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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Sankt Gallen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 theologian — 7.5× the global rate.
Sankt Gallen under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Other
Aleksandar Prijović
Born 1990
Tranquillo Barnetta
Born 1985
Marwin Hitz
Born 1987
Dieter Moebius
1944 - 2015
Paola del Medico
Born 1950
Ruth Dreifuss
Born 1940
Paul Grüninger
1891 - 1972
Paul Scherrer
1890 - 1969
Kurt Furgler
1924 - 2008
Stephan Schmidheiny
Born 1947
Joachim Vadian
1484 - 1551
Medard Boss
1903 - 1990
Arnold Koller
Born 1933
Jolanda Neff
Born 1993
Walter Mittelholzer
1894 - 1937
Saint Othmar
689 - 759
Ernst Rüdin
1874 - 1952
Peter Maag
1919 - 2001
Bärbel Inhelder
1913 - 1997
Niklaus Meienberg
1940 - 1993
Kevin Fiala
Born 1996
Robert Emden
1862 - 1940
Magnus of Füssen
699 - 772
Georg Gsell
1673 - 1740
Adolf Schlatter
1852 - 1938
Beat Breu
Born 1957
Karl Kobelt
1891 - 1968
Arthur Hoffmann (politician)
1857 - 1927
Giulia Steingruber
Born 1994
Peter Liechti
1951 - 2014
Franz Riklin
1878 - 1938
Thomas Holenstein
1896 - 1962
Orhan Ademi
Born 1991
Adrian Zingg
1734 - 1816
Walter Roderer
1920 - 2012
Marco Zwyssig
Born 1971
Hans Feurer
Born 1939
Nevin Galmarini
Born 1986
Hansrudi Wäscher
1928 - 2016
Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner
1873 - 1959
Alexander Baumgartner
1841 - 1910
Regina Ullmann
1884 - 1961
Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Born 1948
Pius Segmüller
Born 1952
Carl Walter Liner
1914 - 1997
Georg Joachim Zollikofer
1730 - 1788
Johann Baptist Isenring
1796 - 1860
John Joachim Zubly
1724 - 1781
Ines Torelli
1931 - 2019
Richard Dürr
1938 - 2014
Margrit Weber
1924 - 2001
Christoph Schappeler
1472 - 1551
Bruno Zuppiger
1952 - 2016
Tanja La Croix
Born 1982
Isabelle Forrer
Born 1982
Karl Meier
1897 - 1974
Alex Baumann (bobsledder)
Born 1985
Hans Moeckel
1923 - 1983
Salomé Kora
Born 1994
Konrad Hummler
Born 1953
Charles Hug
1899 - 1979
Christophe Boesch
Born 1951
Kurt Früh
1915 - 1979
Ueli Maurer (cryptographer)
Born 1960
Carl August Liner
1871 - 1946
Jasper van der Werff
Born 1998
Dominik Meichtry
Born 1984
Hans Fässler
Born 1954
Andi Grünenfelder
Born 1960
Jost Hochuli
Born 1933
Johann Jakob Weilenmann
1819 - 1896
Hans Altherr
Born 1950
Silvie Defraoui
Born 1935
Markus Gier
Born 1970
Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas
1849 - 1921
Andrea Caroni
Born 1980
Robert Curjel
1859 - 1925
Raffaele D'Alessandro
1911 - 1959
Karl Nef
1873 - 1935
Franz Jaeger
Born 1941
Paul Rechsteiner
Born 1952
Heinrich Greinacher
1880 - 1974
Daniel Thürer
Born 1945
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
Born 1969
Simone Drexel
Born 1957
Ignaz Epper
1892 - 1969
Ueli Bodenmann
Born 1965
Hieronymus Schurff
1481 - 1554
René Tinner
Born 1953
Hugo Dietsche
Born 1963
Ralph Weber (skier)
Born 1993
Martha Cunz
1876 - 1961
David Philip Hefti
Born 1975
Arthur Honegger (Schriftsteller)
