Switzerland
People of this nationality
Johann Ludwig Aberli
1723 – 1786
painter
Zimoun
b. 1977
sound artist
Simone Keller
b. 1980
pianist
Hanne Schenk
b. 1984
bobsledder
Jakob Klaesi
1883 – 1980
psychiatrist
Paul Giger
b. 1952
composer
Niko Geldner
b. 1972
researcher
Hans Straub
b. 1928
canoeist
Guido Cavagna
b. 1917
politician
Hélène de Gingins
1828 – 1905
salonnière
Nikolai Ziber
1844 – 1888
economist
Salomon Gessner
1730 – 1788
poet
Charlotte Chable
b. 1994
alpine skier
Kevin Schawinski
b. 1981
astrophysicist
Lill Tschudi
1911 – 2004
printmaker
Mario Valota
1918 – 2000
fencer
Victor Borghi
1912 – 1986
cross-country skier
Robert Pinget
1919 – 1997
novelist
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 – 1990
sculptor
Stefanie Martin-Kilcher
b. 1945
classical archaeologist
Üli Hofmann
b. 1953
ice hockey player
Urs Tobler
b. 1971
sport shooter
Laurent Gagnebin
b. 1939
pastor
Eugène Burnand
1850 – 1921
painter
Josef Winiger
1855 – 1929
politician
Christine Stückelberger
b. 1947
dressage rider
Johan Berisha
b. 1979
association football player
Charlotte Ruegger
musician
Werner Meyer
1914 – 1985
handball player
Reverend Beat-Man
b. 1967
disc jockey
Georges Borgeaud
1914 – 1998
writer
Ingeborg Scheel
1907 – 2000
fencer
Franz Isenegger
bobsledder
Philippe-Auguste Guye
1862 – 1922
chemist
Gold Omotayo
b. 1994
association football player
Max Laich
b. 1884
association football player
Beat Hefti
b. 1978
bobsledder
Thomas Wyss
b. 1966
association football player
Adolf Meier
1902 – 1949
athlete
Nils Liess
b. 1996
swimmer
Cristina Favre-Moretti
b. 1963
ski mountaineer
Marcel Blanc
1935 – 2023
politician
Diego Fasolis
b. 1958
conductor
Ursula Hess
b. 1946
athlete
Ronnie Rüeger
b. 1973
ice hockey player
Christian Benda
b. 2000
conductor
Frank Erne
1875 – 1954
boxer
Armin Kellersberger
1838 – 1905
politician
Jérémie Heitz
b. 1989
freestyle skier
Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini
1881 – 1958
painter
Dominique Slongo
b. 1988
ice hockey player
Christine von Grünigen
b. 1964
alpine skier
Franz Riedweg
1907 – 2005
physician
René Stüssi
b. 1978
ice hockey player
Anita Protti
b. 1964
sprinter
Dominik Leder
b. 1964
association football player
Karin Singer
b. 1966
swimmer
Wolfgang Lachner
1465 – 1518
bookseller
Rémy Bertola
b. 1998
tennis player
Radu Nunweiller
b. 1944
association football player
Katrin Müller
b. 1989
freestyle skier
Annemarie Bischofberger
b. 1960
alpine skier
Rolf Weber
b. 1934
pentathlete
Jean Rousset
1910 – 2002
university teacher
Fritz Künzli
1946 – 2019
association football player
Raymond Kamber
1929 – 2010
canoeist
Martin R. Dean
b. 1955
writer
Angelo Gnaedinger
b. 1951
diplomat
Selina Rychiger
b. 2003
curler
Alisha Lehmann
b. 1999
association football player
Marianne Kolb
b. 1958
artist
Georges Polier de Bottens
1675 – 1759
theologian
Nathaniel St André
1680 – 1776
obstetrician
Johannes Hegetschweiler
1789 – 1839
botanist
Markus Affolter
b. 1958
university teacher
Willy Favez
writer
Richard Mähr
curler
Johann Graf
1852 – 1918
mathematician
Mika Brunold
b. 2004
tennis player
Johann Jakob Biedermann
1763 – 1830
painter
Roger-Émile Aubry
1923 – 2010
Catholic priest
Werner Leimgruber
1934 – 2025
association football player
Simon Strübin
b. 1979
curler
Lukas Winterberg
b. 1988
cyclo-cross cyclist
Xavier Hochstrasser
b. 1988
association football player
Christian Wenger
b. 1925
cross-country skier
Milo Emil Halbheer
1910 – 1978
painter
Fanny Moser
1848 – 1925
Edgar Heilbronner
1921 – 2006
chemist
Esther de Gélieu
1757 – 1817
teacher
Alfred Hartmann
association football player
Stephan Keiser
b. 1958
curler
Jules Philippin
1818 – 1882
politician
Henri Tournier
1834 – 1904
entomologist
Johann Heinrich Gelzer
1813 – 1889
historian
Romain Grosjean
b. 1986
racing automobile driver
Bianca Mayer
b. 1979
pianist
Timea Bacsinszky
b. 1989
tennis player
Peter Stocker
b. 1956
rower
Benoît Genecand
1964 – 2021
consultant