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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 theologian — 7.5× 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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0005 SINGER

Paola del Medico

Born 1950

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0026 SPORT

Beat Breu

Born 1957

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0030 FILM

Peter Liechti

1951 - 2014

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0044 COMMANDER

Pius Segmüller

Born 1952

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0053 POLITICIAN

Bruno Zuppiger

1952 - 2016

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0060 BANK

Konrad Hummler

Born 1953

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0062 BIOLOGIST

Christophe Boesch

Born 1951

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0068 POLITICIAN

Hans Fässler

Born 1954

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0072 POLITICIAN

Hans Altherr

Born 1950

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0081 POLITICIAN

Paul Rechsteiner

Born 1952

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0085 SINGER

Simone Drexel

Born 1957

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0089 PRODUCER

René Tinner

Born 1953

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0118 MUSIC

Norbert Möslang

Born 1952

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0146 AUTHOR

Valentin Landmann

Born 1950

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0149 PIANIST

René Bottlang

Born 1953

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0154 BIOLOGIST

Bruno Oberle

Born 1955

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0178 ACTOR

Brigitta Furgler

Born 1952

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0186 COMPOSER

Alfons Karl Zwicker

Born 1952

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0189 NEUROLOGIST

Jürg Kesselring

Born 1951

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0203 SCULPTOR

Patrice Stellest

Born 1953

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0211 ACADEMIC

Ernst Hafen

Born 1956

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0229 ARTIST

Joachim Rittmeyer

Born 1951

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0249 HISTORIAN

Franz Xaver Bischof

Born 1955

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0256 AUTHOR

Marcel Geisser

Born 1952

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0257 ARTIST

Verena Merz

1959 - 1990

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0268 ACTOR

Urs Bosshardt

Born 1953

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0279 ASTRONAUT

Renate Brümmer

Born 1955

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0286 THEOLOGIAN

Jürg H. Buchegger

Born 1956

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0297 SOCIOLOGIST

Christoph Maeder

Born 1956

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0298 POLITICIAN

Peter Weigelt

Born 1956

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0317 WRITER

Ralph Scheuss

Born 1956

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0332 LAWYER

Ingrid Jent-Sørensen

Born 1951

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0343 ARTIST

Jso Maeder

Born 1957

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0367 ARTIST

Vera Rothamel

Born 1957

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0373 PRESENTER

Matthias Hüppi

Born 1958

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0378 SAXOPHONIST

Carlo Schöb

Born 1953

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0388 JOURNALIST

Pierre Rothschild

Born 1952

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0400 PLAYER

Thomas Busin

Born 1959

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0402 DESIGNER

Stefan Lehner

Born 1957

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0405 LAWYER

Fredy Fässler

Born 1959

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0419 SPORT

Theo Schmidhauser

Born 1959

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0423 JOURNALIST

Rainer Stadler (Journalist, 1958)

Born 1958

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0440 POLITICIAN

Daniel Wyler

Born 1959

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