47.4233° N, 9.3766° E

SANKT GALLEN

Most Famous People Born in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Notable people
440
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1929
Most distinctive
Theologian 7.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Sankt Gallen during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 45 notable births.

What Sankt Gallen Is Known For

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Politician is Sankt Gallen's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (63).

Sankt Gallen over-indexes on theologian7.5× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician63
  2. Writer23
  3. Painter23
  4. Football19
  5. Academic16
  6. Author16
  7. Actor14
  8. Theologian12
  1. Theologian127.5×
  2. Physicist84.4×
  3. Author164.2×
  4. Economist73.8×
  5. Academic163.6×
  6. Photographer62.8×
  7. Artist112.4×
  8. Painter232.0×
  1. Football190.4×
  2. Actor140.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Sankt Gallen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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440 notable people

0001 FOOTBALL

Aleksandar Prijović

Born 1990

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0002 FOOTBALL

Tranquillo Barnetta

Born 1985

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0003 FOOTBALL

Marwin Hitz

Born 1987

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0004 MUSIC

Dieter Moebius

1944 - 2015

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0005 SINGER

Paola del Medico

Born 1950

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0006 POLITICIAN

Ruth Dreifuss

Born 1940

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0007 POLICE

Paul Grüninger

1891 - 1972

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0008 PHYSICIST

Paul Scherrer

1890 - 1969

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0009 POLITICIAN

Kurt Furgler

1924 - 2008

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0010 ENTREPRENEUR

Stephan Schmidheiny

Born 1947

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0011 THEOLOGIAN

Joachim Vadian

1484 - 1551

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0012 PSYCHIATRIST

Medard Boss

1903 - 1990

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0013 POLITICIAN

Arnold Koller

Born 1933

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0014 SPORT

Jolanda Neff

Born 1993

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0015 PHOTOGRAPHER

Walter Mittelholzer

1894 - 1937

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0016 MONK

Saint Othmar

689 - 759

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0017 PHYSICIAN

Ernst Rüdin

1874 - 1952

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0018 CONDUCTOR

Peter Maag

1919 - 2001

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0019 PSYCHOLOGIST

Bärbel Inhelder

1913 - 1997

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0020 WRITER

Niklaus Meienberg

1940 - 1993

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0021 HOCKEY

Kevin Fiala

Born 1996

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0022 PHYSICIST

Robert Emden

1862 - 1940

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0023 RELIGIOUS

Magnus of Füssen

699 - 772

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0024 PAINTER

Georg Gsell

1673 - 1740

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0025 THEOLOGIAN

Adolf Schlatter

1852 - 1938

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0026 SPORT

Beat Breu

Born 1957

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0027 POLITICIAN

Karl Kobelt

1891 - 1968

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0028 POLITICIAN

Arthur Hoffmann (politician)

1857 - 1927

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0029 GYMNAST

Giulia Steingruber

Born 1994

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0030 FILM

Peter Liechti

1951 - 2014

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0031 PSYCHIATRIST

Franz Riklin

1878 - 1938

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0032 POLITICIAN

Thomas Holenstein

1896 - 1962

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0033 FOOTBALL

Orhan Ademi

Born 1991

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0034 PAINTER

Adrian Zingg

1734 - 1816

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0035 COMEDIAN

Walter Roderer

1920 - 2012

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0036 FOOTBALL

Marco Zwyssig

Born 1971

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0037 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Feurer

Born 1939

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0038 SNOWBOARD

Nevin Galmarini

Born 1986

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0039 ARTIST

Hansrudi Wäscher

1928 - 2016

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0040 BOTANIST

Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner

1873 - 1959

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0041 POET

Alexander Baumgartner

1841 - 1910

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0042 POET

Regina Ullmann

1884 - 1961

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0043 ACTOR

Miguel Herz-Kestranek

Born 1948

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0044 COMMANDER

Pius Segmüller

Born 1952

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0045 PAINTER

Carl Walter Liner

1914 - 1997

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0046 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Joachim Zollikofer

1730 - 1788

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0047 PHOTOGRAPHER

Johann Baptist Isenring

1796 - 1860

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0048 PASTOR

John Joachim Zubly

1724 - 1781

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0049 ACTOR

Ines Torelli

1931 - 2019

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0050 FOOTBALL

Richard Dürr

1938 - 2014

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0051 PIANIST

Margrit Weber

1924 - 2001

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0052 RELIGIOUS

Christoph Schappeler

1472 - 1551

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0053 POLITICIAN

Bruno Zuppiger

1952 - 2016

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0054 DJ

Tanja La Croix

Born 1982

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0055 PLAYER

Isabelle Forrer

Born 1982

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0056 ACTOR

Karl Meier

1897 - 1974

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0057 BOBSLED

Alex Baumann (bobsledder)

