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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

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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Showing 31 of 440 notable people

0013 POLITICIAN

Arnold Koller

Born 1933

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0037 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Feurer

Born 1939

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0049 ACTOR

Ines Torelli

1931 - 2019

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0050 FOOTBALL

Richard Dürr

1938 - 2014

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0070 ARTIST

Jost Hochuli

Born 1933

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0073 ARTIST

Silvie Defraoui

Born 1935

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0099 PHILOSOPHER

Elmar Holenstein

Born 1937

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0131 PSYCHOLOGIST

Hans-Werner Hunziker

1934 - 2011

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0137 TEACHER

Hugo Tschirky

1938 - 2020

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0139 WRITER

Dora Koster

1939 - 2017

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0162 PAINTER

Sylvia Oeggerli

Born 1939

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0190 COMPOSER

Hans Eugen Frischknecht

Born 1939

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0193 ACADEMIC

Alois Riklin

Born 1935

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0199 ACTOR

Anneliese Betschart

1930 - 1982

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0200 GERMANIST

Johannes Anderegg

Born 1938

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0207 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roland Gretler

1937 - 2018

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0217 SOCIOLOGIST

Ruth Meyer Schweizer

Born 1936

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0243 LAWYER

Jörg Paul Müller

Born 1938

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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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0260 AUTHOR

Bruno Gideon

Born 1931

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0278 PHYSICIST

Hannes W. Keller

Born 1939

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0307 WRITER

Lukrezia Seiler

1934 - 2013

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0328 ARTIST

Christian Mengelt

Born 1938

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0329 FOOTBALL

Walter Hungerbühler

1930 - 2012

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0350 ACADEMIC

Philipp U. Heitz

Born 1939

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0357 JUDGE

Herman Schmidt

Born 1930

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0359 OFFICER

Werner Jung (Offizier)

1935 - 1998

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0399 ARCHITECT

Alfons Weisser

1931 - 2016

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0406 THEATRE

Marianne de Pury

Born 1935

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0412 BUSINESS

Ueli Forster

Born 1939

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