1924 - 2017
Trudi Gerster
1919 - 2013
Arnold Wolfers
1892 - 1968
Karl Huber (politician)
1915 - 2002
Mathias Binswanger
Born 1962
Elmar Holenstein
Born 1937
Christopher Girtanner
1760 - 1800
Otto Henne am Rhyn
1828 - 1914
Michael Hengartner
Born 1966
Harald Gämperle
Born 1968
Daniel Martin Eckhart
Born 1962
Félicie Affolter
Born 1926
Otto Schlaginhaufen
1879 - 1973
Olivier Bernhard
Born 1968
Gall Morel
1803 - 1872
Johannes Kessler
1502 - 1574
Arnold Otto Aepli
1816 - 1897
Damian Bellón
Born 1989
Johannes Zollikofer
1633 - 1692
Gunnar Berg (composer)
1909 - 1989
Victor Ruzo
1913 - 2008
Aurelia Frick
Born 1975
Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician)
1820 - 1895
Karl Ammann
Born 1948
Norbert Möslang
Born 1952
Friedrich Albert Wenner
1812 - 1882
Alexander Osterwalder
Born 1974
Carl Arnold Gonzenbach
1806 - 1885
Thomas Hengartner
1960 - 2018
Hans-Peter Zwicker
Born 1960
Christian Heule
Born 1975
Jevrem Kosnić
Born 1993
Hans Ferdinand Bürki
1925 - 2002
Gaspard Gsell
1814 - 1904
Felix Thürlemann
Born 1946
Günther Frei
Born 1942
René Gilsi
1905 - 2002
Hans-Werner Hunziker
1934 - 2011
Ferdinand Huber
1791 - 1863
August von Gonzenbach
1808 - 1887
Jacques Wegelin
1721 - 1791
Brigitte Oelke
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Thomas Stricker
Born 1962
Hugo Tschirky
1938 - 2020
Enzo Todisco
Born 1980
Dora Koster
1939 - 2017
Ruedi Aeschbacher
Born 1941
Robert Suter
1919 - 2008
Hans Rudolf Hilty
1925 - 1994
Berta Rahm
1910 - 1998
Fritz Hofmann (politician)
1924 - 2005
Klara Obermüller
Born 1940
Valentin Landmann
Born 1950
Ernst Rüesch
1928 - 2015
Christian Rutishauser
Born 1965
René Bottlang
Born 1953
Ernst E. Boesch
1916 - 2014
Helen Schüngel-Straumann
Born 1940
Hildegard Elisabeth Keller
Born 1960
Christina Niederer
Born 1996
Bruno Oberle
Born 1955
Martin Allgöwer
1917 - 2007
David Signer
Born 1964
Elisabeth Kelly
1825 - 1890
Carl Stucki
1889 - 1963
Jörg Fisch
Born 1947
Tatiana de Liechtenstein
Born 1973
René Oberholzer
Born 1963
Sylvia Oeggerli
Born 1939
Otto Feuerlein
1863 - 1930
Karina Thayenthal
Born 1962
Marcel Niederer
Born 1960
Walter Saxer (Filmproduzent)
Born 1947
Eugen David
Born 1945
Peter Nobel
Born 1945
Peter Gomez
Born 1947
Johann Künzle
1857 - 1945
Milan Basrak
Born 1994
Johannes Duft
1915 - 2003
Willi Enke
1895 - 1974
Michael Schlatter
1716 - 1790
Johann Joseph Keel
1837 - 1902
Iso Baumer
Born 1929
Robert Nef
Born 1942
Brigitta Furgler
Born 1952
Ernst Kapff
1863 - 1944
Andrea Büchler
Born 1968
Monica Bachmann
Born 1942
Alphonse Bory
1838 - 1891
Hanspeter Lebrument
Born 1941
Heinrich Merz
1806 - 1875
Ulrich Im Hof
1917 - 2001
Alfons Karl Zwicker
Born 1952
Dominique Jann
Born 1977
August Hardegger
1858 - 1927
Jürg Kesselring
Born 1951
Hans Eugen Frischknecht
Born 1939
Hans Fehr (Jurist)
1874 - 1961
Constantino de Liechtenstein
Born 1972
Alois Riklin
Born 1935
Benno Schaeppi
1911 - 1988
Eduard Stäuble
1924 - 2009
Christoph Keller (Schriftsteller)
Born 1963
Doris Morf
1927 - 2003
