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This is a list of 'famous Swiss' and notable people from or resident in Switzerland and cantons forming present-day Switzerland.
''See also: ''Swiss (people)

Contents

Architecture

Actors

Art

Aviation

Business

Linguistics

Mathematics

Military

Music

Philosophy

Psychology and Pedagogy

Politics

Religion

Science

A-F

G-O

P-Z

Sports

Writers

Others

Not included

Architecture

★ Francesco Borromini (1599-1667), architect in Italy

★ Mario Botta (born 1943), architect

★ Le Corbusier (''Charles-Edouard Jeanneret''), (1887-1965), architect

★ Albert Frey (1903-1998), architect

★ Jacques Herzog (born 1950), architect

★ Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967), architect

★ William Lescaze (1896-1969)

★ Carlo Maderno (1556-1629), architect in Italy

★ Pierre de Meuron (born 1950), architect

★ Domenico Trezzini (1670-1734) architect in Saint Petersburg

Actors

★ Ursula Andress (born 1936), actress

★ Bruno Ganz (born 1941), actor

★ Mathias Gnädinger (born 1941), actor

★ Grock (1880-1959), clown

★ Irène Jacob (born 1966), actress

★ Liselotte Pulver (born 1929)

★ Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian

★ Caterina Valente (born 1931), singer, actress

Art

★ Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), painter

★ Cuno Peter Amiet (1868-1961)

★ Albert Anker (1831-1910)

★ Jean Arp (1886-1966), sculptor, painter and poet

★ René Auberjonois (1872-1957), painter

★ François Bocion (1828-1890), painter

★ Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), painter

★ Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), painter of the American West

★ Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955), painter, installation artist, and critic

★ Frank Buchser (1828-1890), painter

★ Alexandre Calame (1810-1864), painter

★ Vivian Crettol (born 1973), painter

★ Jean Crotti (1878-1958), painter

★ Hans Erni (born 1909)

★ Fischli & Weiss (born 1946 & 1952), artist duo

★ Johann Caspar Füssli (1706-1782), portrait painter

★ Henry Fuseli (''Johann Heinrich Füssli'') (1741-1825), painter

★ Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786), entomologist

★ Salomon Gessner (1730-1788)

★ Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), sculptor, painter

★ H. R. Giger (born 1940), illustrator

★ Anton Graff (1736-1813), painter

★ Eugène Grasset (1845-1917), decorative artist

★ Willi Gutmann (born 1927), sculptor

★ Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), painter

★ Max Huber (1919-1992), graphic designer

★ Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), painter

★ Paul Klee (1879-1940), painter

★ Rudolf Koller (1828-1905), painter

★ Niklaus Manuel (1484-1530), painter

★ Roger Pfund (born 1943), painter, graphic designer

★ James Pradier (1790-1852), sculptor

★ Oskar Reinhart (1885-1965), collector

★ Iris von Roten-Meyer (1917-1990), lawyer and artist

★ Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), sculptor, became Swiss in 1971

★ Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923), painter and printmaker

★ Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943), painter, sculptor

★ Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), kinetic artist

★ Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)

★ Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), painter

★ Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938), painter

Aviation

★ Oskar Bider (1891-1919)

★ Henri Dufaux (1879-1980)

★ Armand Dufaux (1883-1941)

★ Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937), pilot, director Ad Astra, Swissair

★ Claude Nicollier (born 1944), pilot, astronaut

★ Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist

★ Yves Rossy (born 1959), pilot, "jet-man"

★ Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931), balloonist

Business

★ Carl Franz Bally (1821-1899), founder of the Bally Shoe company

★ Abraham Louis Breguet (1747-1823), watchmaker

★ François-Louis Cailler (1796-1852), chocolatier

★ Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941), automobile engineer

★ Alfred Escher (1819-1882), statesman, businessman and railway constructor

★ Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767-1823), architect of the Lint melioration

★ Louis Favre (1826-1879), engineer of the Gotthard tunnel

★ Nicolas Hayek (born 1928), entrepreneur, chairman, Swatch Group

★ Antoine LeCoultre, entrepreneur and watchmaker

★ Jürg Marquard (born 1945), magazine publisher and Swiss television star (Traumjob)

★ Henri Nestlé (1814-1890), founder of Nestlé S.A.

