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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 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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0064 MATHEMATICIAN

Ueli Maurer (cryptographer)

Born 1960

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0069 SKIER

Andi Grünenfelder

Born 1960

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0084 PRINCE

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein

Born 1969

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0087 ROWER

Ueli Bodenmann

Born 1965

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0090 WRESTLER

Hugo Dietsche

Born 1963

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0098 ECONOMIST

Mathias Binswanger

Born 1962

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0102 BIOCHEMIST

Michael Hengartner

Born 1966

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0103 FOOTBALL

Harald Gämperle

Born 1968

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0104 SCREENWRITER

Daniel Martin Eckhart

Born 1962

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0107 ATHLETE

Olivier Bernhard

Born 1968

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0122 PROFESSOR

Thomas Hengartner

1960 - 2018

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0123 FOOTBALL

Hans-Peter Zwicker

Born 1960

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0136 SCULPTOR

Thomas Stricker

Born 1962

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0148 PRIEST

Christian Rutishauser

Born 1965

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0152 LITERARY

Hildegard Elisabeth Keller

Born 1960

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0156 WRITER

David Signer

Born 1964

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0161 WRITER

René Oberholzer

Born 1963

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0164 ACTOR

Karina Thayenthal

Born 1962

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0165 HOCKEY

Marcel Niederer

Born 1960

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0180 ACADEMIC

Andrea Büchler

Born 1968

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0196 WRITER

Christoph Keller (Schriftsteller)

Born 1963

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0221 THEOLOGIAN

Norbert Bischofberger (Journalist)

Born 1964

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0225 ACTOR

Eva Maron

Born 1969

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0227 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe Gracia

Born 1967

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0228 AUTHOR

Marcel Magis

1965 - 2018

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0232 ECONOMIST

Kuno Schedler

Born 1961

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0244 JOURNALIST

Stephan Guntli

Born 1961

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0261 POLITICIAN

Claudia Friedl

Born 1960

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0267 PHYSICIST

Juerg Leuthold

Born 1966

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0270 ARTIST

Kaspar Toggenburger

Born 1960

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0275 DANCER

Gregor Zöllig

Born 1965

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0295 CURATOR

Marc Hungerbuhler

Born 1963

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0300 FILM

Catherine Ann Berger

Born 1965

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0320 ARTIST

Katja Schenker

Born 1968

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0321 WRITER

Maya Onken

Born 1968

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0335 FILM

Roger Walch

Born 1965

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0337 POLITICIAN

Hans-Peter Wessels

Born 1962

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0369 COMPOSER

Felix Falkner

Born 1964

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0372 PAINTER

André Schmucki

1967 - 2019

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0384 POLITICIAN

Irina Schoettel-Delacher

Born 1962

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0397 POLITICIAN

Benedikt Würth

Born 1968

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0416 JOURNALIST

Nathalie Wappler

Born 1968

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0422 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Marxer

Born 1960

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0425 RADIO

Patrick Senn

Born 1969

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0430 JUDGE

Carlo Ranzoni

Born 1965

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