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LAUSANNE

Most Famous People Born in Lausanne, Switzerland

Notable people
811
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1939
Most distinctive
Pianist 6.5×

Lausanne's international side shows up where you'd expect: the Journalist, Diplomat and Film benches trace the UN agencies, the IOC headquarters and the French-language broadcasting culture that made the city one of Europe's quiet administrative capitals. A Pianist cohort running well above the Swiss baseline carries the Conservatoire tradition, and the Photographer and Architect lines reflect the EPFL-and-ECAL design axis that has defined Lausanne since the 1960s.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lausanne during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Lausanne Is Known For

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Writer is Lausanne's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (115).

Lausanne over-indexes on pianist6.5× the global rate.

Lausanne under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Writer115
  2. Politician63
  3. Painter38
  4. Football33
  5. Journalist32
  6. Actor30
  7. Film22
  8. Music20
  1. Pianist146.5×
  2. Writer1154.3×
  3. Conductor83.9×
  4. Photographer112.8×
  5. Journalist322.5×
  6. Botanist82.4×
  7. Diplomat112.3×
  8. Architect162.2×
  1. Football330.4×
  2. Politician630.7×
  3. Actor300.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Lausanne's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 44 of 811 notable people

0001 WRITER

Alejo Carpentier

1905 - 1980

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0030 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfred Métraux

1902 - 1963

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0046 COMPOSER

Julian Scriabin

1908 - 1919

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0054 WRITER

Nicolas Calas

1907 - 1988

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0156 JOURNALIST

Marcel Regamey

1905 - 1982

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0160 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Frédéric Engel

1908 - 2002

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0189 DESIGNER

Erik Nitsche

1908 - 1998

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0221 HOCKEY

Robert Breiter

1909 - 1985

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0223 HOCKEY

Tadeusz Adamowski

1901 - 1994

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0248 ZOOLOGIST

Monika Meyer-Holzapfel

1907 - 1995

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0250 DIPLOMAT

Randoll Coate

1909 - 2005

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0254 ARCHITECT

Léon Bazin

1900 - 1976

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0293 POLITICIAN

Jean Peitrequin

1902 - 1969

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0305 ARTIST

Theo Ballmer

1902 - 1965

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0308 PAINTER

Lélo Fiaux

1909 - 1964

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0323 EDUCATION

Madeleine Rambert

1900 - 1979

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0335 WRITER

Charles-François Landry

1909 - 1973

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0361 CYCLIST

Avanti Martinetti

1904 - 1970

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0388 WRITER

Louise Fatio

1904 - 1993

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0391 PAINTER

Nanette Genoud

1907 - 1987

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0403 FOOTBALL

Louis Maurer (footballer)

1904 - 1988

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0433 FOOTBALL

Gaston Tschirren

1906 - 1983

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0435 JOURNALIST

André Marcel

1902 - 1996

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0439 INNENARCHITEKT

Friedrich Ludwig Berzeviczy-Pallavicini

1909 - 1989

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0444 PUBLISHER

Max Roth

1900 - 1968

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0454 WRITER

Anne Fontaine (poétesse)

1908 - 2004

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0463 PAINTER

Jean Apothéloz

1900 - 1965

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0523 WRITER

Simone Rapin

1901 - 1988

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0538 WRITER

Alice Curchod

1907 - 1971

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0539 SCULPTOR

Pierre Blanc (sculpteur)

1902 - 1986

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0540 ACTOR

Hugues Wanner

1907 - 1993

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0579 ARCHITECT

Marc Piccard

1905 - 1989

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0594 WRITER

Daniel Simond

1904 - 1973

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0596 JOURNALIST

Pierre Izard (photographe)

1906 - 1998

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0606 WRITER

Robert Chessex

1904 - 1987

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0614 WRITER

Auguste Martin

1908 - 1979

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0621 WRITER

Henri Mutrux-Bornoz

1906 - 1992

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0638 ACADEMIC

Arthur Linder

1904 - 1993

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0707 POLITICIAN

Pierre Oguey

1900 - 1982

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0730 DIPLOMAT

Julien Rossat

1901 - 1978

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0743 WRITER

Cyrano Huguenin

1901 - 1961

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0753 ACADEMIC

Théodore Ott

1909 - 1991

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0788 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Alice Schnorf-Steiner

1904 - 1993

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0803 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Louis Pahud

1909 - 1993

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