★ Georges Edouard Piaget (1855-1931), watchmaker

★ Beat Fischer von Reichenbach (1641-1698), held postal monopoly in Berne

★ Daniel Jean-Richard (1665-1741), watchmaker

★ Philippe Suchard (1797-1884), chocolatier

★ William de Vigier (1912-2003), entrepreneur

Linguistics

★ Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), linguist

Mathematics

★ Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), mathematician and physicist

★ Jakob Bernoulli (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician

★ Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician

★ Armand Borel (1923-2003), mathematician

★ Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), mathematician and geometer

★ Michel Plancherel (1885-1967), mathematician

★ Georges de Rham (1903-1990), mathematician

★ Ludwig Schläfli (1814-1895), mathematician

★ Jakob Steiner (1796-1863), mathematician and physicist

Military

★ Pierre Victor Besenval de Bronstatt (1721-1791)

★ Guillaume-Henri Dufour (1787-1875), General, geographer

★ Joachim Forrer (1782-1833)

★ Henri Guisan (1874-1960), General during WWII

★ Hans Herzog (1819-1894), General 1870-1871

★ Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779-1869), General, military writer

★ Christophe Keckeis (born 1945), Chief of the Armed Forces (since 2004)

★ Elmar Mäder, commander of the Swiss Guard (2002-)

★ Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher (1716-1802)

★ Pius Segmüller (born 1952), commander of the Swiss Guard (1998-2002)

★ Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg (1850-1927)

★ Ulrich Wille (1848-1925), General during WWI

Music

★ Mia Aegerter (born 1976), pop musician

★ Martin Eric Ain, Celtic Frost bassist

★ Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969), conductor

★ Lys Assia (born 1926), singer

★ Urs Bühler (born 1971), tenor, member of Il Divo

★ Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor

★ Dominik Burkhalter (born 1975), bandleader, composer, drummer

★ Michel Corboz (born 1934), conductor

★ Claudia D'Addio, pop musician, Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and MusicStars contestant

★ Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), musician, educator, developer of Eurhythmics

★ Philippe Decourroux (born 1962), Christian singer and drummer.

★ Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as DJ Bobo

★ Edwin Fischer (1886-1960), pianist and conductor

★ Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 19??), known as Celtic Frost's ''Tom Warrior''

★ Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929), conductor

★ Ernst Haefliger (born 1919), tenor

★ Heinz Holliger (born 1939), oboe

★ Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), composer

★ Philippe Huttenlocher (born 1942), bass

★ Christian Jacob (born 1958), jazz pianist

★ Michael Jarrell (born 1958), composer

★ Daniel Kandlbauer, pop musician and MusicStars contestant

★ Kuno Lauener (born 1961), leadsinger of Bernese rock band Züri West

★ Pepe Lienhard (born 1939), band leader and saxophone player

★ Frank Martin (1890-1974), composer

★ Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), composer

★ Ludwig Senfl (1486-1542/3), Renaissance composer

★ Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor

★ Silvio Varviso (1924-2006), conductor, especially of opera

★ Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953), harpist

★ Alberich Zwyssig (1808-1854), priest, composer of the ''Swiss Psalm''

★ Roland Zoss (born 1951), rockpoetry musician

★ Peter Giger (born 1939), percussionist and bandleader

Philosophy

★ Benjamin Constant (1767-1830)

★ Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), philosopher, author

★ Jeanne Hersch (1910-2000), philosopher

★ Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929-2004), social critic

★ Hans Saner (born 1934), philosopher

★ Henri Lauener (1933-2002), philosopher

★ Peter Bieri (born 1944), philosopher, author

★ Dominik Perler (born 1965), philosopher

Psychology and Pedagogy

★ Ludwig Binswanger (1881-1966), psychologist

★ Eugen Bleuler (1857-1940), psychiatrist

★ Gustav Hans Graber (1893-1983), psychologist and psychoanalyst

★ C.G. Jung (1875-1961), psychiatrist

★ Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), pedagogue

★ Oskar Pfister (1873-1956), psychologist and pastor

★ Jean Piaget (1896-1980), psychologist

★ Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922),

Politics

★ Étienne Clavière (1735-1793)

