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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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440 notable people

0301 LAWYER

Rolf Weber (Politiker)

1923 - 2000

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0302 DANCER

Julia Marcus

1905 - 2002

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0303 ART HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Wartmann

1882 - 1970

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0304 POLITICIAN

Harald Huber (Politiker)

1912 - 1998

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0305 LIBRARIAN

Paul Scherrer (Bibliothekar)

1900 - 1992

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0306 ECONOMIST

Heinz Weinhold-Stünzi

1926 - 2004

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0307 WRITER

Lukrezia Seiler

1934 - 2013

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0308 ACTOR

Marie-Christine de Quatrebarbes

Born 1970

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0309 POLITICIAN

Josef Ziegler (Politiker)

1924 - 2014

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0310 PAINTER

Julius Kunkler

1845 - 1923

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0311 MERCHANT

David Vonwiller

1794 - 1856

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0312 HISTORIAN

Hans Herold (Jurist)

1908 - 2002

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0313 ART DEALER

Roswitha Haftmann

1924 - 1998

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0314 MALACOLOGIST

Johann Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann

1793 - 1862

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0315 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Furrer

Born 1943

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0316 ECONOMIST

Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Born 1970

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0317 WRITER

Ralph Scheuss

Born 1956

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0318 PIANIST

Gabriela Krapf

Born 1973

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0319 AKTIVIST

Lorenz Hochrütiner

1490 - 1528

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0320 ARTIST

Katja Schenker

Born 1968

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0321 WRITER

Maya Onken

Born 1968

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0322 SINGER

Alexander Malta

1942 - 2016

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0323 PAINTER

Félix Appenzeller

1892 - 1964

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0324 SCULPTOR

Hansegger

1908 - 1989

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0325 AUTHOR

Karl Schölly

1902 - 1987

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0326 PHYSICIAN

Frida Imboden-Kaiser

1877 - 1962

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0327 POLITICIAN

Willi Rohner

1907 - 1977

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0328 ARTIST

Christian Mengelt

Born 1938

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0329 FOOTBALL

Walter Hungerbühler

1930 - 2012

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0330 HANDBALL

Karin Weigelt

Born 1984

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0331 MONK

Gallus Kemli

1417 - 1481

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0332 LAWYER

Ingrid Jent-Sørensen

Born 1951

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0333 JUDGE

Ulrich Varnbüler (Diplomat)

1474 - 1545

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0334 POLITICIAN

Werner Allgöwer

1879 - 1966

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0335 FILM

Roger Walch

Born 1965

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0336 ACTOR

Swintha Gersthofer

Born 1985

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0337 POLITICIAN

Hans-Peter Wessels

Born 1962

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0338 PAINTER

Eugen Meister

1886 - 1968

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0339 POLITICIAN

Victor Fehr

1846 - 1938

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0340 LUFTFAHRT

Robert Gsell

1889 - 1946

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0341 POLITICIAN

Nelly Rodi

1918 - 2003

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0342 POLITICIAN

Hans Schneider (Politiker)

1904 - 1997

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0343 ARTIST

Jso Maeder

Born 1957

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0344 COLLECTOR

Curt Burgauer

1908 - 2002

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0345 POLITICIAN

Ernst Löpfe

1878 - 1970

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0346 PHYSICIST

Herbert Lüthy (Physiker)

1914 - 1996

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0347 AUTHOR

Arnold Halder

1812 - 1888

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0348 WRITER

Ernst Otto Marti

1903 - 1979

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0349 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm von Gonzenbach

1880 - 1955

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0350 ACADEMIC

Philipp U. Heitz

Born 1939

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0351 PAINTER

Johann Jakob Rietmann

1808 - 1868

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0352 POLITICIAN

Ruedi Schatz

1925 - 1979

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0353 POLITICIAN

Michael August Wegelin

1797 - 1867

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0354 PHOTOGRAPHER

Otto Furter

1905 - 1998

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0355 GEOLOGIST

Franz Xaver Hofmann

1921 - 2003

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0356 POLITICIAN

Franz Eduard Erpf

1807 - 1851

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0357 JUDGE

Herman Schmidt

Born 1930

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0358 WRITER

Manuel de Diéguez

1922 - 2019

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0359 OFFICER

Werner Jung (Offizier)

1935 - 1998

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0360 POLITICIAN

Arnold Knellwolf

1865 - 1945

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0361 GEOLOGIST

Theobald von Zollikofer

1828 - 1862

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0362 ACADEMIC

Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel

1825 - 1900

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0363 PRESENTER

Walter Eggenberger

Born 1944

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0364 PAINTER

Rudolf Eduard Hauser

1818 - 1891

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0365 LAWYER

Trix Heberlein

Born 1942

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0366 PAINTER

Johann Ulrich Stähelin

1802 - 1874

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0367 ARTIST

Vera Rothamel

Born 1957

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0368 DIPLOMAT

Peter Friederich

Born 1942

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0369 COMPOSER

Felix Falkner

Born 1964

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0370 ZOOLOGIST

Max Tobler

1876 - 1929

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0371 JOURNALIST

Max Heinz

1894 - 1988

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0372 PAINTER

André Schmucki

1967 - 2019

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0373 PRESENTER

Matthias Hüppi

Born 1958

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0374 SPORT

Bruno Carini

1912 - 1945

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0375 LAWYER

Richard Suter

1907 - 2002

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0376 BANK

Johann Baptist Grütter

1849 - 1921

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0377 POLITICIAN

Otto Kopp (Politiker)

