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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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Showing 87 of 811 notable people

0013 PSYCHIATRIST

Bertrand Piccard

Born 1958

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0032 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Martin Odersky

Born 1958

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0039 CURATOR

Francesca von Habsburg

Born 1958

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0045 SKIER

Lise-Marie Morerod

Born 1956

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0051 ARTIST

Cosey

Born 1950

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0059 ACTOR

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Born 1959

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0069 POLITICIAN

Thierry Mandon

Born 1957

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0076 FILM

Anthony Radziwill

1959 - 1999

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0081 CHEMIST

Alain Fuchs

Born 1953

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0088 CONDUCTOR

Oleg Caetani

Born 1956

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0105 KING

Princess Elena of Romania

Born 1950

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0113 ARTIST

Rolf Sachs

Born 1955

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0128 WRITER

Raphaël Aubert

Born 1953

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0138 POLITICIAN

Daniel Brélaz

Born 1950

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0149 FILM

Philippe Nicolet

Born 1953

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0151 CONDUCTOR

Jean-François Antonioli

Born 1959

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0157 JOURNALIST

Owen Gleiberman

Born 1959

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0173 ACADEMIC

Roland Siegwart

Born 1959

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0178 JOURNALIST

Pierre Thomas (journalist)

Born 1954

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0203 PIANIST

Pascal Auberson

Born 1952

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0226 WRITER

Olivier Sillig

Born 1951

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0237 FOOTBALL

Gianpietro Zappa

1956 - 2005

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0240 WRITER

José-Flore Tappy

Born 1954

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0261 POLITICIAN

Carole Tongue

Born 1955

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0267 GRAPHISTE

François Rappo

Born 1955

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0271 PLAYER

Pierre Zimmermann (bridge)

Born 1955

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0275 PIANIST

François Lindemann

Born 1950

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0288 POLITICIAN

Charles Favre

Born 1957

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0296 FOOTBALL

Claude Ryf

Born 1957

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0302 WRITER

Antoine Jaccoud

Born 1957

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0313 KING

Irina Walker

Born 1953

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0320 MUSIC

Olivier Clerc (musicien)

Born 1950

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0338 WRITER

Pierre Simenon

Born 1959

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0346 PAINTER

Ronald Curchod

Born 1954

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0359 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Alain Gentil

1952 - 2008

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0360 PIANIST

Christian Favre

Born 1955

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0377 POLITICIAN

Danièle Giazzi

Born 1955

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0379 GEODESIST

Michel Kasser

Born 1953

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0406 POLITICIAN

Jean-Charles Rielle

Born 1952

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0408 DIPLOMAT

Jacques de Watteville

Born 1951

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0409 ECONOMIST

Riccardo Faini

1951 - 2007

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0415 MUSIC

Bruno Schneider (Musiker)

Born 1957

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0425 SINGER

Pascal Krug

Born 1952

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0430 WRITER

Fabienne Pakleppa

Born 1950

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0432 THEOLOGIAN

Klaus Douglass

Born 1958

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0434 PAINTER

Catherine Bolle

Born 1956

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0438 BIOLOGIST

Daniel Cherix

Born 1950

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0442 BUSINESS

Margherita Agnelli

Born 1955

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0456 WRITER

Annik Mahaim

Born 1951

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0457 WRITER

François Rossel

1955 - 2015

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0461 PAINTER

Jean Crotti

Born 1954

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0468 WRITER

Olivier Beetschen

Born 1950

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0473 HISTORIAN

Willy Gianinazzi

Born 1953

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0484 ARTIST

François Burland

Born 1958

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0516 CONDUCTOR

Olivier Cuendet

Born 1953

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0519 FILM

Frédéric Gonseth

Born 1950

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0546 SAXOPHONIST

Antoine Auberson

Born 1957

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0561 PUBLISHER

Bernard Campiche

Born 1956

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0565 WRITER

Laurence Chauvy

Born 1959

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0580 JOURNALIST

David Moginier

Born 1959

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0586 JOURNALIST

Aline Viredaz

Born 1953

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0593 ANTHOLOGIST

Jean-François Thomas

Born 1952

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0608 WRITER

Matthias Tschabold

Born 1956

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0618 POLITICIAN

Pierre Chiffelle

Born 1957

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0619 MUSIC

Patrick Bron

Born 1953

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0633 FILM

Alex Mayenfisch

Born 1954

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0634 SOCIALITE

Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1956 - 2006

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0661 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-Pierre Grandjean

Born 1950

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0664 COMPOSER

Daniel Perrin (musicien)

Born 1955

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0666 SCULPTOR

Daniel Will

Born 1951

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0683 MUSIC

Antoine Ogay

Born 1958

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0693 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Decrey Warner

Born 1953

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0716 WRITER

Jean-François Sonnay

Born 1954

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0719 ARTIST

Danièle Mussard

Born 1952

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0725 ENTREPRENEUR

Philippe Glatz

Born 1953

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0731 MUSIC

Stéphane Reymond

Born 1953

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0736 CELLIST

Olivier Faller

1951 - 2016

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0757 ORGANIST

Pierre-Alain Clerc

Born 1955

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0758 PLAYER

Yann Braendlin

Born 1959

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0764 SWIMMER

Ayis Capéronis

Born 1950

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0772 MUSIC

François Allaz

Born 1957

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0776 FILM

Antoine Duplan

Born 1957

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0780 PAINTER

Jean-François Correvon

1954 - 2014

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0782 DIPLOMAT

Etienne Thévoz

Born 1956

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0787 ACCORDIONIST

Michel Nikita Pfister

Born 1959

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0791 LITHOGRAPHE

Raynald Métraux

Born 1958

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0797 POLITICIAN

Vincent Grandjean

Born 1958

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