47.0523° N, 8.3060° E
LUZERN
Most Famous People Born in Luzern, Switzerland
- Notable people
- 491
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1942
- Most distinctive
- Rower 4.4×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Luzern during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 51 notable births.
What Luzern Is Known For
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Politician is Luzern's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (57).
Luzern over-indexes on rower — 4.4× the global rate.
Luzern under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Luzern's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Science
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
1905 - 1988
Siegfried Wagner
1869 - 1930
Peter Bichsel
Born 1935
Hans Erni
1909 - 2015
Valentin Stocker
Born 1989
Cesaro (wrestler)
Born 1980
Edith Mathis
Born 1938
Emil Steinberger (actor)
Born 1933
Armin Jordan
1932 - 2006
Anna Murphy (musician)
Born 1989
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness
1904 - 1970
Rolf Dobelli
Born 1966
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
Born 1978
Alphons Egli
1924 - 2016
Karl Odermatt
Born 1942
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
1904 - 1965
Ariella Käslin
Born 1987
Peter von Matt
Born 1937
Oswald Myconius
1488 - 1552
Johann Baptist Cysat
1585 - 1657
Nuria Fernández
Born 1976
Felix Gmür
Born 1966
Hippolyt Kempf
Born 1965
Urs Bühler
Born 1971
Max Heinzer
Born 1987
Robert Zünd
1826 - 1909
Uli Sigg
Born 1946
Luis Cembranos
Born 1972
Milo Moiré
Born 1983
Eva Chamberlain
1867 - 1942
Nicole Brändli
Born 1979
Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1813 - 1889
Luciano Castelli
Born 1951
Giorgio Gaja
Born 1939
Thomas Wyss
Born 1966
Mario Gyr
Born 1985
Thomas Häberli
Born 1974
Rolf Brem
1926 - 2014
Gerardo Seoane
Born 1978
Franz Riedweg
1907 - 2005
Fritz Brun
1878 - 1959
Michael Koch (film director)
Born 1982
Andrea Štaka
Born 1973
Toni Hagen
1917 - 2003
Walter Nigg
1903 - 1988
Josef-Maria Jauch
1914 - 1974
Iris Bohnet
Born 1966
Thomas Rüfenacht
Born 1985
Janko Pacar
Born 1990
Martin Boyd
1893 - 1972
Walter Brun
Born 1942
Josef Anton Schobinger
1849 - 1911
Kurt Müller (footballer)
Born 1948
Villi Hermann
Born 1941
Caspar Diethelm
1926 - 1997
Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Born 1960
Bruno Reichlin
Born 1941
Marianne Eigenheer
1945 - 2018
Manuela Pfrunder
Born 1979
Ludwig Pfyffer
1524 - 1594
Serge Stauffer
1929 - 1989
André Thomkins
1930 - 1985
Lara Stalder
Born 1994
Renward Cysat
1545 - 1614
Valentin Gjokaj
Born 1993
Konrad Farner
1903 - 1974
Christina Aus der Au
Born 1966
Haxhi Neziraj
Born 1993
Sandra Betschart
Born 1989
Thomas Imbach
Born 1962
Urs Leimgruber
Born 1952
Filip Ugrinic
Born 1999
Steve Anderhub
Born 1970
Herbert Ernst Groh
1906 - 1982
Fredy Studer
Born 1948
Thomas Greminger
Born 1961
Philipp Anton von Segesser
1817 - 1888
Albert Ferber
1911 - 1987
Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee
1786 - 1868
Armin Meili
1892 - 1981
Anton Muheim
1916 - 2016
Markus Breitschmid
Born 1966
Nico Siegrist
Born 1991
Curt Truninger