Born 1985

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0058 SAXOPHONIST

Hans Moeckel

1923 - 1983

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0059 SPRINT

Salomé Kora

Born 1994

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0060 BANK

Konrad Hummler

Born 1953

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0061 PAINTER

Charles Hug

1899 - 1979

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0062 BIOLOGIST

Christophe Boesch

Born 1951

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0063 FILM

Kurt Früh

1915 - 1979

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0064 MATHEMATICIAN

Ueli Maurer (cryptographer)

Born 1960

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0065 PAINTER

Carl August Liner

1871 - 1946

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0066 FOOTBALL

Jasper van der Werff

Born 1998

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0067 SWIMMER

Dominik Meichtry

Born 1984

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0068 POLITICIAN

Hans Fässler

Born 1954

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0069 SKIER

Andi Grünenfelder

Born 1960

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0070 ARTIST

Jost Hochuli

Born 1933

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0071 MOUNTAINEER

Johann Jakob Weilenmann

1819 - 1896

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0072 POLITICIAN

Hans Altherr

Born 1950

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0073 ARTIST

Silvie Defraoui

Born 1935

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0074 ROWER

Markus Gier

Born 1970

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0075 PAINTER

Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas

1849 - 1921

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0076 POLITICIAN

Andrea Caroni

Born 1980

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0077 ARCHITECT

Robert Curjel

1859 - 1925

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0078 COMPOSER

Raffaele D'Alessandro

1911 - 1959

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0079 ACADEMIC

Karl Nef

1873 - 1935

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0080 ECONOMIST

Franz Jaeger

Born 1941

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0081 POLITICIAN

Paul Rechsteiner

Born 1952

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0082 PHYSICIST

Heinrich Greinacher

1880 - 1974

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0083 ACADEMIC

Daniel Thürer

Born 1945

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0084 PRINCE

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein

Born 1969

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0085 SINGER

Simone Drexel

Born 1957

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0086 PAINTER

Ignaz Epper

1892 - 1969

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0087 ROWER

Ueli Bodenmann

Born 1965

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0088 LAWYER

Hieronymus Schurff

1481 - 1554

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0089 PRODUCER

René Tinner

Born 1953

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0090 WRESTLER

Hugo Dietsche

Born 1963

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0091 SKIER

Ralph Weber (skier)

Born 1993

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0092 PAINTER

Martha Cunz

1876 - 1961

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0093 COMPOSER

David Philip Hefti

Born 1975

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0094 POLITICIAN

Arthur Honegger (Schriftsteller)

1924 - 2017

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0095 ACTOR

Trudi Gerster

1919 - 2013

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0096 ACADEMIC

Arnold Wolfers

1892 - 1968

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0097 POLITICIAN

Karl Huber (politician)

1915 - 2002

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0098 ECONOMIST

Mathias Binswanger

Born 1962

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0099 PHILOSOPHER

Elmar Holenstein

Born 1937

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0100 PHYSICIAN

Christopher Girtanner

1760 - 1800

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0101 WRITER

Otto Henne am Rhyn

1828 - 1914

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0102 BIOCHEMIST

Michael Hengartner

Born 1966

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0103 FOOTBALL

Harald Gämperle

Born 1968

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0104 SCREENWRITER

Daniel Martin Eckhart

Born 1962

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0105 THERAPIST

Félicie Affolter

Born 1926

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0106 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Otto Schlaginhaufen

1879 - 1973

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0107 ATHLETE

Olivier Bernhard

Born 1968

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0108 SCHOLAR

Gall Morel

1803 - 1872

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0109 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Kessler

1502 - 1574

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0110 JUDGE

Arnold Otto Aepli

1816 - 1897

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0111 FOOTBALL

Damian Bellón

Born 1989

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0112 AUTHOR

Johannes Zollikofer

1633 - 1692

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0113 COMPOSER

Gunnar Berg (composer)

1909 - 1989

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0114 PAINTER

Victor Ruzo

1913 - 2008

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0115 POLITICIAN

Aurelia Frick

Born 1975

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0116 POLITICIAN

Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician)

