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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 1910s Clear ×
Françoise Giroud
1916 - 2003
Anthony of Sourozh
1914 - 2003
François Genoud
1915 - 1996
Maurice Chappaz
1916 - 2009
Georges-André Chevallaz
1915 - 2002
S. Corinna Bille
1912 - 1979
Hélène Boschi
1917 - 1990
Roger Verey
1912 - 2000
Soulima Stravinsky
1910 - 1994
Georges Borgeaud
1914 - 1998
Raymond Gafner
1915 - 2002
Jacques Mercanton (écrivain)
1910 - 1996
Annie Vallotton
1915 - 2013
Colette Rosselli
1911 - 1996
Laurence Pernoud
1918 - 2009
Gérard de Palézieux
1919 - 2012
Bernard Gagnebin
1915 - 1998
Oswald Zappelli
1913 - 1968
Raymond Burnier
1912 - 1968
Giancarlo Cappelli
Born 1912
Jack Rollan
1916 - 2007
Louis Guisan
1911 - 1998
Arthur Villard
1917 - 1995
Billy Toffel
Born 1916
Marie-Hélène Fehr-Clément
1918 - 2012
Jacques Aubert (entomologist)
1916 - 1995
Jacques Freymond
1911 - 1998
Lolette Payot
1910 - 1988
Horia Agarici
1911 - 1982
René-Pierre Bille
1915 - 2006
Paul Vallotton
1919 - 2010
André Kuenzi
1916 - 2005
François Lasserre
1919 - 1989
Dimitrios Negrepontis
1915 - 1996
Georges Caspari
1917 - 2002
Jean-Jacques Siegrist
1918 - 1992
Pierre Villaret
1918 - 2001
Henri Noverraz
1915 - 2002
Pierre Cordey
1918 - 1981
Charles Bory
1914 - 1991
Héli Badoux
1911 - 2001
Maurice Cosandey
1918 - 2018
Michel Jaccard
1914 - 1988
Charles Lichtenthaeler
1915 - 1993
Samuel Campiche
1914 - 2004
Philippe Buhler
1919 - 2019
Andrée Weitzel
1917 - 1984
Eugène Badoux
1910 - 2010
Denyse Sergy
Born 1919
Leo Fromer
1911 - 1998
Mireille Reymond
1916 - 2003
Roger Desponds
1919 - 1989
Pierre Francey
1910 - 1944
Richard-Edouard Bernard
1919 - 1977
Franck Chabry
1916 - 1979
Etienne Serra
1916 - 1989
Daniel Gagnebin
1917 - 1998
Emile Vaucher
1913 - 1970