This is a list of notable Swiss people. See also: Swiss (people) [edit] Archaeology [edit] Architecture - Hans Benno Bernoulli (1876-1959), architect
- Melchior Berri (1801-1854), architect
- 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
- Hannes Meyer (1889-1954), architect, director of the Bauhaus Dessau
- Domenico Trezzini (1670-1734) architect in Saint Petersburg
[edit] Actors - Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), painter
- Cuno Peter Amiet (1868-1961)
- Thomas Ammann (1950-1993), artdealer and collector
- 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
- Jean Crotti (1878-1958), painter
- Jean Dunand (1877-1942), decorative artist, sculptor
- 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
- Karl Gerstner (born 1930), graphic designer and painter
- 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
- Nicolas N Hunziker (born 1974), automotive fine artist
- [[Patrick Múllerson Ántonio Ónváanó (1901-1999), painter , wildlife artist and illustrator
- Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), painter
- Jorg Khun (1940-1964), wildlife artist and illustrator
- Paul Klee (1879-1940), painter
- Rudolf Koller (1828-1905), painter
- Albert "Lindi" Lindegger (1904-1991), illustrator and painter
- Niklaus Manuel (1484-1530), painter
- Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo (1863–1913), sculptor
- 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
- Niklaus Stoecklin (1896-1982), painter and graphic designer
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943), painter, sculptor
- Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), kinetic artist
- Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)
- Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), painter
- Emile Vouga (1840-1908), painter
- Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938), painter
- Fabian Bürgy (born 1980), designer and sculptor
[edit] Aviation [edit] 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
- Jürg Marquard (born 1945), magazine publisher
- 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
- Werner Reinhart (1884-1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron
- Daniel Jean-Richard (1665-1741), watchmaker
- Philippe Suchard (1797-1884), chocolatier
- Ernst Thomke (born 1940 in Biel/Bienne, turnaround manager, e.g. Swatch
- William de Vigier (1912-2003), entrepreneur
[edit] Filmmakers - Claude Goretta (born 1929), director
- Markus Imhoof (born 1941), director
- Xavier Koller (born 1944), director
- Daniel Schmid (1941-2006), director
- Alain Tanner (born 1929), director
- Marc Forster (born 1969), director of such movies as: Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, or the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace
- Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six Oscars
[edit] Linguistics [edit] 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
- Edward Kofler (1911-2007), mathematician
[edit] 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
- Mia Aegerter (born 1976), pop musician
- Martin Eric Ain, Celtic Frost bassist
- Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969), conductor
- Lys Assia (born 1926), singer
- Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor
- Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as DJ Bobo
- Urs Bühler (born 1971), tenor, member of Il Divo
- 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.
- Edwin Fischer (1886-1960), pianist and conductor
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Celtic Frost guitarist/singer
- Andreas Giger (born 1965), musicologist
- Peter Giger (born 1939), percussionist and bandleader
- Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929), conductor
- Ernst Haefliger (1919-2007), 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
- Jojo Mayer (born 1963), drummer
- Dieter Meier (born 1945) singer of electronica band Yello, which head such hits as "Oh Yeah" and "The Race".
- Mandy Meyer (born 1960) guitarist, played in bands as Asia, Gotthard and Krokus
- Patrick Moraz (born 1948) keyboardist with Yes and Moody Blues
- Paolo Pandolfo, violist (viola da gamba).
- Zlatko Perica (born 1969), better known as "Slädu", played guitar in bands as Tangerine Dream or Gölä
- Werner Reinhart (1884-1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron
- Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), composer
- Ludwig Senfl (1486-1542/3), Renaissance composer
- Marc Storace (born 1951) Maltese-Swiss rock vocalist and songwriter. Best known as singer of hard rock band Krokus
- Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor
- Martin Tillman (born 1964), film music composer
- Silvio Varviso (1924-2006), conductor, especially of opera
- Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953), grammy award winning harpist
- Chris Von Rohr (born 1951), musician and producer. Best known as bassist of hard rock band Krokus
- August Wenzinger (1905-1996), cellist, violist (viola da gamba), pioneer of early music performance.
- Andreas Wettstein (born 1971), violinist, son of Niels Kaj Jerne
- Alberich Zwyssig (1808-1854), priest, composer of the Swiss Psalm
- Roland Zoss (born 1951), rockpoetry musician
[edit] Philosophy [edit] Psychology and Pedagogy [edit] 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: [edit] Religion - John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) Protestant Reformer, founder of Calvinism or reformed theology.
- Jakob Abbadie (1654-1727), Protestant preacher
- Gilberto Agustoni (born 1922), cardinal
- Jacob Amman (17th century)
- Karl Barth (1886-1968), theologian
- 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), reformer in Basel
- 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
- Lukas Vischer (1926-2008), theologian and writer
- 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
[edit] Science - 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
- Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)
- Ursula Geiger (born 1957)
- Jules Gonin (1870-1935), ophthalmologist
- André Guignard (1942-), engineer
- 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 (1906-2008), chemist, discoverer of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Eugen Huber (1849-1923), jurist
- François Huber (1750-1831), naturalist
- Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873–1959), dairy professor and technical innovator
- 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
- Jean-Daniel Nicoud, computer scientist and researcher
- Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787-1849)
- 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
[edit] 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
- Johan Djourou (born 1987), footballer
- Oscar Egg (born 1890), cyclist
- Roger Federer (born 1981), tennis champion: 15-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
- Benjamin Huggel (born 1977), professional footballer
- 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
- Nicolas Müller (born 1982), 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 New York Islanders
- Alain Sutter (born 1968), footballer
- Kubilay Türkyilmaz (born 1967), footballer
- Maria Walliser (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion
- Stanislas Wawrinka (born 1985), professional tennis player
- 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
[edit] 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
- Brett Michael Campbell (born 1967), author
- Blaise Cendrars (Frédéric Louis Sauser) (1887-1961), author
- Victor Cherbuliez (1829-1899), member of the Académie française
- Jacques Chessex (1934-2009)
- 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
- 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
- Erica Pedretti (born 1930), author and artist
- 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)
- Martin Suter (born 1948), columnist and novelist
- 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
[edit] Others - Crown Princess of Brunei Pengiran Minizack Renaldi Anak Hitchtafi Sarah (born 1987), wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, half Swiss and half Bruneian.
- 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)
- Marie Grossholtz (1761-1850), known as Madame Tussaud
- Paul Grueninger (1891-1972), commander of police and humanitarian
- Michelle Hunziker (born 1977), TV presenter previously married to the Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti
- 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
- Werner Reinhart (1884-1951), philanthropist, music and literature patron
- 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[update])
- Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), Sufi writer, born in Basel
- John Sutter (1803-1880), California settler
- Alain Tanner (born 1929), film director
- Lukas Vischer (1780-1840), collector, traveler, artist
See also: Swiss longevity recordholders [edit] 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
- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), from Alsace, not Switzerland
- Guy Secretan, character of Swiss origin in the British sitcom Green Wing
- William Tell, legendary 14th century hero
- Arnold von Winkelried, legendary hero of the 1386 battle of Sempach
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