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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

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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 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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  • Art & Design
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
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Showing 14 of 440 notable people

0017 PHYSICIAN

Ernst Rüdin

1874 - 1952

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0031 PSYCHIATRIST

Franz Riklin

1878 - 1938

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0040 BOTANIST

Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner

1873 - 1959

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0065 PAINTER

Carl August Liner

1871 - 1946

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0079 ACADEMIC

Karl Nef

1873 - 1935

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0092 PAINTER

Martha Cunz

1876 - 1961

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0106 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Otto Schlaginhaufen

1879 - 1973

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0191 HISTORIAN

Hans Fehr (Jurist)

1874 - 1961

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0226 MERCHANT

Otto Fischbacher

1874 - 1953

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0326 PHYSICIAN

Frida Imboden-Kaiser

1877 - 1962

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0334 POLITICIAN

Werner Allgöwer

1879 - 1966

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0345 POLITICIAN

Ernst Löpfe

1878 - 1970

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0370 ZOOLOGIST

Max Tobler

1876 - 1929

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0398 PRIEST

Alfred Mohn

1870 - 1944

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