Switzerland
People of this nationality
Hans Heinrich Ryffel
1804 – 1880
businessperson
Martin Brandenburger
canoeist
Georges Geldner
b. 1872
association football player
David Papaux
b. 1981
judoka
Camille Decoppet
1862 – 1925
politician
Édouard-Marcel Sandoz
1881 – 1971
sculptor
Edmond Davall
1793 – 1860
judge
Adrien Bossel
b. 1986
tennis player
Geneviève Aubry
1928 – 2026
politician
Eva Senn
b. 1952
equestrian
Michael Schärer
b. 1996
snowboarder
Usama Al Shahmani
b. 1971
writer
Pia Fries
b. 1955
painter
Jan Berger
b. 1976
association football player
Ernest Perron
1908 – 1961
Rico Peter
b. 1983
bobsledder
Edmund Landolt
1846 – 1926
ophthalmologist
Simone Drexel
b. 1957
singer
Katia Loritz
1932 – 2015
actor
Bernard Comment
b. 1960
publisher
Timothy Kast
b. 1988
ice hockey player
Jean-Baptiste Girard
1765 – 1850
pedagogue
Steve von Bergen
b. 1983
association football player
Dario Simion
b. 1994
ice hockey player
Colin Vallon
b. 1980
pianist
Louis Dufour
1873 – 1944
ice hockey player
François Barraud
1899 – 1934
painter
Alfred Leiser
b. 1929
athletics competitor
Daniel Huber
1768 – 1829
astronomer
Petrus Dasypodius
1495 – 1559
lexicographer
Frank Bridel
1924 – 2026
journalist
Xenia Knoll
b. 1992
tennis player
Roger Schaffter
1917 – 1998
politician
Raymond Lambert
1914 – 1997
mountaineer
Julius Pokorný
1887 – 1970
linguist
Silvia Steiner
b. 1958
politician
Jonas Lüscher
b. 1976
writer
Anna Waser
1678 – 1714
painter
Andrea Brühlmann
b. 1984
sport shooter
Marina Carobbio Guscetti
b. 1966
politician
Bruno Leuzinger
1886 – 1952
ice hockey player
Ulrich Schlüer
b. 1944
politician
Hermann Lindt
1872 – 1937
politician
Mélanie René
b. 1990
singer
Marisa Winkelhausen
b. 1988
curler
Frédérique Oggier
b. 1977
researcher
Stefan Müller
b. 1979
javelin thrower
Marcel Eichenberger
b. 1960
canoeist
August Lehmann
1909 – 1973
association football player
Barbara Mettler
b. 1971
cross-country skier
Markus Borner
1945 – 2020
zoologist
Sylvia Gähwiller
1909 – 1999
opera singer
Pierre-André Page
b. 1960
farmer
Elmar Schmid
b. 1947
music educator
Melchior Anderegg
1828 – 1914
mountaineer
Joseph Charles Benziger
1762 – 1841
bookseller
Joseph Widmer
1779 – 1844
philosopher
Cornelia Meyer
b. 1959
economist
Johann Hasler
1548 – 1593
theologian
Nina Brunner
b. 1995
volleyball player
Raymond Maffiolo
1938 – 2024
association football player
Karl Pestalozzi
1825 – 1891
engineer
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
b. 1971
composer
Klaus Scherer
b. 1943
psychologist
Andrea Robbi
1864 – 1945
artist
Joanne Züger
b. 2000
tennis player
Josef Anton Schobinger
1849 – 1911
politician
Kaspar Mülinen
1481 – 1538
politician
Simon Trummer
b. 1989
racing automobile driver
Daniel Leo
b. 2001
association football player
Karl Odermatt
b. 1942
association football player
Pierre Joseph de Rivaz
1711 – 1772
historian
Fritz Joost
b. 1954
sport cyclist
Teruko Yokoi
1924 – 2020
painter
Yves Velan
1925 – 2017
writer
Jean-Jacques Maurer
1931 – 1990
association football player
Thomas Minder
b. 1960
politician
Artur Beul
1915 – 2010
composer
Michel Mayor
b. 1942
university teacher
Nina Fehr Düsel
b. 1980
politician
Helena Winkelman
b. 1974
composer
Alexandre Ineichen
b. 1967
Catholic priest
Barbara von Grebel-Schiendorfer
b. 1950
equestrian
Daniel Kaiser
amateur wrestler
Thibe Deseyn
b. 2003
ski mountaineer
Albin Krasniqi
b. 2003
association football player
Heinz Jenni
1951 – 1992
ice hockey player
Arnaud Tonus
b. 1991
motocross rider
Roland Siegwart
b. 1959
university teacher
Alois Reinhard
1894 – 1957
rower
Dragan Damjanović
researcher
Charlotte Kähr
b. 2001
handball player
Gaston Chevrolet
1892 – 1920
motorcycle racer
Théophile Steinlen
1859 – 1923
painter
Albert Büchi
1907 – 1988
sport cyclist
Jakob Labhardt
1881 – 1949
military personnel
Ruth Schmid
orienteer
August Bischler
1865 – 1957
chemist
Martin Jäger
b. 1987
cross-country skier
Louis Curchod
1826 – 1889
engineer