★ Élie Ducommun (1833-1906), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize

★ Henri Dunant (1828-1910), Founder of the Red Cross 1901 Nobel Peace Prize

★ Nicholas of Flüe (1417-1487), diplomat, hermit, Catholic saint

★ Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), US Secretary of the Treasury, diplomat

★ Albert Gobat (1843-1914), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize

★ Jörg Jenatsch (1596-1639), pastor, Protestant politician

★ Josef Leu (1800-1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne

★ Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), revolutionary

★ Napoleon III (1808-1873) (naturalized in 1832)

★ Jacques Necker (1732-1804), statesman and finance minister of Louis XVI

★ Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755-1824), statesman, diplomat

★ Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg (1569-1621)

★ Rudolf von Planta (died 1640), judge in lower Engadin

★ Rudolf von Planta-Wildenberg (1603-1641)

★ Fritz Platten (1883-1942), Communist

★ Nelly Wicky (born 1923), former member of the National Council
''See also'':

★ List of members of the Swiss Federal Council (since 1848)

★ List of members of the Swiss National Council (current)

★ List of members of the Swiss Council of States (current)

★ List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (since 1848)

★ List of Presidents of the Swiss National Council (since 1848)

★ List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States (since 1848)

★ List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (since 1803)

★ List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet (before 1848)

★ List of mayors of Baden, Berne, Fribourg

★ List of mayors of Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne

★ List of mayors of Lugano, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen

★ List of mayors of Uster, Winterthur, Zofingen, Zurich

★ List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland

★ List of the first female holders of political offices: Switzerland

Religion

★ Jakob Abbadie (1654-1727), Protestant preacher

★ Gilberto Agustoni (born 1922), cardinal

★ Jacob Amman (17th century)

★ Karl Barth (1886-1968)

★ Theodore Beza (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva

★ Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), reformer in Zurich

★ Georges Cardinal Cottier (born 1922), former professor of theology

★ Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530) painter, dramatician, politician and reformer in Berne

★ Johann Augustanus Faber (c.1470-c.1530), theolgian and historian

★ William Farel (1489-1565), reformer in Geneva

★ Theodosius Florentini (1808-1865)

★ Gaston Frommel (1862-1906)

★ Berchtold Haller (1492-1536), reformer in Berne

★ Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (1801-1874)

★ Johann Jakob Herzog (1805-1882)

★ Hans Küng (born 1928), theologian

★ Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), pastor and physiognomist

★ Oswald Myconius (1488-1552)

★ Johannes Oecolampadius (1482-1531)

★ Frère Roger (1915-2005), founder of Taizé

★ Philip Schaff (1819-1893)

★ Henri Cardinal Schwery (born 1932), former Bishop of Sion

★ Guichard Tavelli (died 1375), Bishop of Sion

★ Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1797-1847), theologian and critic

★ Pierre Viret (1511-1571), reformer in Vaud Canton

★ Johann Jakob Wettstein (1693-1754), theologian

★ John Joachim Zubly (''Hans Joachim Züblin''), (1724-1781), pastor, delegate to the Continental Congress

★ Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), reformer in Zurich

Science

A-F

★ Firmin Abauzit (1679-1767), scientist

★ Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835-1910), American man of science

★ Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), work on ice ages, glaciers

★ Jacob Amsler (1823-1912), mathematician and inventor of measuring instruments

★ Werner Arber (born 1929), 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Johann Georg Baiter (1801-1877), philologist

★ Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840-1914) archaeologist

★ Jean-François Bergier (born 1931), historian

★ Eugene Bleuler (1857-1940), psychiatrist

★ Felix Bloch (born 1905), 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Charles Bonnet (1720-1793), botanist

★ Daniel Bovet (born 1907), 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Joost Bürgi (1552-1632), mathematician and watchmaker

