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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 1940s Clear ×
Bernard Tschumi
Born 1944
Michel Mayor
Born 1942
Marc Porel
1949 - 1983
Anne-Marie Miéville
Born 1945
Margareta of Romania
Born 1949
Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
1946 - 2004
Yves Yersin
1942 - 2018
Claude Calame
Born 1943
Mario Corti (manager)
Born 1946
Pierre-Albert Chapuisat
Born 1948
Carmen Binladin
Born 1947
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Born 1940
Roland Jaccard
Born 1941
Carole Roussopoulos
1945 - 2009
Léon Francioli
1946 - 2016
Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
Born 1945
Anne-Marie Simond
Born 1941
Étienne Delessert (illustrator)
Born 1941
Jörg Müller (illustrateur)
Born 1942
Boris Lehman
Born 1944
Henri Szeps
Born 1943
Suzette Sandoz
Born 1942
François Silvant
1949 - 2007
Jacques Viret
Born 1943
Thierry Hentsch
1944 - 2005
Jean-François Monnard
Born 1941
Yvette Jaggi
Born 1941
Claude Haldi
1942 - 2017
Jean Otth
1940 - 2013
Pierre-André Bovey
Born 1942
Marianne Enckell
Born 1944
Yvette Théraulaz
Born 1947
Verena Hoehne
1945 - 2012
Jean-François Bovard
1948 - 2003
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
Born 1949
Jeanine Forney
Born 1940
Gaspard Delachaux
Born 1947
Jean-Louis Kuffer
Born 1947
Olimpia Torlonia
Born 1943
Pierre-Alain Tâche
Born 1940
Jean-François Zorn
Born 1946
Roland Lew
1944 - 2005
Philippe Barraud (écrivain)
Born 1949
Michel Bory
Born 1943
Michel Jeanneret (historien)
1940 - 2019
Bertrand Duboux
Born 1948
Pierre Louis Péclat
Born 1946
Jean-Louis Porchet
Born 1949
Adrienne Lezzi-Hafter
Born 1945
Pierre Jeanneret (historien)
Born 1944
Denis Weidmann
Born 1945
Isabelle Guisan
Born 1948
Michel Favre (scultore)
Born 1947
Anne de Preux
Born 1942
André Daguet
1947 - 2015
Vincent Philippe (journaliste)
Born 1940
Rahel Hutmacher
Born 1944
André Besançon
Born 1946
Olivier Delacrétaz
Born 1947
Dode Lambert
Born 1948
Jean-Jacques Schilt
Born 1943
Jean-François Monot
Born 1949
Danielle Jaeggi
Born 1945
Pierre Wavre
Born 1944
Jacques Gardel
Born 1940
Jacques Basler
Born 1942
Ingrid Olsommer
Born 1943
Christine Sartoretti
Born 1943
Roland-Benoît Delacombaz
1941 - 2008
Christoph Müller (Priester)
Born 1947
Pierre-Marcel Favre
Born 1943
Pierre-André Vincent
Born 1949
Jean-Pierre Huser
Born 1940
Jean-Pierre Pastori
Born 1949
Jean-Marc Desponds
Born 1945
Marie-Claire Dewarrat
Born 1949
Pano Capéronis
Born 1947
Olivier Chevallaz
Born 1946
Laurent Kasper-Ansermet
Born 1946
Henri-Louis Matter
Born 1946
Daniel M. Neuman
Born 1944
Robert Schwizgebel
Born 1945
William Vollery
1949 - 1989