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)

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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 Actors

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 Art

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 Aviation

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 Business

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), linguist Mathematics

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 Military

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 Music

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 Philosophy

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), Psychology and Pedagogy
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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
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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 Religion

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 A-F

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) G-O

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 P-Z

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
See also: Swiss longevity recordholders

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