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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 87 notable births.

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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0008 SCREENWRITER

Françoise Giroud

1916 - 2003

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0022 PRIEST

Anthony of Sourozh

1914 - 2003

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0038 FINANCIER

François Genoud

1915 - 1996

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0041 POET

Maurice Chappaz

1916 - 2009

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0047 POLITICIAN

Georges-André Chevallaz

1915 - 2002

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0049 WRITER

S. Corinna Bille

1912 - 1979

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0075 PIANIST

Hélène Boschi

1917 - 1990

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0094 ROWER

Roger Verey

1912 - 2000

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0102 COMPOSER

Soulima Stravinsky

1910 - 1994

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0104 WRITER

Georges Borgeaud

1914 - 1998

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0121 ICE HOCKEY

Raymond Gafner

1915 - 2002

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0147 WRITER

Jacques Mercanton (écrivain)

1910 - 1996

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0152 ILLUSTRATOR

Annie Vallotton

1915 - 2013

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0154 WRITER

Colette Rosselli

1911 - 1996

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0158 WRITER

Laurence Pernoud

1918 - 2009

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0162 ARTIST

Gérard de Palézieux

1919 - 2012

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0170 HISTORIAN

Bernard Gagnebin

1915 - 1998

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0192 FENCER

Oswald Zappelli

1913 - 1968

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0193 PHOTOGRAPHER

Raymond Burnier

1912 - 1968

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0225 FILM

Giancarlo Cappelli

Born 1912

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0247 JOURNALIST

Jack Rollan

1916 - 2007

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0270 POLITICIAN

Louis Guisan

1911 - 1998

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0297 POLITICIAN

Arthur Villard

1917 - 1995

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0347 SINGER

Billy Toffel

Born 1916

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0348 PAINTER

Marie-Hélène Fehr-Clément

1918 - 2012

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0392 ENTOMOLOGIST

Jacques Aubert (entomologist)

1916 - 1995

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0407 HISTORIAN

Jacques Freymond

1911 - 1998

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0412 PLAYER

Lolette Payot

1910 - 1988

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0452 AVIATOR

Horia Agarici

1911 - 1982

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0455 FILM

René-Pierre Bille

1915 - 2006

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0470 WRITER

Paul Vallotton

1919 - 2010

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0474 WRITER

André Kuenzi

1916 - 2005

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0493 PHILOLOGIST

François Lasserre

1919 - 1989

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0495 SPORT

Dimitrios Negrepontis

1915 - 1996

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0502 WRITER

Georges Caspari

1917 - 2002

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0507 HISTORIAN

Jean-Jacques Siegrist

1918 - 1992

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0515 BOTANIST

Pierre Villaret

1918 - 2001

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0533 WRITER

Henri Noverraz

1915 - 2002

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0563 JOURNALIST

Pierre Cordey

1918 - 1981

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0570 WRITER

Charles Bory

1914 - 1991

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0574 GEOLOGIST

Héli Badoux

1911 - 2001

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0585 ENGINEER

Maurice Cosandey

1918 - 2018

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0598 POLITICIAN

Michel Jaccard

1914 - 1988

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0600 HISTORIAN

Charles Lichtenthaeler

1915 - 1993

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0627 WRITER

Samuel Campiche

1914 - 2004

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0628 PIANIST

Philippe Buhler

1919 - 2019

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0637 JOURNALIST

Andrée Weitzel

1917 - 1984

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0641 WRITER

Eugène Badoux

1910 - 2010

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0646 WRITER

Denyse Sergy

Born 1919

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0681 LAWYER

Leo Fromer

1911 - 1998

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0692 WRITER

Mireille Reymond

1916 - 2003

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0717 MANAGER

Roger Desponds

1919 - 1989

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0720 BOTANIST

Pierre Francey

1910 - 1944

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0759 WRITER

Richard-Edouard Bernard

1919 - 1977

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0777 PAINTER

Franck Chabry

1916 - 1979

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0804 DIPLOMAT

Etienne Serra

1916 - 1989

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0805 DIPLOMAT

Daniel Gagnebin

1917 - 1998

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0810 SPORT

Emile Vaucher

1913 - 1970

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