1903 - 1972

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0378 SAXOPHONIST

Carlo Schöb

Born 1953

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0379 WRITER

Dora Schlatter (Schriftstellerin)

1855 - 1915

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0380 NURSE

Elsa Lüthi-Ruth

1909 - 2005

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0381 MERCHANT

Hans Hermann Kürsteiner

1885 - 1968

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0382 LUFTFAHRT

Henri Kunkler

1886 - 1951

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0383 ACTOR

Cristian Sulser

Born 1977

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0384 POLITICIAN

Irina Schoettel-Delacher

Born 1962

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0385 POLITICIAN

Hans Joachim Steinmann (Politiker, 1769)

1769 - 1836

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0386 BÜRGERMEISTER

Hans Joachim Steinmann (Politiker, 1703)

1703 - 1792

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0387 POLITICIAN

Walter Gerosa

1914 - 1981

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0388 JOURNALIST

Pierre Rothschild

Born 1952

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0389 POLITICIAN

Jakob Müller (Politiker, 1842)

1842 - 1901

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0390 POLITICIAN

August Näf

1806 - 1887

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0391 PLAYER

Iva Mekovec

Born 1995

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0392 BUSINESS

Arnold Mettler (Unternehmer, 1867)

1867 - 1945

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0393 ENTREPRENEUR

Oskar Scheitlin

1861 - 1924

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0394 POLITICIAN

Roderich Albert Kunkler

1846 - 1900

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0395 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Laager

1867 - 1931

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0396 ARCHITECT

Hermann Frey (Architekt)

1908 - 1980

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0397 POLITICIAN

Benedikt Würth

Born 1968

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0398 PRIEST

Alfred Mohn

1870 - 1944

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0399 ARCHITECT

Alfons Weisser

1931 - 2016

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0400 PLAYER

Thomas Busin

Born 1959

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0401 FOOTBALL

Yagó Bellón

Born 1989

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0402 DESIGNER

Stefan Lehner

Born 1957

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0403 MODEL

Stephan Weiler

Born 1984

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0404 KATHOLISCHER

Jakob Schurtanner

1450 - 1526

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0405 LAWYER

Fredy Fässler

Born 1959

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0406 THEATRE

Marianne de Pury

Born 1935

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0407 GEHEIMRAT

Johannes Girtanner von Luxburg

1705 - 1781

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0408 POLITICIAN

Monika Simmler

Born 1990

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0409 AUTHOR

Kerem Adigüzel

Born 1987

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0410 BREWER

Arnold Billwiler

1850 - 1928

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0411 HANDBALL

Luca Raschle

Born 1990

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0412 BUSINESS

Ueli Forster

Born 1939

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0413 POLITICIAN

Michael Götte

Born 1979

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0414 POLITICIAN

Martin Würmli

Born 1978

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0415 RAPPER

CBN (Rapper)

Born 1987

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0416 JOURNALIST

Nathalie Wappler

Born 1968

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0417 REGISSEUR

Lukas Bangerter

Born 1971

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0418 PLAYER

Sereina Zwissler

Born 1998

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0419 SPORT

Theo Schmidhauser

Born 1959

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0420 RADIO

Willy Bischof

1945 - 2019

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0421 PLAYER

Andrin Hollenstein

Born 1994

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0422 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Marxer

Born 1960

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0423 JOURNALIST

Rainer Stadler (Journalist, 1958)

Born 1958

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0424 SECRETARY

Josef Stadelmann

1885 - 1969

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0425 RADIO

Patrick Senn

Born 1969

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0426 ORGANIST

Viktor Schlatter

1899 - 1973

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0427 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Kräuchi

Born 1998

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0428 POLITICIAN

Anton Hummler

1908 - 1944

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0429 POLITICIAN

Walter Intemann

Born 1944

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0430 JUDGE

Carlo Ranzoni

Born 1965

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0431 PUBLISHER

Joseph Stephan Moser

1918 - 1993

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0432 POLITICIAN

Johannes Varnbüler

1464 - 1545

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0433 THEATRE

Raoul A. Nagel

Born 1981

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0434 PÄDAGOGE

David Christoph Huber

1777 - 1836

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0435 DIPLOMAT

Otto Karl Seifert

1902 - 1971

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0436 POLITICIAN

Peter Hilti

Born 1972

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0437 THEOLOGIAN

Samuel Oettli

1846 - 1911

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0438 GERMANIST

Emil Luginbühl

1899 - 1983

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0439 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Weydmann

1848 - 1922

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0440 POLITICIAN

Daniel Wyler

Born 1959

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