★ Johann Büttikofer (1850-1929), zoologist

★ Jean-André Deluc (1727-1817), geologist

★ Albert Einstein (1879-1955), 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Richard R. Ernst (born 1933), 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Edmond H. Fischer (born 1920), 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Auguste Forel (1848-1931), myrmecologist, psychiatrist, neurologist

★ François-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912), pioneer in the study of lakes

★ Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786), entomologist

G-O

★ Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)

★ Ursula Geiger (born 1957)

★ Jules Gonin (1870-1935), ophthalmologist

★ Charles-Edouard Guillaume (1861-1938), 1920 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)

★ Anna Heer (1863-1918), physician

★ Walter Hess (1881-1973), 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Carl Hilty (1833-1909), jurist

★ Albert Hofmann (1906-), chemist, discoverer of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

★ Eugen Huber (1849-1923), jurist

★ François Huber (1750-1831), naturalist

★ Paul Karrer (1889-1971), 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917), 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817-1894), chemist

★ Michel Mayor (born 1942), astronomer

★ Johannes von Müller (1752-1809), historian

★ K. Alex Müller (born 1927), 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Paul Müller (1899-1965), 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787-1849)

P-Z

★ Paracelsus (1493-1541), (''Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim''), alchemist

★ Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Jean Piaget (1896-1980), psychologist

★ Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), physicist and balloonist

★ Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist

★ Jacques Piccard (born 1922), engineer and underwater explorer

★ Jean Piccard (1884-1963), balloonist

★ François-Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809-1872), zoologist and paleontologist

★ Raoul Pictet (1846-1929), physicist

★ Adolf Portmann (1897-1982), zoologist

★ Vladimir Prelog (1906-1998), 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Didier Queloz (born 1966), astronomer

★ Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996), chemist, 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Eugene Renevier (1831-1906), geologist

★ Heinrich Rohrer (born 1933), 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Leopold Ruzicka (1887-1976), 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), botanist

★ Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733), Swiss savant

★ Louis Secretan (1758-1839), mycologist

★ Jack Steinberger (born 1921), 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Alfred Werner (1866-1919), 1913 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Niklaus Wirth (born 1934), computer scientist, ACM Turing Award winner, inventor of the Pascal programming language

★ Kurt Wüthrich (born 1938), 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (1746-1820)

★ Alexandre Yersin (1894-1943), physician, isolates the ''Yersinia pestis''

★ Rolf M. Zinkernagel (born 1944), 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Fritz Zwicky (1898-1974), astronomer

★ Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588), scholar

Sports

★ Paul Accola (born 1967), skiing champion

★ David Aebischer (born 1978), NHL goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens

★ Daniel Albrecht (born 1983), Alpine skier

★ Simon Ammann (born 1981), gold medallist in Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

★ Madeleine Berthod (born 1931), 1956 gold medallist in Downhill skiing

★ Denise Biellmann (born 1962), World champion figure skater

★ Sepp Blatter (born 1935), FIFA president

★ Ursula Bruhin (born 1970), snowboarder

★ Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), pro wrestler

★ Stéphane Chapuisat (born 1969), footballer

★ Oscar Egg (born 1890), cyclist

★ Roger Federer (born 1981), tennis champion: 11-time Grand Slam singles champion

★ Michela Figini (born 1966), Alpine skiing champion

★ Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Fencing champion, gold medallist in Athens Olympics

★ Alexander Frei (born 1979), footballer

★ Tanja Frieden (born 1976), snowboarder

★ Martin Gerber (born 1974), NHL goaltender for the Ottawa Senators

★ Arnold Gerschwiler (born c. 1914), skater

★ Hans Gerschwiler (born c. 1921), World champion figure skater

★ Jack Gerschwiler (1898-2000), coach

★ Franz Heinzer (born 1962), Alpine skier

★ Stéphane Henchoz (born 1974), footballer

★ Erika Hess (born 1962), Alpine skiing champion

★ Martina Hingis (born 1980), tennis champion: 5-time Grand Slam singles champion

