Switzerland
People of this nationality
Walter Keller
sprinter
Christine Meier
b. 1986
ice hockey player
Jörg Fisch
1947 – 2024
historian of Modern Age
Urs Leupold
1923 – 2006
geneticist
Nicole Grasset
1927 – 2009
epidemiologist
Fabian Weiss
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Ralph Rüegg
b. 1973
bobsledder
Jacqueline Thévoz
1926 – 2021
novelist
Max von Mühlenen
1903 – 1971
painter
Benno Besson
1922 – 2006
theatre director
Petermann Ammann
Riccardo Meili
b. 1982
association football player
Lea Müller
b. 1982
orienteer
Robin Donzé
b. 2003
sport cyclist
Michael Brunner
b. 1995
curler
Sophie Hediger
1998 – 2024
snowboarder
Mustafa Sejmenović
b. 1986
association football player
Caroline Dayer
b. 1978
writer
Elisabeth Kopp
1936 – 2023
politician
Karl Emil Wild
1856 – 1923
politician
Hans Jakob Pestalozzi
1801 – 1874
politician
Hans Rudolf Gysin
1940 – 2023
politician
Serge Trinchero
b. 1949
association football player
Felix Schmid
1454 – 1524
politician
Hans Kleinpeter
1936 – 2004
athlete
François Nordmann
b. 1942
diplomat
Julie Derron
b. 1996
triathlete
Heini Lohrer
1918 – 2011
ice hockey player
Petsch Moser
b. 1960
freestyle skier
Gilbert Étienne
1928 – 2014
economist
Michael Reusch
1914 – 1989
artistic gymnast
Jean-François Fournier
b. 1966
journalist
Ulrich Almer
1849 – 1940
mountain guide
Nicole Koller
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Maurice Chappaz
1916 – 2009
poet
Émilie Gourd
1879 – 1946
journalist
Werner Bärtschi
b. 1950
composer
Danique Stein
b. 1990
association football player
Michael Krausz
1942 – 2025
philosopher
Charles Casali
1923 – 2014
association football player
Gertrud Frisch-von Meyenburg
1916 – 2009
architect
Angela Koller
b. 1983
politician
Mona Chollet
b. 1973
essayist
René Grandjean
1884 – 1963
engineer
Anna Pestalozzi-Schulthess
1738 – 1815
pedagogue
Carlos Figueira
b. 1953
painter
Brigitte Fournier
b. 1961
opera singer
Andreas Meier
b. 1962
politician
Fritz Borgnis
1906 – 1982
teacher
Robert Grogg
b. 1948
Albert Vitali
1955 – 2020
politician
Marco Battilana
b. 1976
curler
Alexander Ebner
association football player
Françoise Burdet
b. 1967
bobsledder
Philibert Secretan
1926 – 2024
journalist
Armin Vock
b. 1952
artistic gymnast
Aurèle Nicolet
1926 – 2016
musician
Evelyne Tschopp
b. 1991
judoka
Philipp Baumberger
b. 1967
association football player
Michael Henss
b. 1941
art historian
Sophie Anthamatten
b. 1991
ice hockey player
Ludwig Minelli
1932 – 2025
journalist
Franz Anton Bustelli
1723 – 1763
ceramicist
Melanie Hofmann
b. 1977
dressage rider
Patrick Sommer
b. 1976
composer
Stefan Wolf
b. 1971
association football player
Marie Adam-Doerrer
1838 – 1908
women's rights activist
Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan
b. 1958
painter
Linda Zanetti
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Gillian White
1939 – 2026
sculptor
John Syz Sr.
1822 – 1883
merchant
Paul Wernle
1872 – 1939
church historian
Pierre Goloubinoff
b. 1957
biochemist
Albert Frédéric Jean Galeer
1810 – 1851
teacher
Hans Georg Stehlin
1870 – 1941
paleontologist
John Augustus Sutter, Jr.
1826 – 1897
urban planner
Urs Glutz von Blotzheim
1751 – 1816
politician
Hans Bloesch
1878 – 1945
journalist
Bigna Silberschmidt
b. 1985
journalist
Rolf Wüthrich
1938 – 2004
association football player
Amir Abrashi
b. 1990
association football player
Francine John-Calame
b. 1954
politician
Lesley Ramseier
b. 1997
association football player
Michèle Schenk
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Eva Roller
1501 – 1573
Susan Boos
b. 1963
journalist
Walter Prager
1910 – 1984
alpine skier
René Borchanne
1905 – 1979
writer
Jessica Schlegel
b. 2000
ice hockey player
Stephanie Glaser
1920 – 2011
stage actor
Cäsar von Arx
1895 – 1949
writer
Grisélidis Réal
1929 – 2005
writer
Alfred Vogt
1879 – 1943
ophthalmologist
Freddy Homburger
1916 – 2001
oncologist
Marcel Guenin
b. 1937
mathematician
Heinrich Anton Müller
1869 – 1930
painter
Simona Meiler
b. 1989
snowboarder
Lauren Grüniger
b. 2007
rhythmic gymnast
Peter Vetsch
b. 1943
architect
Raphael Diaz
b. 1986
ice hockey player