mathematician
Walter Wegmüller
1937 – 2020
painter
Felix Platter
1536 – 1614
physician
Paul Cérésole
1832 – 1905
politician
Werner Müller
1922 – 2006
canoeist
Lukas Mühlemann
b. 1950
businessperson
Rolf Fehlbaum
b. 1941
businessperson
Beate Schnitter
1929 – 2023
architect
Oscar de Satge
1836 – 1906
politician
Nadia Styger
b. 1978
alpine skier
Alex Widmer
1956 – 2008
banker
Thorsten Domke
b. 1970
karateka
Christoph Lehmann
b. 1968
ski jumper
Ruth Baumberger
orienteer
Oscar Waldmann
1856 – 1937
sculptor
Martina Kocher
b. 1985
luger
Franz X Vollenweider
b. 1954
researcher
Simon Bodenmann
b. 1988
ice hockey player
Prakash Hinduja
b. 1945
business executive
Michael Theurillat
b. 1961
writer
Michel Bühler
1945 – 2022
singer
Henri Girardet
1848 – 1917
painter
Nicolas Andermatt
b. 1995
association football player
Simon Friedli
b. 1991
bobsledder
Armand Dufaux
1883 – 1941
inventor
Daniel Preradovic
b. 1992
association football player
Georg Kreis
b. 1943
historian of Modern Age
Allan Porter
1934 – 2022
photographer
Felice Varini
b. 1952
installation artist
Yvette Jaggi
b. 1941
politician
Linda Züblin
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Hans Wahli
1927 – 2012
high jumper
Daniel Wunderlin
b. 1960
artistic gymnast
Otto Ackermann
1909 – 1960
musician
Venanz Egger
b. 1954
cross-country skier
Dominique de Quervain
b. 1968
neuroscientist
Ulrich Boner
1280 – 1350
writer
Arthur Cohn
1927 – 2025
film producer
Myriam Casanova
b. 1985
tennis player
Jakob Tischhauser
b. 1942
alpine skier
Beat Müller
b. 1978
sport shooter
Eric Hänni
1938 – 2024
judoka
Raoul Albert La Roche
1889 – 1965
art collector
Ferdinand A. Brader
1833 – 1901
draftsperson
Charles Samuel Bovy-Lysberg
1821 – 1873
composer
Silvan Thüler
1932 – 2011
association football player
Rolf Meier
b. 1969
association football player
Adolf Dietrich
1877 – 1957
painter
Johannes Baur
1795 – 1865
hotel manager
Manuela Bezzola
b. 1989
taekwondo athlete
Melvin Nyffeler
b. 1994
ice hockey player
Bernard Crettaz
1938 – 2022
writer
Alexander Malta
1938 – 2016
singer
Adolph Rickenbacker
1887 – 1976
musical instrument maker
Daniel Glaus
b. 1957
composer
Yves Platel
b. 1977
swimmer
Timo Helbling
b. 1981
ice hockey player
Otto Bossart
b. 1876
association football player
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
1762 – 1834
poet
Hans Gmür
1927 – 2004
composer
Edgar Friedli
1933 – 2024
professional athlete