1820 - 1895

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0117 PHOTOGRAPHER

Karl Ammann

Born 1948

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0118 MUSIC

Norbert Möslang

Born 1952

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0119 ENTREPRENEUR

Friedrich Albert Wenner

1812 - 1882

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0120 WRITER

Alexander Osterwalder

Born 1974

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0121 PAINTER

Carl Arnold Gonzenbach

1806 - 1885

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0122 PROFESSOR

Thomas Hengartner

1960 - 2018

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0123 FOOTBALL

Hans-Peter Zwicker

Born 1960

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0124 CYCLIST

Christian Heule

Born 1975

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0125 FOOTBALL

Jevrem Kosnić

Born 1993

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0126 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Ferdinand Bürki

1925 - 2002

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0127 PAINTER

Gaspard Gsell

1814 - 1904

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0128 ART HISTORIAN

Felix Thürlemann

Born 1946

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0129 MATHEMATICIAN

Günther Frei

Born 1942

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0130 PAINTER

René Gilsi

1905 - 2002

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0131 PSYCHOLOGIST

Hans-Werner Hunziker

1934 - 2011

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0132 COMPOSER

Ferdinand Huber

1791 - 1863

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0133 POLITICIAN

August von Gonzenbach

1808 - 1887

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0134 THEOLOGIAN

Jacques Wegelin

1721 - 1791

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0135 ACTOR

Brigitte Oelke

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0136 SCULPTOR

Thomas Stricker

Born 1962

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0137 TEACHER

Hugo Tschirky

1938 - 2020

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0138 FOOTBALL

Enzo Todisco

Born 1980

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0139 WRITER

Dora Koster

1939 - 2017

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0140 POLITICIAN

Ruedi Aeschbacher

Born 1941

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0141 COMPOSER

Robert Suter

1919 - 2008

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0142 WRITER

Hans Rudolf Hilty

1925 - 1994

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0143 ARCHITECT

Berta Rahm

1910 - 1998

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0144 POLITICIAN

Fritz Hofmann (politician)

1924 - 2005

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0145 AUTHOR

Klara Obermüller

Born 1940

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0146 AUTHOR

Valentin Landmann

Born 1950

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0147 POLITICIAN

Ernst Rüesch

1928 - 2015

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0148 PRIEST

Christian Rutishauser

Born 1965

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0149 PIANIST

René Bottlang

Born 1953

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0150 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernst E. Boesch

1916 - 2014

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0151 AUTHOR

Helen Schüngel-Straumann

Born 1940

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0152 LITERARY

Hildegard Elisabeth Keller

Born 1960

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0153 SKATER

Christina Niederer

Born 1996

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0154 BIOLOGIST

Bruno Oberle

Born 1955

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0155 SURGEON

Martin Allgöwer

1917 - 2007

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0156 WRITER

David Signer

Born 1964

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0157 PAINTER

Elisabeth Kelly

1825 - 1890

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0158 DIPLOMAT

Carl Stucki

1889 - 1963

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0159 HISTORIAN

Jörg Fisch

Born 1947

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0160 TRONO

Tatiana de Liechtenstein

Born 1973

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0161 WRITER

René Oberholzer

Born 1963

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0162 PAINTER

Sylvia Oeggerli

Born 1939

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0163 PHYSICIST

Otto Feuerlein

1863 - 1930

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0164 ACTOR

Karina Thayenthal

Born 1962

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0165 HOCKEY

Marcel Niederer

Born 1960

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0166 FILM

Walter Saxer (Filmproduzent)

Born 1947

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0167 POLITICIAN

Eugen David

Born 1945

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0168 LAWYER

Peter Nobel

Born 1945

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0169 ECONOMIST

Peter Gomez

Born 1947

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0170 KATHOLISCHER

Johann Künzle

1857 - 1945

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0171 FOOTBALL

Milan Basrak

Born 1994

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0172 HISTORIAN

Johannes Duft

1915 - 2003

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0173 PSYCHIATRIST

Willi Enke

1895 - 1974

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0174 CLERGY

Michael Schlatter

1716 - 1790

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0175 POLITICIAN

Johann Joseph Keel

1837 - 1902

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0176 AUTHOR

Iso Baumer

Born 1929

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0177 WRITER

Robert Nef

Born 1942

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0178 ACTOR

Brigitta Furgler

Born 1952

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0179 WRITER

Ernst Kapff

1863 - 1944

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0180 ACADEMIC

Andrea Büchler

Born 1968

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0181 HORSE RIDER

Monica Bachmann

Born 1942

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0182 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Bory

