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WINTERTHUR

Most Famous People Born in Winterthur, Switzerland

Notable people
364
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Art Historian 7.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Winterthur during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 38 notable births.

What Winterthur Is Known For

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Politician is Winterthur's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (37).

Winterthur over-indexes on art historian7.2× the global rate.

Winterthur under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician37
  2. Football29
  3. Painter24
  4. Writer17
  5. Academic12
  6. Author12
  7. Actor11
  8. Hockey9
  1. Art Historian57.2×
  2. Handball76.2×
  3. Chemist75.5×
  4. Theologian64.5×
  5. Author123.8×
  6. Academic123.3×
  7. Painter242.5×
  8. Architect82.5×
  1. Actor110.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Winterthur's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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364 notable people

0001 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Niklaus Wirth

Born 1934

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0002 PAINTER

Max Bill

1908 - 1994

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0003 ART HISTORIAN

Heinrich Wölfflin

1864 - 1945

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0004 PAINTER

Anton Graff

1736 - 1813

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0005 CHEMIST

Richard R. Ernst

Born 1933

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0006 FOOTBALL

Joan Gamper

1877 - 1930

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0007 THEOLOGIAN

Emil Brunner

1889 - 1966

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0008 FOOTBALL

Steven Zuber

Born 1991

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0009 POLITICIAN

Jonas Furrer

1805 - 1861

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0010 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Georg Sulzer

1720 - 1779

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0011 PAINTER

Johann Ludwig Aberli

1723 - 1786

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0012 FILM

Markus Imhoof

Born 1941

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0013 EDUCATOR

Armin Hofmann

Born 1920

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0014 WRITER

Viktor Giacobbo

Born 1952

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0015 FOOTBALL

Luca Zuffi

Born 1990

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0016 FOOTBALL

Davide Callà

Born 1984

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0017 FOOTBALL

René Weiler

Born 1973

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0018 FOOTBALL

Moritz Bauer

Born 1992

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0019 COMPOSER

Willy Hess (composer)

1906 - 1997

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0020 ARTIST

Warja Lavater

1913 - 2007

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0021 DRAMA

Jürg Amann

1947 - 2013

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0022 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Friedrich

1923 - 2013

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0023 HOCKEY

Mirco Müller

Born 1995

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0024 HISTORIAN

Andreas Kappeler

Born 1943

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0025 INVENTOR

Alfred Büchi

1879 - 1959

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0026 ENGINEER

Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown

1863 - 1924

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0027 MUSIC

Maurice Steger

Born 1971

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0028 FOOTBALL

Diego Ciccone

Born 1987

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0029 MODEL

Sanne Vloet

Born 1995

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0030 FOOTBALL

Marcel Herzog

Born 1980

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0031 SNOWBOARD

Philipp Schoch

Born 1979

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0032 PHYSICIST

Daniel Loss

Born 1958

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0033 MANUFACTURER

Werner Reinhart

1884 - 1951

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0034 HOCKEY

Adrian Wichser

Born 1980

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0035 FOOTBALL

Dario Zuffi

Born 1964

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0036 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Contini

Born 1974

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0037 PAINTER

Johann Jakob Biedermann

1763 - 1830

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0038 ACADEMIC

Remo H. Largo

1943 - 2020

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0039 PLAYER

Lorenzo Manta

Born 1974

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0040 GEOLOGIST

Peter Ziegler

1928 - 2013

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0041 COMPOSER

Ursula Bagdasarjanz

Born 1934

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0042 SNOWBOARD

Simon Schoch

Born 1978

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0043 PHOTOGRAPHER

Georg Gerster

1928 - 2019

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0044 ENTOMOLOGIST

Johann Heinrich Sulzer

1735 - 1814

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0045 MATHEMATICIAN

Hannes Keller

Born 1934

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0046 POLITICIAN

Hans-Ueli Vogt

Born 1969

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0047 BOTANIST

Robert Keller (botanist)

1854 - 1939

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0048 ART HISTORIAN

Olivier Berggruen

Born 1963

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0049 POLITICIAN

Peter Bieri (politician)

