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LUZERN

Most Famous People Born in Luzern, Switzerland

Notable people
491
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1942
Most distinctive
Rower 4.4×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Luzern Is Known For

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Politician is Luzern's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (57).

Luzern over-indexes on rower4.4× the global rate.

Luzern under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician57
  2. Painter30
  3. Football29
  4. Writer28
  5. Composer14
  6. Singer14
  7. Music12
  8. Architect11
  1. Rower84.4×
  2. Photographer93.8×
  3. Theologian63.4×
  4. Architect112.5×
  5. Missing82.4×
  6. Painter302.3×
  7. Composer142.2×
  8. Author92.1×
  1. Actor110.4×
  2. Football290.5×

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.

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Showing 46 of 491 notable people

0033 PAINTER

Luciano Castelli

Born 1951

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0071 SAXOPHONIST

Urs Leimgruber

Born 1952

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0084 FILM

Curt Truninger

Born 1957

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0085 PRESENTER

Stephan Klapproth

Born 1958

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0113 ARCHITECT

Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen

1950 - 1999

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0127 ENTREPRENEUR

Silvio Scaglia

Born 1958

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0138 WRITER

Eva Brunner

Born 1952

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0142 POLITICIAN

Konrad Graber

Born 1958

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0154 POLITICIAN

Felix Müri

Born 1958

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0156 PRIEST

Mário Marquez

Born 1952

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0164 PRESENTER

Röbi Koller

Born 1957

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0189 POLITICIAN

Louis Schelbert

Born 1952

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0192 WRITER

Claire Huguenin

1954 - 2018

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0194 HOCKEY

Richard Bucher

1955 - 2012

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0196 SCULPTOR

Albrecht Schnider

Born 1958

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0202 PHOTOGRAPHER

Martin Zurmühle

Born 1956

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0203 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Walter Mattli

Born 1950

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0204 ECONOMIST

Bruno Staffelbach

Born 1957

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0206 JOURNALIST

Markus Felber

Born 1951

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0211 ACTOR

Patricia Litten

Born 1954

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0214 ACADEMIC

Brigitte Tag

Born 1959

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0215 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Meighörner

Born 1958

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0251 ACCORDIONIST

Albin Brun

Born 1959

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0254 JOURNALIST

Artur K. Vogel

Born 1953

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0255 SCREENWRITER

Alice Schmid

Born 1951

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0259 WRITER

Gisela Widmer

Born 1958

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0264 SCULPTOR

Hannes Brunner

Born 1956

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0273 SINGER

Carmen Anhorn

Born 1956

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0288 WRITER

Stefan Ineichen

Born 1958

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0295 POLITICIAN

Rosmarie Quadranti

Born 1957

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0297 PHOTOGRAPHER

Emanuel Ammon

Born 1950

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0321 AUTHOR

Marcel Konrad

Born 1954

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0324 COMPOSER

Alfred Felder

Born 1950

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0330 ART HISTORIAN

Juerg Albrecht

Born 1952

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0331 POLITICIAN

Paul Winiker

Born 1956

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0347 MUSIC

Heinz Affolter

Born 1953

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0351 SCREENWRITER

Fritz Muri

Born 1955

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0365 ACADEMIC

Leo Staub

Born 1957

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0394 SOCIOLOGIST

Josef Estermann (Soziologe)

Born 1955

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0426 ACTOR

Thomas Mettler

Born 1958

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0429 THEATRE

Iris Minder

Born 1951

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0451 ROWER

Roland Rosset

Born 1957

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0465 MUSIC

Mario Rossori

Born 1959

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0466 POLITICIAN

Yvonne Schärli-Gerig

Born 1952

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0477 ENGINEER

Alexander Klapproth

Born 1956

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0485 COOKING EXPERT

Othmar Schlegel

Born 1951

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