46.2001° N, 6.1500° E
GENEVE
Most Famous People Born in Geneve, Switzerland
- Notable people
- 1,536
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1917
- Most distinctive
- Bank 6.0×
A Protestant republic that became, in the 19th century, the world's capital of banking and international diplomacy. Geneva's distinctive professions are bankers, theologians, botanists, pianists, photographers, and physicists — a combination that exists almost nowhere else. Rousseau was born here, Calvin made it the Protestant Rome, Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross here, and Saussure essentially invented modern linguistics at the university.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Geneve during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Geneve Is Known For
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Politician is Geneve's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (138).
Geneve over-indexes on bank — 6.0× the global rate.
Geneve under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Geneve's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Ernest Bloch
1880 - 1959
Edmond Privat
1889 - 1962
Hector Hodler
1887 - 1920
Charles-Albert Cingria
1883 - 1954
Jean Choux
1887 - 1946
Andrzej Gawroński
1885 - 1927
Alexander von Senger
1880 - 1968
Maurice Barraud
1889 - 1954
Julien Flegenheimer
1880 - 1938
Cécile Butticaz
1884 - 1966
Paul Lachenal
1884 - 1955
André Oltramare
1884 - 1947
Charles Odier
1886 - 1954
Louis Blondel
1885 - 1967
Jean-Louis Gampert
1884 - 1942
Georges Batault
1887 - 1963
Henri Flournoy
1886 - 1955
Jacques M. Bächtold
1887 - 1984
Ernest Ferny
1886 - 1939
Georges Tiercy
1886 - 1955
Mina Audemars
1883 - 1971
Ernest Henry (engineer)
1885 - 1950
Marguerite Frick-Cramer
1887 - 1963
Albert Schmidt (peintre)
1883 - 1970
Alexandre Castellino
Born 1881
Otto Wiedmer
Born 1889
François Durafour
1888 - 1967
Max Burgi
1882 - 1946
John Torcapel
1881 - 1965
Charles Gos
1885 - 1949
Alexander Leo Soldenhoff
1882 - 1951
Marguerite Vallet
1888 - 1918
Fernande Peyrot
1888 - 1978
William Martin (journaliste)
1888 - 1934
Marcelle Moynier
1888 - 1980
Émile Gos
1888 - 1969
Gustave Amoudruz
1885 - 1964
Eugène Martin (Kunstmaler)
1880 - 1954
Pierre Revilliod
1883 - 1954
Louis Casaï
1888 - 1955
René Bartholoni
1881 - 1967
Henri de Ziegler
1885 - 1970
Frederick A. Kolster
1883 - 1950
Charles Cornu
1888 - 1966
Paul Balmer
1881 - 1977
Albert Picot
1882 - 1966
Paul-Edmond Martin
1883 - 1969
Paul Allouard - Carny
1884 - 1961
Alfred Desbaillets
1882 - 1975
Paul Tapponnier (homme politique)
1884 - 1970
Charles Burklin
1881 - 1957
Frank-Henri Jullien
1882 - 1938
Johnny Aubert (Pianist)
1889 - 1954
Alfred Cartier
1882 - 1959
Renée Girod
1887 - 1962
Charles Inaebnit
1886 - 1970
Eugène De Fernex
1882 - 1927
Charles Barde
1882 - 1972