1838 - 1891

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0183 PUBLISHER

Hanspeter Lebrument

Born 1941

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0184 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Heinrich Merz

1806 - 1875

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0185 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Im Hof

1917 - 2001

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0186 COMPOSER

Alfons Karl Zwicker

Born 1952

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0187 ACTOR

Dominique Jann

Born 1977

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0188 ARCHITECT

August Hardegger

1858 - 1927

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0189 NEUROLOGIST

Jürg Kesselring

Born 1951

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0190 COMPOSER

Hans Eugen Frischknecht

Born 1939

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0191 HISTORIAN

Hans Fehr (Jurist)

1874 - 1961

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0192 NOBRE

Constantino de Liechtenstein

Born 1972

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0193 ACADEMIC

Alois Riklin

Born 1935

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0194 JOURNALIST

Benno Schaeppi

1911 - 1988

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0195 WRITER

Eduard Stäuble

1924 - 2009

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0196 WRITER

Christoph Keller (Schriftsteller)

Born 1963

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0197 POLITICIAN

Doris Morf

1927 - 2003

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0198 COMPOSER

Roman Riklin

Born 1971

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0199 ACTOR

Anneliese Betschart

1930 - 1982

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0200 GERMANIST

Johannes Anderegg

Born 1938

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0201 AUTHOR

Anna Schlatter-Bernet

1773 - 1826

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0202 SPORT

Charles Stoffel

1893 - 1970

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0203 SCULPTOR

Patrice Stellest

Born 1953

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0204 BASSIST

Hans Hartmann (Musiker)

Born 1942

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0205 PHYSICIAN

Boris Luban-Plozza

1923 - 2002

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0206 CURLER

Marco Battilana

Born 1976

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0207 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roland Gretler

1937 - 2018

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0208 HISTORIAN

Werner Näf

1894 - 1959

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0209 THEOLOGIAN

Benedikt Burgauer

1494 - 1576

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0210 FOOTBALL

Roger Stilz

Born 1977

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0211 ACADEMIC

Ernst Hafen

Born 1956

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0212 PHILOSOPHER

Rudolf Haller

1929 - 2014

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0213 AUTHOR

Marco Bischof

Born 1947

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0214 FOOTBALL

Otto Demarmels

Born 1948

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0215 LAWYER

Hans Huber (Jurist)

1901 - 1987

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0216 MONK

Wolfgang Ulimann

1500 - 1530

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0217 SOCIOLOGIST

Ruth Meyer Schweizer

Born 1936

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0218 RETAILER

Fred Hayman

1925 - 2016

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0219 MUSIC

Manuel Stahlberger

Born 1974

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0220 JOURNALIST

Fred Luchsinger

1921 - 2009

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0221 THEOLOGIAN

Norbert Bischofberger (Journalist)

Born 1964

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0222 PHYSICIST

Augustin Schurff

1495 - 1548

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0223 PRIEST

Ernst Streckeisen

1905 - 1978

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0224 AUTHOR

Stephan Sigg

Born 1983

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0225 ACTOR

Eva Maron

Born 1969

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0226 MERCHANT

Otto Fischbacher

1874 - 1953

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0227 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe Gracia

Born 1967

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0228 AUTHOR

Marcel Magis

1965 - 2018

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0229 ARTIST

Joachim Rittmeyer

Born 1951

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0230 ECONOMIST

Karl Käfer

1898 - 1999

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0231 MUSIC

Bit-Tuner

Born 1978

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0232 ECONOMIST

Kuno Schedler

Born 1961

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0233 POLITICIAN

Erich Schmidt (Verleger)

1897 - 1952

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0234 PRIEST

Joseph Anton Siegmund von Beroldingen

1738 - 1816

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0235 ACADEMIC

Karl Pestalozzi

Born 1929

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0236 POLITICIAN

Karl Wick

1891 - 1969

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0237 MANUFACTURER

Adolph Saurer

1841 - 1920

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0238 PAINTER

Niklaus Fritschi

Born 1945

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0239 FILM

Klaus Lutz

1940 - 2009

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0240 POLITICIAN

Walther Allgöwer

1912 - 1980

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0241 PROFESSOR

Hansjürg Steinlin

1921 - 2004

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0242 POLITICIAN

Walter Zwingli

1925 - 2018

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0243 LAWYER

Jörg Paul Müller

Born 1938

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0244 JOURNALIST

Stephan Guntli

Born 1961

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0245 INTERNIST

Otto Gsell

1902 - 1990

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0246 LAWYER

Hans Haug (Jurist)

