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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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0010 ARCHITECT

Bernard Tschumi

Born 1944

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0021 ACADEMIC

Michel Mayor

Born 1942

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0023 ACTOR

Marc Porel

1949 - 1983

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0037 ACTOR

Anne-Marie Miéville

Born 1945

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0055 PRINCE

Margareta of Romania

Born 1949

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0071 DESIGNER

Prince Egon von Fürstenberg

1946 - 2004

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0077 FILM

Yves Yersin

1942 - 2018

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0080 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Claude Calame

Born 1943

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0084 BUSINESS

Mario Corti (manager)

Born 1946

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0091 FOOTBALL

Pierre-Albert Chapuisat

Born 1948

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0092 WRITER

Carmen Binladin

Born 1947

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0101 BILLIONAIRE

Jocelyn Wildenstein

Born 1940

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0106 WRITER

Roland Jaccard

Born 1941

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0107 FILM

Carole Roussopoulos

1945 - 2009

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0118 BASSIST

Léon Francioli

1946 - 2016

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0129 SKIER

Jean-Daniel Dätwyler

Born 1945

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0131 WRITER

Anne-Marie Simond

Born 1941

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0132 WRITER

Étienne Delessert (illustrator)

Born 1941

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0140 ILLUSTRATOR

Jörg Müller (illustrateur)

Born 1942

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0142 FILM

Boris Lehman

Born 1944

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0167 ACTOR

Henri Szeps

Born 1943

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0183 POLITICIAN

Suzette Sandoz

Born 1942

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0187 HUMOURIST

François Silvant

1949 - 2007

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0191 ORGANIST

Jacques Viret

Born 1943

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0227 PHILOSOPHER

Thierry Hentsch

1944 - 2005

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0228 MUSIC

Jean-François Monnard

Born 1941

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0229 POLITICIAN

Yvette Jaggi

Born 1941

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0246 RACING

Claude Haldi

1942 - 2017

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0257 ARTIST

Jean Otth

1940 - 2013

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0263 COMPOSER

Pierre-André Bovey

Born 1942

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0265 HISTORIAN

Marianne Enckell

Born 1944

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0266 ACTOR

Yvette Théraulaz

Born 1947

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0274 AUTHOR

Verena Hoehne

1945 - 2012

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0277 COMPOSER

Jean-François Bovard

1948 - 2003

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0339 ACTRESS

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan

Born 1949

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0364 ACTOR

Jeanine Forney

Born 1940

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0368 SCULPTOR

Gaspard Delachaux

Born 1947

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0373 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis Kuffer

Born 1947

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0375 MENOR

Olimpia Torlonia

Born 1943

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0382 WRITER

Pierre-Alain Tâche

Born 1940

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0399 HISTORIAN

Jean-François Zorn

Born 1946

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0404 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Roland Lew

1944 - 2005

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0416 JOURNALIST

Philippe Barraud (écrivain)

Born 1949

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0429 WRITER

Michel Bory

Born 1943

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0445 LITERARY

Michel Jeanneret (historien)

1940 - 2019

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0458 JOURNALIST

Bertrand Duboux

Born 1948

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0467 POET

Pierre Louis Péclat

Born 1946

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0488 FILM

Jean-Louis Porchet

Born 1949

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0509 ART HISTORIAN

Adrienne Lezzi-Hafter

Born 1945

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0520 HISTORIAN

Pierre Jeanneret (historien)

Born 1944

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0526 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Denis Weidmann

Born 1945

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0530 JOURNALIST

Isabelle Guisan

Born 1948

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0535 SCULPTOR

Michel Favre (scultore)

Born 1947

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0542 WRITER

Anne de Preux

Born 1942

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0550 POLITICIAN

André Daguet

1947 - 2015

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0551 JOURNALIST

Vincent Philippe (journaliste)

Born 1940

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0556 AUTHOR

Rahel Hutmacher

Born 1944

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0560 CONDUCTOR

André Besançon

Born 1946

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0571 DESIGNER

Olivier Delacrétaz

Born 1947

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0584 PAINTER

Dode Lambert

Born 1948

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0590 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Schilt

Born 1943

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0592 COMPOSER

Jean-François Monot

Born 1949

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0613 FILM

Danielle Jaeggi

Born 1945

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0650 FLAUTIST

Pierre Wavre

Born 1944

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0663 THEATRE

Jacques Gardel

Born 1940

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0672 SCULPTOR

Jacques Basler

Born 1942

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0674 WRITER

Ingrid Olsommer

Born 1943

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0706 MUSIC

Christine Sartoretti

Born 1943

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0711 WRITER

Roland-Benoît Delacombaz

1941 - 2008

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0734 AUTHOR

Christoph Müller (Priester)

Born 1947

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0739 JOURNALIST

Pierre-Marcel Favre

Born 1943

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0740 COMPOSER

Pierre-André Vincent

Born 1949

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0750 SINGER

Jean-Pierre Huser

Born 1940

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0754 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Pastori

Born 1949

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0762 ANIMATEUR

Jean-Marc Desponds

Born 1945

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0766 WRITER

Marie-Claire Dewarrat

Born 1949

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0770 SWIMMER

Pano Capéronis

Born 1947

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0771 POLITICIAN

Olivier Chevallaz

Born 1946

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0784 BLANCHIMENT

Laurent Kasper-Ansermet

Born 1946

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0799 MUSIC

Henri-Louis Matter

Born 1946

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0801 WRITER

Daniel M. Neuman

Born 1944

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0802 COMPOSER

Robert Schwizgebel

Born 1945

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0808 DRIVER

William Vollery

1949 - 1989

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