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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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0004 FILM

Vincent Perez

Born 1964

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0012 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Chapuisat

Born 1969

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0018 ACTOR

David Bennent

Born 1966

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0025 ACTOR

Amanda Sandrelli

Born 1964

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0026 GUITAR

Mirwais (musician)

Born 1960

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0035 DESIGNER

Yves Béhar

Born 1967

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0048 COMPOSER

Christopher Chaplin

Born 1962

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0052 ACTOR

Anne Bennent

Born 1963

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0053 FOOTBALL

Marc Hottiger

Born 1967

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0056 WRITER

Simon Njami

Born 1962

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0061 ACTOR

Anne Richard

Born 1968

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0073 COMPOSER

Sylvie Courvoisier

Born 1968

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0108 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Yves Maillard

Born 1968

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0115 ACADEMIC

Laurent Keller

Born 1961

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0125 SPRINT

Anita Protti

Born 1964

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0130 ACTOR

Jean-Stéphane Bron

Born 1969

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0146 ART HISTORIAN

Lucienne Peiry

Born 1961

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0159 WRITER

Joseph Incardona

Born 1969

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0184 CURLER

Laurence Bidaud

Born 1968

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0185 ARISTOCRAT

Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Born 1966

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0206 WRITER

Roland Buti

Born 1964

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0236 ARTIST

Massimo Furlan

Born 1965

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0259 NEUROSCIENTIST

Leslie B. Vosshall

Born 1965

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0268 ARISTOCRAT

Alessandro Lecquio

Born 1960

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0272 JOURNALIST

Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)

Born 1960

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0281 POLITICIAN

Philippe Leuba

Born 1965

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0291 COMPOSER

Michael H. Weinstein

Born 1960

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0299 MUSICIEN

Pierre Audétat

Born 1968

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0309 ACTOR

Denise Virieux

Born 1964

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0315 ENGINEER

Mattia Binotto

Born 1969

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0321 MUSIC

Richard Dubugnon

Born 1968

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0322 MUSIC

Alexandre Cellier

Born 1966

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0330 SOCIOLOGUE

Gilles Marchand (télévision suisse)

Born 1962

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0333 SPORT

Sylvain Bolay

Born 1963

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0362 WRITER

Laurent Flutsch

Born 1961

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0363 LAWYER

Philippe Kenel

Born 1961

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0367 PERFUMER

Thierry Wasser

Born 1961

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0376 ENGINEER

André Kudelski

Born 1960

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0384 ART HISTORIAN

Juri Steiner

Born 1969

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0390 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mireille Loup

Born 1969

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0396 WRITER

Alexandre Friederich

Born 1965

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0422 JOURNALIST

Florence Grivel

Born 1969

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0427 WRITER

Flynn Maria Bergmann

Born 1969

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0428 WRITER

Ronald Schweppe

Born 1962

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0436 WRITER

Alain Rochat (écrivain)

Born 1961

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0446 ACTOR

Alexandre Bonstein

Born 1963

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0447 ARTIST

Tilo Steireif

Born 1969

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0448 POLITICIAN

Anne-Catherine Lyon

Born 1963

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0449 CURATOR

Julien Chapuis

Born 1968

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0450 MAGISTRAT

Daniel Zappelli

Born 1964

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0464 FILM

Manuel von Stürler

Born 1968

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0476 WRITER

Nicolas Couchepin

Born 1960

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0481 ACTOR

Stéphane Maeder

Born 1961

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0487 WINEGROWER

Marie-Thérèse Chappaz

Born 1960

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0492 MUSIC

Nicolaï Schlup

1968 - 2016

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0498 JUDO

Olivier Schaffter

Born 1964

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0510 WRITER

Yves Rosset

Born 1965

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0511 MUSIC

Michel Cardinaux

Born 1962

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0536 WRITER

Hélène Bezençon

Born 1960

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0558 POLITICIAN

Jean-Luc Addor

Born 1964

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0566 WRITER

Daniel Tschumy

Born 1964

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0572 VIOLIN

Patrick Genet

Born 1960

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0573 PAINTER

Claire Nydegger

Born 1960

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0577 ECONOMIST

Philippe Bacchetta

Born 1960

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0588 SINGER

Pascal Rinaldi

Born 1961

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0611 TEACHER

Umberto Gentiloni

Born 1968

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0648 ACTOR

Sophie Gardaz

Born 1962

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0653 WRITER

Philip Rohr

Born 1963

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0654 WRITER

Michel Diserens

Born 1967

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0656 WRITER

Claudio Ceni

Born 1965

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0682 PRODUCTEUR

Emmanuel Gétaz

Born 1965

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0690 MUSIC

Jean Duperrex

Born 1962

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0697 ACTOR

Nathalie Jeannet

Born 1965

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0715 BATTEUR

Marc Erbetta

Born 1963

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0722 MOUNTAINEER

Sophie Lavaud

Born 1968

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0723 MUSIC

Blaise Mettraux

Born 1962

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0727 MUSIC

Valérie Lou

Born 1964

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0738 POLITICIAN

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch

Born 1961

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0751 WRITER

Claire-Véronique Schmidt

Born 1963

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0755 JOURNALIST

Chantal Tauxe

Born 1962

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0768 SWIMMER

Patrick Ferland

Born 1965

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0773 OPERA

Anne Ramoni

Born 1964

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0786 FENCER

Diane Wild

Born 1961

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0798 GUITARISTE

Karim Samah

Born 1963

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0807 POLITICIAN

Doris Iten

Born 1961

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0809 DRIVER

Laurent Lécuyer

Born 1965

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0811 BASKET

Igor Gojanovic

Born 1968

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