1921 - 1995

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0247 WRITER

Carl Böckli

1889 - 1970

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0248 WRITER

Werner Johannes Guggenheim

1895 - 1946

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0249 HISTORIAN

Franz Xaver Bischof

Born 1955

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0250 ARTIST

Verena Voiret

Born 1939

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0251 ARCHIVIST

Ernst Ziegler (Historiker)

Born 1938

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0252 THEOLOGIAN

Robert Hanhart

Born 1925

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0253 CHESS

Kurt Meier-Boudane

1947 - 2014

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0254 MANUFACTURER

Martin Othmar Winterhalter

1889 - 1961

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0255 SKI

Lucas Vonlanthen

Born 1981

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0256 AUTHOR

Marcel Geisser

Born 1952

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0257 ARTIST

Verena Merz

1959 - 1990

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0258 AVIATOR

Margret Fusbahn

1907 - 2001

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0259 AUTHOR

Theodor Gsell Fels

1819 - 1898

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0260 AUTHOR

Bruno Gideon

Born 1931

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0261 POLITICIAN

Claudia Friedl

Born 1960

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0262 ARCHITECT

Robert Rittmeyer

1868 - 1960

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0263 POLITICIAN

Heinz Allenspach

Born 1928

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0264 ARCHITECT

Johann Christoph Kunkler

1813 - 1898

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0265 PAINTER

Albert Oesch (Künstler)

1907 - 1936

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0266 PHYSICIAN

Hans-Peter Ludin

Born 1921

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0267 PHYSICIST

Juerg Leuthold

Born 1966

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0268 ACTOR

Urs Bosshardt

Born 1953

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0269 ACADEMIC

Philip Moscoso

Born 1972

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0270 ARTIST

Kaspar Toggenburger

Born 1960

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0271 CURLER

Pascal Sieber

Born 1977

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0272 ACADEMIC

Jacob Lorenz

1883 - 1946

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0273 WRITER

August E. Hohler

1925 - 2002

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0274 ACADEMIC

Martin Hilb

Born 1948

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0275 DANCER

Gregor Zöllig

Born 1965

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0276 HISTORIAN

Erwin Bucher

1920 - 2001

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0277 THEOLOGIAN

Franz Dähler

1922 - 2013

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0278 PHYSICIST

Hannes W. Keller

Born 1939

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0279 ASTRONAUT

Renate Brümmer

Born 1955

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0280 LIBRARIAN

Johann Nepomuk Hauntinger

1756 - 1823

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0281 PHILOLOGIST

Jon Pult (Romanist)

1911 - 1991

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0282 AUTHOR

Hermann Joseph Kopf

1929 - 1979

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0283 LAWYER

Max Imboden

1915 - 1969

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0284 ACADEMIC

Daniel Frei (Politikwissenschaftler)

1940 - 1988

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0285 HOMEOPATH

Jost Künzli von Fimmelsberg

1915 - 1992

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0286 THEOLOGIAN

Jürg H. Buchegger

Born 1956

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0287 FOOTBALL

Oscar Engler

Born 1889

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0288 ACADEMIC

Alfred Jäger (Theologe)

1941 - 2015

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0289 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Varnbüler

1432 - 1496

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0290 WRITER

Karl Ledergerber

1914 - 2004

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0291 NUMISMATIST

Edwin Tobler

1922 - 2020

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0292 WRITER

Antoine Barthez de Marmorières

1736 - 1811

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0293 BOTANIST

Friedrich Bernhard Wartmann

1830 - 1902

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0294 POLITICIAN

Edmund Richner

1900 - 1994

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0295 CURATOR

Marc Hungerbuhler

Born 1963

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0296 WRITER

Christian Kuchimeister

1260 - 1335

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0297 SOCIOLOGIST

Christoph Maeder

Born 1956

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0298 POLITICIAN

Peter Weigelt

Born 1956

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0299 MINERALOGIST

Franz Cölestin von Beroldingen

1740 - 1798

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0300 FILM

Catherine Ann Berger

Born 1965

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