Switzerland
People of this nationality
David González
b. 1986
association football player
Therese Kämpfer
b. 1958
wheelchair curler
Jean Troillet
b. 1948
explorer
René Berger
1915 – 2009
art historian
Jakob Ackeret
1898 – 1981
physicist
Christoph Zürcher
b. 1967
historian
Valentin Guillod
b. 1992
motocross rider
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1889 – 1958
politician
Fritz Schär
1926 – 1997
sport cyclist
Karl Bielser
b. 1903
association football player
Filip Frei
b. 2001
association football player
Robert Käslin
1871 – 1934
jurist
Jost Meier
1939 – 2022
composer
Joseph Candolfi
1922 – 2011
Catholic priest
Anna Heer
1863 – 1918
physician
Marcel Kunz
1943 – 2017
association football player
Onyinyechi Zogg
b. 1997
association football player
Elsa Oderholz
b. 1901
canoeist
Thibault Frossard
b. 1993
ice hockey player
Ersilia Fossati
1921 – 1999
politician
Christian Meili
b. 1963
bobsledder
Niki Marty
b. 1973
athlete
Karl Friedrich Hagenbach
1771 – 1849
botanist
Gotthard Schuh
1897 – 1969
artist
Max Waldmeier
1912 – 2000
astronomer
Simona Aebersold
b. 1998
orienteer
Roman Röösli
b. 1993
rower
Rico Bianchi
1930 – 2025
rower
Jonas Omlin
b. 1994
association football player
Johann Rudolf Pfyffer von Altishofen
1615 – 1657
military personnel
Toni Branca
1916 – 1985
racing automobile driver
Arthur Reinmann
1901 – 1983
weightlifter
Jean-Pierre Moulin
1922 – 2023
writer
Claudio Baccalà
1923 – 2007
painter
François de Ziegler
1922 – 2006
diplomat
Friedrich Lüthi
1850 – 1913
sport shooter
Giuseppa Caterina Totti
1748 – 1824
Nicholas of Flüe
1417 – 1487
magistrate
Aglaja Veteranyi
1962 – 2002
actor
Ursula Kübler
1928 – 2010
dancer
Marc Lombard
Jan Gerber
b. 1981
businessperson
Adèle Pestalozzi
1864 – 1933
women's rights activist
Peter W. Staub
1910 – 2000
actor
Theodor Wirz
1842 – 1901
politician
Arthur Eugster
Robert Haab
1865 – 1939
politician
Simon Beyeler
b. 1982
sport shooter
Hans Kossmann
b. 1962
ice hockey player
Magdalena Aebi
1898 – 1980
philosopher
André Bösiger
1913 – 2005
anarcho-syndicalist
Stefan Bachmann
b. 1993
writer
Eike Neubert
b. 1957
malacologist
Pascal Tappeiner
b. 2003
sport cyclist
Jeremy Seewer
b. 1994
motocross rider
Ricco
1915 – 1972
painter
Alexandra Hasler
b. 1997
snowboarder
George Blaurock
1492 – 1529
evangelist
Martha Cunz
1876 – 1961
painter
Erika Stucky
b. 1962
film actor
Patrick Netzer
curler
Denis Markaj
b. 1991
association football player
Otto Wittwer
b. 1937
ice hockey player
Martin Rueda
b. 1963
association football player
Ueli Aebi
1946 – 2025
university teacher
André Firmenich
1905 – 1965
athlete
Silvan Sidler
b. 1998
association football player
Krešimir Stanić
b. 1985
association football player
Rolf Bernhard
b. 1949
athletics competitor
Pascal Jenny
b. 1978
association football player
Erwin Engeler
1930 – 2026
mathematician
Kathy Leander
b. 1963
singer
Nina Stapelfeldt
b. 1995
association football player
Sarclo
b. 1951
singer
Becir Omeragic
b. 2002
association football player
Gisela Oeri
b. 1955
honorary presidency
Marco Miranda
b. 1998
ice hockey player
Fredi Egger
b. 1941
artistic gymnast
Hans Rau
association football player
André Filippini
1924 – 2013
entrepreneur
Tanja Zimmermann
b. 1967
materials scientist
Edi Schild
1919 – 2008
cross-country skier
Georges de Rham
1903 – 1990
mathematician
Thomas Hartmann
b. 1967
association football player
Ambrosi Hoffmann
b. 1977
alpine skier
Fulvio Cimino
b. 1968
association football player
François-Louis Cailler
1796 – 1852
entrepreneur
Jean Hoerni
1924 – 1997
physicist
Rudolf Geigy
1902 – 1995
zoologist
Niklaus Stöckli
b. 1939
association football player
Marwa Daoudy
political scientist
Eveline Bodenmüller
b. 1985
equestrian
Walter Heuer
1908 – 1977
writer
Giuseppe Dermon
b. 1945
cross-country skier
Kurt Maeder
b. 1952
equestrian
Gian Pietro Riva
1696 – 1785
translator
Paul Robert
1867 – 1903
fencer
Caroline Spahni
b. 1982
bobsledder
Heinrich Nidecker
1894 – 1982
philologist
Alain Claude Sulzer
b. 1953
writer