★ Jakob Hlasek (born 1964), tennis player

★ Ambrosi Hoffmann (born 1977), Alpine skiing medalist

★ Shihan Andy Hug (1964-2000), Karate and Kickboxing champion

★ Patrick Hürlimann (born 1963), Olympic curling champion

★ Bruno Kernen (born 1972), Alpine skier, Bronze medalist and former World Champion in downhill

★ Bruno Kernen (born 1961), Alpine skier, winner of the 1983 Kitzbühel downhill race

★ Hugo Koblet (1925-1964), cycling champion

★ Franz Krienbühl (1929-2002), speed skater

★ Andreas Küttel (born 1979), ski jumper

★ Peter Lüscher (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion

★ Stéphane Lambiel (born 1985), figure skater, Olympic silver medalist

★ Daniela Meuli (born 1981), snowboarder

★ Peter Müller (born 1957), Alpine skiing champion

★ Lise-Marie Morerod (born 1956), Alpine skiing champion

★ Marie-Theres Nadig (born 1954), Alpine skiing champion

★ Maya Pedersen (born 1972), skeleton athlete

★ Manuela Pesko (born 1978), snowboarder

★ Walter Prager (1910-1984), Alpine skiing champion

★ Tony Rominger (born 1961), cyclist who won major tours four times in his career

★ Marc Rosset (born 1970), tennis player, gold medallist in Barcelona Olympics

★ Bernhard Russi (born 1948), Alpine skiing champion

★ Martina Schild (born 1981), Downhill skiing champion

★ Hedy Schlunegger (1923-2003), downhill Olympic champion of 1948

★ Vreni Schneider (born 1964), Alpine skiing champion

★ Patty Schnyder (born 1978), professional tennis player

★ Thabo Sefolosha (born 1984), NBA player for the Chicago Bulls

★ Philippe Senderos (born 1985), footballer

★ Mark Streit (born 1977), NHL defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens

★ Alain Sutter (born 1968), footballer

★ Kubilay Türkyilmaz (born 1967), footballer

★ Maria Walliser (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion

★ Jean Wicki (born 1933), gold medallist in bobsleigh

★ Hakan Yakın (born 1977), footballer

★ Murat Yakin (born 1974), footballer

★ Heidi Zurbriggen (born 1967), skier

★ Matthias Zurbriggen (1856-1917), mountain guide and Alpinist

★ Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion

★ Silvan Zurbriggen (born 1981), skier

Writers

★ Peter Bichsel (born 1935)

★ S. Corinna Bille (1912-1979), author, poet

★ Ida Bindschedler (1854-1919), childbook author

★ Silvio Blatter (born 1946)

★ Hans Boesch (born 1926)

★ Hermann Burger (1942-1989), author, poet, literary scholar, editor

★ Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745-1832)

★ Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998)

★ Elias Canetti (1905-1994), 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident

★ Blaise Cendrars (''Frédéric Louis Sauser'') (1887-1961), author

★ Victor Cherbuliez (1829-1899), member of the Académie française

★ Jacques Chessex (born 1934)

★ Anne Cuneo (born 1936)

★ Erich von Däniken (born 1935), Ancient Astronauts writer

★ Martin R. Dean (born 1955), writer

★ Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), author and dramatist

★ Werner J. Egli (born 1943)

★ Felix Epper (born 1967)

★ Heinrich Federer (1866-1928)

★ Jürg Federspiel (1931-2007)

★ Martin Frank (born 1950)

★ Max Frisch (1911-1991), author and architect

★ Salomon Gessner (1730-1788)

★ Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938)

★ Jeremias Gotthelf (''Albert Bitzius'') (1797-1854), author and pastor

★ Roger Graf (born 1958)

★ Jyoti Guptara and Suresh Guptara (born 1988), twin authors (''Calaspia'' and sequels), Swiss residents

★ Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident

★ Franz Hohler (born 1943), author and comedian

★ Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971)

★ Zoë Jenny (born 1974)

