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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Geneve during each.

What Geneve Is Known For

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Politician is Geneve's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (138).

Geneve over-indexes on bank6.0× the global rate.

Geneve under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician138
  2. Writer106
  3. Painter105
  4. Actor67
  5. Football64
  6. Artist43
  7. Lawyer35
  8. Architect34
  1. Bank156.0×
  2. Theologian244.3×
  3. Botanist243.9×
  4. Pianist153.6×
  5. Driver163.4×
  6. Photographer243.2×
  7. Physicist203.1×
  8. Artist432.7×
  1. Football640.4×
  2. Singer200.6×

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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Showing 127 of 1,536 notable people

0032 MATHEMATICIAN

Martin Hairer

Born 1975

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0039 FLAUTIST

Emmanuel Pahud

Born 1970

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0053 HEIR

Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice

Born 1972

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0058 SCREENWRITER

Edoardo Ponti

Born 1973

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0071 PLAYER

Marc Rosset

Born 1970

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0073 HOCKEY

David Aebischer

Born 1978

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0078 FOOTBALL

Patrick Müller (footballer)

Born 1976

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0081 FOOTBALL

Johann Vogel

Born 1977

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0083 WRITER

Frederik Peeters

Born 1974

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0101 ACTOR

Thomas Jouannet

Born 1970

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0157 MUSIC

Robert Schultzberg

Born 1975

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0164 PLAYER

Emmanuelle Gagliardi

Born 1976

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0173 SCREENWRITER

Martin Gero

Born 1977

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0182 MUSIC

Grégoire Maret

Born 1975

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0214 POLITICIAN

Pierre Maudet

Born 1978

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0226 ARTIST

Marc Bauer

Born 1975

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0248 SPORT

Mickaël Buffaz

Born 1979

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0255 SCULPTOR

Mai-Thu Perret

Born 1976

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0260 BOBSLED

Cédric Grand

Born 1976

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0278 FILM

Xavier Ruiz

Born 1970

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0297 COMICS

Valentine Pasche

Born 1979

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0364 PAINTER

Carol Bove

Born 1971

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0378 CHESS

Monica Calzetta Ruiz

Born 1972

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0405 POLITICIAN

Céline Amaudruz

Born 1979

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0414 HOCKEY

Olivier Keller

Born 1971

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0434 SOCIALITE

Celia von Bismarck

1971 - 2010

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0463 ACTOR

Claudia Berninzon

Born 1976

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0512 WRITER

Mona Chollet

Born 1973

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0522 MUSIC

Fauve (musician)

Born 1972

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0528 SECRETARY

Kojo Annan

Born 1973

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0549 POLITICIAN

Sandrine Salerno

Born 1971

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0558 RUNNER

Caroline Chaverot

Born 1976

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0567 ACTOR

Vanessa Larré

Born 1970

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0577 AUTHOR

Patrick Mallet (auteur suisse)

Born 1970

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0579 HARPSICHORDIST

Vital Julian Frey

Born 1979

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0581 DESIGNER

Ludovic Balland

Born 1973

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0605 SPORT

Thierry Loder

Born 1975

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0617 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nicolas Grospierre

Born 1975

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0619 ARTIST

Jérémie Gindre

Born 1978

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0623 ACTOR

Marina Golovine

Born 1970

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0643 ACTOR

Natacha Koutchoumov

Born 1975

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0655 WRITER

Gisella Orsini

Born 1971

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0671 ARTIST

Guillaume Long

Born 1977

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0677 SINGER

Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux

Born 1977

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0682 SAXOPHONIST

Nicolas Masson

Born 1972

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0688 NOBLE

Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval

Born 1978

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0703 WRITER

Dominique Ziegler

Born 1970

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0707 PLAYER

Aliénor Tricerri

Born 1975

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0724 FOOTBALL

Jean-Pierre La Placa

Born 1973

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0728 PLAYER

Cathy Caverzasio

Born 1972

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0729 FILM

Pierre Morath

Born 1970

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0730 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Matthieu Poux

