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

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

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.

1500155016001650170017501800185019001950
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All440
Sort By

Showing 26 of 440 notable people

0018 CONDUCTOR

Peter Maag

1919 - 2001

Preview
0019 PSYCHOLOGIST

Bärbel Inhelder

1913 - 1997

Preview
0045 PAINTER

Carl Walter Liner

1914 - 1997

Preview
0063 FILM

Kurt Früh

1915 - 1979

Preview
0078 COMPOSER

Raffaele D'Alessandro

1911 - 1959

Preview
0095 ACTOR

Trudi Gerster

1919 - 2013

Preview
0097 POLITICIAN

Karl Huber (politician)

1915 - 2002

Preview
0114 PAINTER

Victor Ruzo

1913 - 2008

Preview
0141 COMPOSER

Robert Suter

1919 - 2008

Preview
0143 ARCHITECT

Berta Rahm

1910 - 1998

Preview
0150 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernst E. Boesch

1916 - 2014

Preview
0155 SURGEON

Martin Allgöwer

1917 - 2007

Preview
0172 HISTORIAN

Johannes Duft

1915 - 2003

Preview
0185 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Im Hof

1917 - 2001

Preview
0194 JOURNALIST

Benno Schaeppi

1911 - 1988

Preview
0240 POLITICIAN

Walther Allgöwer

1912 - 1980

Preview
0281 PHILOLOGIST

Jon Pult (Romanist)

1911 - 1991

Preview
0283 LAWYER

Max Imboden

1915 - 1969

Preview
0285 HOMEOPATH

Jost Künzli von Fimmelsberg

1915 - 1992

Preview
0290 WRITER

Karl Ledergerber

1914 - 2004

Preview
0304 POLITICIAN

Harald Huber (Politiker)

1912 - 1998

Preview
0341 POLITICIAN

Nelly Rodi

1918 - 2003

Preview
0346 PHYSICIST

Herbert Lüthy (Physiker)

1914 - 1996

Preview
0374 SPORT

Bruno Carini

1912 - 1945

Preview
0387 POLITICIAN

Walter Gerosa

1914 - 1981

Preview
0431 PUBLISHER

Joseph Stephan Moser

1918 - 1993

Preview