Born 1957
Stephan Klapproth
Born 1958
Stanislaus von Moos
Born 1940
Paul Estermann
Born 1963
Samuel Lustenberger
Born 1985
Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn
1800 - 1849
Melchior Russ
1450 - 1499
Sibylle Pasche
Born 1976
Ueli Christen
Born 1962
Fred Mayer (photographer)
Born 1933
Hedy Salquin
1928 - 2012
Guido Bachmann
1940 - 2003
Werner J. Egli
Born 1943
André Vonarburg
Born 1978
Max von Moos
1903 - 1979
Urs Küry
1901 - 1976
Lino Martschini
Born 1993
Theodor Fischer (auctioneer)
1878 - 1957
Johannes Fründ
1400 - 1468
Marijan Urtić
Born 1991
Sonia Sekula
1918 - 1963
Josef Reinhard
1749 - 1824
Mimiks
Born 1991
Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee
1772 - 1856
René Hasler
Born 1948
Petra Gössi
Born 1976
Karl Niklaus Lang
1670 - 1741
Renato Ulrich
Born 1983
Sava Miladinovic Bento
Born 1991
Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen
1950 - 1999
Paul Ruegger
1897 - 1988
Georges Theiler
Born 1949
Carlos Lima (handballer)
Born 1970
Otto Marchi
1942 - 2004
Herbert Baumann (Fussballspieler)
Born 1964
Fredy Barth
Born 1979
Philipp Segesser
1689 - 1762
Gustave Lannes de Montebello
1838 - 1907
Franz Ludwig Raufft
1660 - 1719
Walter Haas (Germanist)
Born 1942
Stefan Knezevic
Born 1996
Edmund Stadler
1912 - 2005
Petermann von Gundoldingen
Died 1386
Silvio Scaglia
Born 1958
Carolina Lüthi
Born 1972
Josef Kupper
1932 - 2017
André Meyer (football)
Born 1949
Robert Wuellner
1885 - 1966
Eduard Josef Gübelin
1913 - 2005
Vera Kaa
Born 1960
August Schram
Born 1979
Armin Risi
Born 1962
Edgar Gretener
1902 - 1958
Chris Kablan
Born 1994
Eva Brunner
Born 1952
Sara Bachmann
Born 1979
Franz Joseph Stalder
1757 - 1833
Mani Planzer
1939 - 1997
Konrad Graber
Born 1958
Hans W. Kopp
1931 - 2009
Hans Wicki
Born 1964
Dominik Riedo
Born 1974
Renata Bucher
Born 1977
Margrit Winter
1917 - 2001
Cécile Lauber
1887 - 1981
Charles B. Blankart
Born 1942
Sarah Buechi
Born 1981
Rupert Graf Strachwitz
Born 1947
Reto Kobach
Born 1980
Beat Curti
Born 1937
Felix Müri
Born 1958
Peter Keller (homme politique, 1971)
Born 1971
Mário Marquez
Born 1952
Sarah Moundir
Born 1992
Stefan Marinković
Born 1994
Stephan Turnovszky
Born 1964
Luca Di Blasi
Born 1967
Mimi Scheiblauer
1891 - 1968
Walter Wili
1900 - 1975
Kurt Lüscher
Born 1935
Röbi Koller
Born 1957
Matthias Bolliger
Born 1975
Roger Andermatt
Born 1969
Margaretha Dubach
Born 1938
Oskar Bätschmann
Born 1943
Joseph Weingartner
1810 - 1884
Egon Milder
1942 - 1975
Walter Hess (Schauspieler)
Born 1939
Maja Wicki-Vogt
1940 - 2016
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer
1716 - 1802
Keren Craig
Born 1976
Peter Gauch
Born 1939
Mabel Cawthra
1871 - 1943
Stephan Medem
Born 1960
Hermann Heller (Swiss politician)
1850 - 1917
Carlo Sutermeister
1847 - 1918
Alfred Waldis
1919 - 2013
Patrick Gmür
Born 1961
Sonja A. Buholzer
Born 1960
Franz Grüter
Born 1963
Hans Schwarzentruber
1929 - 1982
Felix von Schumacher
1814 - 1894
Leopold Haefliger
1929 - 1989
Marcel Barsotti
Born 1963
Josef Estermann (Politiker)
Born 1947
Louis Schelbert
Born 1952
Otto Wicki
Born 1932
Emil Vogt (Architekt)
1863 - 1936
Claire Huguenin