Born 1970

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0757 SCREENWRITER

Pierre Wazem

Born 1970

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0761 POLITICIAN

Johanna Karimäki

Born 1973

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0781 FILM

Sebastian Marka

Born 1978

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0785 SCREENWRITER

Joachim Levy

Born 1976

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0787 ACTOR

Olivier Perez

Born 1978

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0791 WRITER

Isabelle Sbrissa

Born 1971

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0810 PRODUCER

Mike Castro de Maria

Born 1972

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0856 PRINCE

Rahim Aga Khan

Born 1971

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0860 NOVELIST

Jennifer Gilmore

Born 1970

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0882 ARTIST

Mathieu Baillif

Born 1975

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0900 ARTIST

Jérôme Leuba

Born 1970

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0902 LAWYER

Ali Ehsassi

Born 1970

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0909 ARTIST

Marie Velardi

Born 1977

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0928 DESIGNER

Frank Tjepkema

Born 1970

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0931 MISSING

Ronan Hubert

Born 1971

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0967 PAINTER

Jean-Philippe Kalonji

Born 1973

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0972 COMPOSER

Xavier Dayer

Born 1972

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0979 BUSINESS

Nicholas de Wolff

Born 1970

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1005 WRITER

Michaël Perruchoud

Born 1974

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1016 DANCER

Diane Gerencser

Born 1972

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1022 ACTOR

Sandra Korol

Born 1975

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1023 ECONOMIST

Romain Wacziarg

Born 1970

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1024 BASKET

Arsène Ade-Mensah

Born 1971

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1026 SCREENWRITER

Sacha Goerg

Born 1975

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1028 CHILD

Hussain Aga Khan

Born 1974

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1035 ARTIST

Donatella Bernardi

Born 1976

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1036 JOURNALIST

David Rihs

Born 1970

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1056 WRITER

Kyra Dupont Troubetzkoy

Born 1971

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1065 ARTIST

Sarah Hildebrand

Born 1978

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1067 COACH

Paolo Imperatori

Born 1975

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1068 WRITER

Florian Eglin

Born 1974

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1074 ARTIST

Joëlle Flumet

Born 1971

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1076 HORNIST

Christophe Sturzenegger

Born 1976

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1085 SKI

Aléxia Zuberer

Born 1972

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1108 ARTIST

Pascale Favre

Born 1970

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1116 MEDIA

Lalya Gaye

Born 1978

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1130 POLITICIAN

Thierry Apothéloz

Born 1971

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1134 FILM

Seb Coupy

Born 1971

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1135 HUMOURIST

Laurent Nicolet

Born 1970

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1144 ARTIST

Frédéric Post

Born 1975

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1148 SPORT

Elie Chevieux

Born 1973

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1152 MATHEMATICIAN

Assyr Abdulle

Born 1971

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1156 FILM

Kantarama Gahigiri

Born 1976

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1191 ACTOR

Nathalie Dubey

Born 1974

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1201 SINGER

PATjE

Born 1970

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1204 CRÉATEUR

Fabienne Vuilleumier

Born 1974

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1217 SCENOGRAPHER

Massimo Pauletto

Born 1973

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1238 ARTIST

Cati Baur

Born 1973

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1244 SINGER

Julien Laurence

Born 1973

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1248 HOCKEY

Nicolas Studer

Born 1978

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1251 MUSIC

Aline Champion

Born 1971

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1271 PAINTER

Christelle Montus

Born 1973

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1289 RESEARCH

Dirk Notz

Born 1975

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1294 SWIMMER

Philippe Meyer

Born 1971

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1316 CHOREOGRAPHER

Fabrice Mazliah

Born 1972

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1331 FAN

Zahra Aga Khan

Born 1970

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1334 FOOTBALL

Eddy Barea

Born 1973

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1352 FOOTBALL

Philippe Cravero

Born 1970

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1355 FOOTBALL

Eric Rapo

Born 1972

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1391 ENTREPRENEUR

Ville Miettinen

Born 1975

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1393 HUMOURIST

Marc Donnet-Monay

Born 1971

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1397 POLITICIAN

Alexandre de Senarclens

Born 1975

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1411 COUNCILLOR

Marjorie de Chastonay

Born 1975

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1413 LAWYER

Thomas Barth (homme politique)

Born 1975

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1421 COMÉDIEN

David Cuñado

Born 1970

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1425 SKI

Fabien Saguez

Born 1970

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1438 POLITICIAN

Ana Roch

Born 1973

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1444 ARTISTE

Anne Baezner

Born 1970

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1446 SKIER

Seb Michaud

Born 1973

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1449 FOOTBALL

Piero Costantino

Born 1978

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1456 JOURNALIST

Nicolas Richter

Born 1973

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1475 MUSIC

Nicolas Reymond

Born 1978

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1477 JUDO

Dominique Hischier

Born 1978

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1481 SPORT

Jeannette Korten

Born 1976

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1506 DRIVER

Karim Ajlani

Born 1976

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