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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.
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 pianist — 6.5× the global rate.
Lausanne under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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.
- Writing
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Alejo Carpentier
1905 - 1980
Alfred Métraux
1902 - 1963
Julian Scriabin
1908 - 1919
Nicolas Calas
1907 - 1988
Marcel Regamey
1905 - 1982
Frédéric Engel
1908 - 2002
Erik Nitsche
1908 - 1998
Robert Breiter
1909 - 1985
Tadeusz Adamowski
1901 - 1994
Monika Meyer-Holzapfel
1907 - 1995
Randoll Coate
1909 - 2005
Léon Bazin
1900 - 1976
Jean Peitrequin
1902 - 1969
Theo Ballmer
1902 - 1965
Lélo Fiaux
1909 - 1964
Madeleine Rambert
1900 - 1979
Charles-François Landry
1909 - 1973
Avanti Martinetti
1904 - 1970
Louise Fatio
1904 - 1993
Nanette Genoud
1907 - 1987
Louis Maurer (footballer)
1904 - 1988
Gaston Tschirren
1906 - 1983
André Marcel
1902 - 1996
Friedrich Ludwig Berzeviczy-Pallavicini
1909 - 1989
Max Roth
1900 - 1968
Anne Fontaine (poétesse)
1908 - 2004
Jean Apothéloz
1900 - 1965
Simone Rapin
1901 - 1988
Alice Curchod
1907 - 1971
Pierre Blanc (sculpteur)
1902 - 1986
Hugues Wanner
1907 - 1993
Marc Piccard
1905 - 1989
Daniel Simond
1904 - 1973
Pierre Izard (photographe)
1906 - 1998
Robert Chessex
1904 - 1987
Auguste Martin
1908 - 1979
Henri Mutrux-Bornoz
1906 - 1992
Arthur Linder
1904 - 1993
Pierre Oguey
1900 - 1982
Julien Rossat
1901 - 1978
Cyrano Huguenin
1901 - 1961
Théodore Ott
1909 - 1991
Alice Schnorf-Steiner
1904 - 1993
Jean-Louis Pahud
1909 - 1993