1954 - 2018
Alfred Muff
Born 1949
Richard Bucher
1955 - 2012
Emil Angehrn
Born 1946
Albrecht Schnider
Born 1958
Hugo Käch
1927 - 2003
Simon Stürm
Born 1973
Hans Hess
Born 1945
Ernst Michael Lang
1913 - 2014
Felix Balthasar
1794 - 1854
Martin Zurmühle
Born 1956
Walter Mattli
Born 1950
Bruno Staffelbach
Born 1957
Margrit Schriber
Born 1939
Markus Felber
Born 1951
Mauro Peter
Born 1987
Joseph Anton Salzmann
1780 - 1854
Tobias Ineichen
Born 1964
Ernst Hodel junior
1881 - 1955
Patricia Litten
Born 1954
Thomas Hösli
1965 - 2007
Federica Cavicchia
Born 1998
Brigitte Tag
Born 1959
Wolfgang Meighörner
Born 1958
Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schauensee
1720 - 1789
Otto Bucher
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Margrit Kessler
Born 1948
Philipp Gmür
Born 1963
Cornel Windlin
Born 1964
Reiko Peter
Born 1989
Simone Erni
Born 1946
David Fermer
Born 1973
Jean-Baptiste Frener
1821 - 1897
Otto Bachmann (Künstler)
1915 - 1996
Yves Bossart
Born 1983
Lorenz Plazid Schumacher
1735 - 1764
Robert Pilchowski
1909 - 1990
Franz Burri
1901 - 1987
Karin Frei
Born 1969
Roland Fischer (Politiker)
Born 1965
Scarlett Von Wollenmann
Born 1962
Otto Zurmühle
1894 - 1974
Giacomo Santiago Rogado
Born 1979
Rosie Wiederkehr
Born 1965
Norbert Valis
Born 1971
Kaspar Meglinger
1595 - 1670
Laurenz Forer
1580 - 1659
Reto Burrell
Born 1973
Alfred Bernegger
1912 - 1978
Ralph Schraivogel
Born 1960
Rob Gnant
1932 - 2019
Joséphine Troller
1908 - 2004
Alexander Perrig
Born 1930
Alfred Siegfried (Lehrer)
1890 - 1972
Joseph Rudolf Valentin Meyer
1725 - 1808
Angelika Waldis
Born 1940
Alphons Pfyffer
1753 - 1822
Julie Bikle
1871 - 1962
Irene Naef (Künstlerin)
Born 1961
Albin Brun
Born 1959
Eduard Arnold
1895 - 1977
Jost Schiffmann
1822 - 1883
Artur K. Vogel
Born 1953
Alice Schmid
Born 1951
Karl von Schumacher
1894 - 1957
Karl W. Haltiner
Born 1946
Thomas Mejer
Born 1961
Gisela Widmer
Born 1958
Karl Silvan Bossard
1846 - 1914
Hans Venedey
1902 - 1969
Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder
1725 - 1765
Urs Peter Halter
Born 1974
Hannes Brunner
Born 1956
Thaddäus Müller
1763 - 1826
Max Zihlmann
Born 1936
Heinrich Stirnimann
1920 - 2005
Loredana Zefi
Born 1995
Jean Odermatt
Born 1948
Kurt Baebi
Born 1943
Theodor von Liebenau
1840 - 1914
Sibylle Briner
Born 1973
Carmen Anhorn
Born 1956
Joris Van Wezemael
Born 1973
Fritz Huf
1888 - 1970
Sipho Mabona
Born 1980
Cornel Frey
Born 1977
Felix von Schumacher-Nager
1909 - 2003
Daniel Ziegler
Born 1973
Jolanda Steiner
Born 1961
Niklaus Pfyffer
1836 - 1908
Franziska Rogger
Born 1949
Otto Pfeifer
1914 - 1999
Sabrina Frey
Born 1978
Otto Dreyer (Architekt)
1897 - 1972
Franz Plazid de Schumacher im Himmelrich
1725 - 1793
Max Sieber
Born 1943
Stefan Ineichen
Born 1958
Hans Rudolf Meyer
1922 - 2005
Franz Zelger
1864 - 1944
Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau
1625 - 1686
Kurt Zurfluh
1949 - 2017
Mike Schifferle
Born 1973
Gerold Meyer (Benediktiner)
1729 - 1810
Rosmarie Quadranti
Born 1957
Beat Christen
Born 1965
Emanuel Ammon
Born 1950
Josef Willmann
1862 - 1943
Beat Portmann
Born 1976
Georg Boner
1908 - 1991