Switzerland
People of this nationality
Steve Hirschi
b. 1981
ice hockey player
Hans Coray
1906 – 1991
designer
Ali Ghaleb Himmat
b. 1938
businessperson
Dominique Warluzel
1957 – 2022
lawyer
Victor Ruffy
1823 – 1869
politician
Florian Roost
b. 1989
ice dancer
Ernst Fäs
1909 – 1980
sport cyclist
Ruth Waldburger
b. 1951
film producer
Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli
1716 – 1780
farmer
Bastien Girod
b. 1980
politician
Alfred Baur
1865 – 1951
art collector
Harumi Klossowska de Rola
b. 1973
sculptor
Milaim Rama
b. 1976
association football player
Ernst Fuhrimann
b. 1913
sport cyclist
Fadri Mosca
b. 1973
snowboarder
Edmond H. Fischer
1920 – 2021
biochemist
Rudi Zollinger
b. 1944
sport cyclist
Luc Argand
b. 1948
sailor
Jürg Luchs
b. 1956
sport cyclist
Armin Schibler
1920 – 1986
composer
Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf
1791 – 1857
entomologist
Gottlieb Perren
1926 – 2014
alpine skier
Karl Fridlin
b. 1935
swimmer
Roger Toffel
1909 – 1969
field hockey player
Savitri Khanolkar
1913 – 1990
designer
Emile Anner
b. 1940
boxer
Claudia Peczinka
b. 1968
synchronized swimmer
Ella Touon
b. 2003
association football player
Alain Corminbœuf
b. 1966
association football player
Edmond Loichot
1905 – 1989
association football player
Salomé de Gélieu
1742 – 1820
governess
Chelsea Fontenel
b. 2004
tennis player
Franz Türler
1895 – 1968
rower
Lore Berger
1921 – 1943
writer
Mia Emmenegger
b. 2005
handball player
Hubert Thomann
b. 1962
association football player
Alain Wegmann
b. 1957
computer scientist
Michaël Buffat
b. 1979
politician
Amaru Reto Schenkel
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Francesco Saverio Riva
1702 – 1783
writer
Werner Lüdi
1936 – 2000
journalist
Glig Tschudi
1505 – 1572
Beat Okle
sport cyclist
Ivo Staub
b. 1995
swimmer
Valérie de Gasparin
1813 – 1894
non-fiction writer
Joseph Jehle
1885 – 2000
sport shooter
John Gaspar Scheuchzer
1702 – 1729
naturalist
Walter Brun
b. 1942
businessperson
Albert Ziegler
1927 – 2022
philosopher
Paul Thalmann
b. 1884
association football player
Daniele Polverino
b. 1976
association football player
Augustin Gretillat
1837 – 1894
theologian
Simon Roth
curler
Hanspeter Latour
b. 1947
association football player
Antoine Dorsaz
b. 1989
figure skater
Joanna Harcourt-Smith
1946 – 2020
writer
Lionel Donato
b. 1964
association football player
Cornelia Bürki
b. 1953
athletics competitor
Nicolas Kolly
b. 1986
politician
Ami Butini
1718 – 1780
theologian
Laurent Bourgnon
1966 – 2015
sailor
Bruno Huber
1930 – 1999
astrologer
Zlatko Perica
b. 1969
guitarist
Arnold von Winkelried
1340 – 1386
peasant
Paul Tournier
1898 – 1986
physician
Jacques E. Brandenberger
1872 – 1954
chemist
Bernard Bertossa
b. 1942
jurist
Thomas Platter the Elder
1499 – 1582
writer
Silke Schwager
b. 1969
cross-country skier
Christoph Merian
1800 – 1858
agronomist
Johann Georg von Zimmermann
1728 – 1795
botanist
Walter Rahm
b. 1954
bobsledder
Bernhard Hess
b. 1966
politician
Johan Jacobs
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Karin Borner
1935 – 2025
figure skater
Corine Mauch
b. 1960
politician
Thierno Bah
b. 1982
association football player
Renaud de Planta
b. 1963
banker
Endre Malcolm Holéczy
b. 1982
theatre director
Marianne Alvoni
b. 1964
fashion designer
August Hiss
association football player
Daniele Russo
b. 1985
association football player
Laurence Bidaud
b. 1968
curler
Salome Clausen
b. 1986
singer
Roland Perret
1927 – 2006
equestrian
Philippe Koch
b. 1991
association football player
Walter Hofstetter
b. 1923
athletics competitor
Paul Huber
1910 – 1971
physicist
Werner Seifert
b. 1949
manager
Charles Soret
1854 – 1904
physicist
Alexander von Senger
1880 – 1968
architect
René Deck
b. 1945
association football player
Hans-Peter Zwicker
b. 1960
association football player
Pavel Karpf
1969 – 2021
association football player
Markus Jiskra
b. 1901
taekwondo athlete
Davide Callà
b. 1984
association football player
Samuele Preisig
b. 1984
association football player
Sebalter
b. 1985
singer
Mathias Rüegg
b. 1952
pianist
Adrian Lehmann
1989 – 2024
marathon runner