★ Gottfried Keller (1819-1890), author

★ Christian Kracht (born 1966), author

★ Hugo Loetscher (born 1929), author ("der Immune")

★ Ella Maillart (1903-1997)

★ Niklaus Meienberg (1940-1993)

★ Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898)

★ Adolf Muschg (born 1934)

★ Suzanne Necker, née ''Suzanne Curchod'', (1739-1794)

★ Juste Olivier (1807-1876)

★ Daniele Pantano (born 1976), poet, translator, editor

★ Eugène Rambert (1830-1886)

★ Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), writer

★ Grisélidis Réal (1929-2005)

★ Urs Richle (born 1965)

★ Jakob Schaffner (1875-1944)

★ Margrit Schriber (born 1939)

★ Josias Simmler (1530-1576), theologian, historian

★ Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature

★ Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), author of ''Heidi''

★ Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (''Madame de Staël'') (1766-1817)

★ Otto F. Walter (1928-1994)

★ Robert Walser (1878-1956)

★ Silja Walter (born 1919) sister of Otto F. Walter, Benedictinian nun and writer

★ Markus Werner (born 1944)

★ Urs Widmer (born 1938)

★ Johann David Wyss (1743-1818), author of ''The Swiss Family Robinson''

★ Yvette Z'Graggen (born 1920)

★ Albin Zollinger (1885-1941)

★ Emil Zopfi (born 1943)

★ Fritz Zorn (''Fritz Angst'') (1944-1976), author of ''Mars''

★ Roland Zoss (born 1951)

★ Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771-1848)

★ Manfred Züfle (1936-2007), writer

Others

★ Crown Princess of Brunei Pengiran Anak Sarah (born 1987), wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, half Swiss and half Bruneian.

★ Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan (1933-2003), UN High Commissioner for Refugees, longtime Swiss resident

★ Othmar Ammann (1879-1965), civil engineer, bridge engineer to the New York Port Authority

★ Nick Auf der Maur (1942-1998), Canadian journalist, Swiss parents

★ Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), physician and Muesli inventor

★ Johann Georg Bodmer (1786-1864), inventor

★ Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698-1783)

★ Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), art historian

★ Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1814), traveller and orientalist

★ Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six Oscars

★ Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (1771-1844)

★ Marc Forster (born 1969), film director

★ Marie Grossholtz (1761-1850), known as ''Madame Tussaud''

★ Paul Grueninger (1891-1972), commander of police and humanitarian

★ Ingvar Kamprad (born 1926), founder of IKEA, Swiss resident since 1976

★ Carl Lutz (1895-1975), diplomat and humanitarian

★ Robert Maillart (1872-1940), Civil Engineer, inventor of many concrete bridge techniques

★ Christoph Meili (born 1968), whistleblower

★ Christian Menn (born 1927), Civil Engineer

★ Max Miedinger (1910-1980), typeface designer, inventor of Helvetica

★ Susanna Orelli (1845-1939), humanitarian

★ Archibald Reiss (1876-1929), criminologist

★ Beat Richner (born 1947), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia

★ Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer

★ Anna Ringier (1896-2006), oldest living Swiss (as of 2006)

★ Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), Sufi writer, born in Basel

★ John Sutter (1803-1880), California settler

★ Alain Tanner (born 1929), film director

★ Marrianne Tinker (born 1934), Ex-pat
''See also'': Swiss longevity recordholders

Not included

★ Betty Bossi, fictional cook and writer of cookbooks

★ Victor Frankenstein and Family, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, book and movie.

★ Globi, Swiss cartoon character

★ Papa Moll, Swiss Children's Book Character

★ Heidi, protagonist of the book by Johanna Spyri

★ Helvetia, personification ("mother") of Switzerland

★ Swiss Family Robinson, from the book by Johann David Wyss

★ Ueli Rotach, legendary hero of the 1405 battle at Stoss

★ William Tell, legendary 14th century hero

★ Arnold von Winkelried, legendary hero of the 1386 battle of Sempach

★ Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), from Alsace, ''not'' Switzerland

★ Guy Secretan, character of Swiss origin in the British sitcom Green Wing
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