Roman Riklin
Born 1971
Anneliese Betschart
1930 - 1982
Johannes Anderegg
Born 1938
Anna Schlatter-Bernet
1773 - 1826
Charles Stoffel
1893 - 1970
Patrice Stellest
Born 1953
Hans Hartmann (Musiker)
Born 1942
Boris Luban-Plozza
1923 - 2002
Marco Battilana
Born 1976
Roland Gretler
1937 - 2018
Werner Näf
1894 - 1959
Benedikt Burgauer
1494 - 1576
Roger Stilz
Born 1977
Ernst Hafen
Born 1956
Rudolf Haller
1929 - 2014
Marco Bischof
Born 1947
Otto Demarmels
Born 1948
Hans Huber (Jurist)
1901 - 1987
Wolfgang Ulimann
1500 - 1530
Ruth Meyer Schweizer
Born 1936
Fred Hayman
1925 - 2016
Manuel Stahlberger
Born 1974
Fred Luchsinger
1921 - 2009
Norbert Bischofberger (Journalist)
Born 1964
Augustin Schurff
1495 - 1548
Ernst Streckeisen
1905 - 1978
Stephan Sigg
Born 1983
Eva Maron
Born 1969
Otto Fischbacher
1874 - 1953
Giuseppe Gracia
Born 1967
Marcel Magis
1965 - 2018
Joachim Rittmeyer
Born 1951
Karl Käfer
1898 - 1999
Bit-Tuner
Born 1978
Kuno Schedler
Born 1961
Erich Schmidt (Verleger)
1897 - 1952
Joseph Anton Siegmund von Beroldingen
1738 - 1816
Karl Pestalozzi
Born 1929
Karl Wick
1891 - 1969
Adolph Saurer
1841 - 1920
Niklaus Fritschi
Born 1945
Klaus Lutz
1940 - 2009
Walther Allgöwer
1912 - 1980
Hansjürg Steinlin
1921 - 2004
Walter Zwingli
1925 - 2018
Jörg Paul Müller
Born 1938
Stephan Guntli
Born 1961
Otto Gsell
1902 - 1990
Hans Haug (Jurist)
1921 - 1995
Carl Böckli
1889 - 1970
Werner Johannes Guggenheim
1895 - 1946
Franz Xaver Bischof
Born 1955
Verena Voiret
Born 1939
Ernst Ziegler (Historiker)
Born 1938
Robert Hanhart
Born 1925
Kurt Meier-Boudane
1947 - 2014
Martin Othmar Winterhalter
1889 - 1961
Lucas Vonlanthen
Born 1981
Marcel Geisser
Born 1952
Verena Merz
1959 - 1990
Margret Fusbahn
1907 - 2001
Theodor Gsell Fels
1819 - 1898
Bruno Gideon
Born 1931
Claudia Friedl
Born 1960
Robert Rittmeyer
1868 - 1960
Heinz Allenspach
Born 1928
Johann Christoph Kunkler
1813 - 1898
Albert Oesch (Künstler)
1907 - 1936
Hans-Peter Ludin
Born 1921
Juerg Leuthold
Born 1966
Urs Bosshardt
Born 1953
Philip Moscoso
Born 1972
Kaspar Toggenburger
Born 1960
Pascal Sieber
Born 1977
Jacob Lorenz
1883 - 1946
August E. Hohler
1925 - 2002
Martin Hilb
Born 1948
Gregor Zöllig
Born 1965
Erwin Bucher
1920 - 2001
Franz Dähler
1922 - 2013
Hannes W. Keller
Born 1939
Renate Brümmer
Born 1955
Johann Nepomuk Hauntinger
1756 - 1823
Jon Pult (Romanist)
1911 - 1991
Hermann Joseph Kopf
1929 - 1979
Max Imboden
1915 - 1969
Daniel Frei (Politikwissenschaftler)
1940 - 1988
Jost Künzli von Fimmelsberg
1915 - 1992
Jürg H. Buchegger
Born 1956
Oscar Engler
Born 1889
Alfred Jäger (Theologe)
1941 - 2015
Ulrich Varnbüler
1432 - 1496
Karl Ledergerber
1914 - 2004
Edwin Tobler
1922 - 2020
Antoine Barthez de Marmorières
1736 - 1811
Friedrich Bernhard Wartmann
1830 - 1902
Edmund Richner
1900 - 1994
Marc Hungerbuhler
Born 1963
Christian Kuchimeister
1260 - 1335
Christoph Maeder
Born 1956
Peter Weigelt
Born 1956
Franz Cölestin von Beroldingen
1740 - 1798
Catherine Ann Berger
Born 1965