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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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0007 CONDUCTOR

Charles Dutoit

Born 1936

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0014 ENTREPRENEUR

Umberto Agnelli

1934 - 2004

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0057 HISTORIAN

Jean-François Bergier

1931 - 2009

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0063 CHEF

Frédy Girardet

Born 1936

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0072 ARISTOCRAT

Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

1938 - 2015

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0083 HARPSICHORDIST

Christiane Jaccottet

1937 - 1999

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0098 MOUNTAINEER

Sylvain Saudan

Born 1936

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0110 ART HISTORIAN

Michel Thévoz

Born 1936

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0117 PASTOR

François Bovon

1938 - 2013

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0122 OPERA

Éric Tappy

Born 1931

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0126 COMPOSER

Jean Balissat

1936 - 2007

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0136 FOOTBALL

Hans Weber

1934 - 1965

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0145 MUSIC

Guy-Claude Burger

Born 1934

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0161 LAWYER

Jean-François Leuba

1934 - 2004

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0165 JOURNALIST

François Gross

1931 - 2015

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0172 WRITER

Asa Lanova

1933 - 2017

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0174 THEOLOGIAN

Michel Despland

1936 - 2018

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0197 FOOTBALL

Marcel Vonlanthen

Born 1933

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0201 PHILOSOPHER

Gabriel Fragnière

1934 - 2015

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0205 ENTREPRENEUR

Gilbert Facchinetti

1936 - 2018

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0215 PAINTER

Francine Simonin

1936 - 2020

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0220 THEOLOGIAN

Laurent Gagnebin

Born 1939

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0233 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Pierre Ducrey

Born 1938

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0242 JOURNALIST

André Zanotto

1933 - 1995

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0251 HISTORIAN

Georges Andrey

Born 1938

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0301 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Pierre Hocké

Born 1938

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0312 ACTOR

Roland Carey

1933 - 2019

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0326 TRUMPET

Raymond Court

1932 - 2012

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0345 PAINTER

Jean Lecoultre

Born 1930

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0352 SPORT

Jean-Claude Grèt

1930 - 2001

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0355 PAINTER

Armand Abplanalp

1930 - 2000

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0369 PAINTER

Jacqueline Oyex

1931 - 2006

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0372 EDITOR

Nils Andersson (éditeur)

Born 1933

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0374 COMEDIAN

Jean Charles

Born 1937

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0380 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca

1930 - 2001

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0402 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luc Chessex

Born 1936

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0418 WRITER

Bernard Dutoit

1933 - 2019

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0420 JOURNALIST

Catherine Wahli

1936 - 2011

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0424 WRITER

François Rothen

Born 1936

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0437 JOURNALIST

Antoine Livio

1937 - 2001

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0441 WRITER

Jean Pache

1933 - 2001

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0465 ENTOMOLOGIST

Claude Besuchet

1930 - 2020

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0478 WRITER

Michel Goeldlin

1934 - 2012

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0483 WRITER

Gil Pidoux

Born 1938

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0525 POET

André Durussel

Born 1938

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0527 ACTOR

Frances Martin

Born 1939

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0531 WRITER

Claudine Roulet

Born 1934

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0544 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Robert Develey

Born 1930

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0545 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Jacqueline Genton

1931 - 2015

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0603 JOURNALIST

Jean-Marie Vodoz

1930 - 2019

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0605 WRITER

Bernard Antenen

Born 1936

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0625 WRITER

Jacques Meylan

Born 1938

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0640 WRITER

Marcel Aymon

Born 1931

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0668 PIANIST

Claudine Perretti

1934 - 2005

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0676 LAWYER

François Carrard

Born 1938

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0679 ART HISTORIAN

Philippe Junod

Born 1938

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0691 ENGINEER

Adrien Tschumy

Born 1930

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0735 PIANIST

Jacques Cerf (musicien)

1932 - 2019

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0741 RADIO

Claude Blanc

Born 1934

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0745 HOCKEY

Jean Ayer

1930 - 2012

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0752 JOURNALIST

Myriam Tétaz

Born 1934

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0756 FENCER

Michel Steininger

Born 1935

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0760 POLITICIAN

Roland Ostermann

Born 1938

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0767 FENCER

Jean Cerrottini

Born 1938

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0774 PIANIST

Jean-Paul Liardet

Born 1939

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0778 PERCUSSIONIST

Michel Perret

Born 1930

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0785 CHOIR DIRECTOR

Étienne Bettens

Born 1931

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