Born 1952

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0050 SKATER

Hans Gerschwiler

1920 - 2017

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0051 HISTORIAN

John of Winterthur

1300 - 1348

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0052 SPORT

Roger Rinderknecht

Born 1981

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0053 CONDUCTOR

Beat Raaflaub

Born 1946

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0054 HOCKEY

Patric Della Rossa

Born 1975

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0055 FOOTBALL

Marc Zellweger

Born 1973

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0056 SPORT

Albert Büchi

1907 - 1988

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0057 WRITER

Lea Saskia Laasner

Born 1980

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0058 PRESENTER

Bernard Thurnheer

Born 1949

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0059 PHILOLOGIST

Max Niedermann

1874 - 1954

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0060 FOOTBALL

Walter Weiler

1903 - 1945

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0061 POLITICIAN

Natalie Rickli

Born 1976

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0062 LAWYER

Helen Keller (judge)

Born 1964

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0063 PAINTER

Urs Amann

1951 - 2019

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0064 FILM

Ivan Engler

Born 1971

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0065 ARTS

Oskar Reinhart

1885 - 1965

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0066 HORSE RIDER

Hans Bühler

1893 - 1967

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0067 ARTIST

Heidi Bucher

1926 - 1993

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0068 ARCHITECT

Fritz Metzger

1898 - 1973

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0069 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Ciarrocchi

Born 1988

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0070 FOOTBALL

Max Weiler

1900 - 1969

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0071 ORGANIST

Jean-Claude Zehnder

Born 1941

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0072 NUMISMATIST

Leonard Forrer

1869 - 1953

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0073 ACTOR

Michael Gempart

Born 1941

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0074 NUMISMATIST

Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer

1838 - 1920

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0075 PAINTER

Leta Peer

1964 - 2012

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0076 SKATER

Patrick Meier

Born 1976

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0077 HOCKEY

Sven Helfenstein

Born 1982

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0078 CHAMPION

Martin Buser

Born 1958

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0079 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Heinrich Schmid

1937 - 2014

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0080 MUSIC

Hansjörg Pauli

1931 - 2007

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0081 SPORT

David Graf (BMX rider)

Born 1989

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0082 GYMNAST

Ernst Gebendinger

1926 - 2017

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0083 ACTOR

Elsbeth Sigmund

Born 1942

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0084 SOCIOLOGIST

Emil J. Walter

1897 - 1984

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0085 ACADEMIC

Arnold O. Benz

Born 1945

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0086 SCULPTOR

Silvio Mattioli

1929 - 2011

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0087 FOOTBALL

Michel Avanzini

Born 1989

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0088 FOOTBALL

Ramon Cecchini

Born 1990

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0089 JOURNALIST

Willy Bretscher

1897 - 1992

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0090 TYPOGRAPHE

Max Caflisch

1916 - 2004

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0091 FOOTBALL

Patrick Bettoni

Born 1975

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0092 AUTHOR

Peter Schellenbaum

1939 - 2018

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0093 EXPLORER

Marcel Rüedi

1938 - 1986

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0094 VIOLIN

Leila Schayegh

Born 1975

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0095 SPORT

Hansjörg Aemisegger

Born 1952

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0096 AUTHOR

Martin Schwarz (Künstler)

Born 1946

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0097 FOOTBALL

Sandro Foschini

Born 1988

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0098 PIANIST

Johann Carl Eschmann

1826 - 1882

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0099 PAINTER

David Eduard Steiner

1811 - 1860

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0100 POLITICIAN

Jürg Stahl

Born 1968

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0101 ACTOR

Urs Villiger

Born 1971

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0102 POLITICIAN

Johann Jakob Sulzer

1821 - 1897

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0103 MATHEMATICIAN

Anna Barbara Reinhart

1730 - 1796

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0104 PHYSICIAN

Alban Thorer

1489 - 1550

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0105 ASTRONOMER

Markus Griesser

Born 1949

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0106 BOTANIST

Alfred Ernst

1875 - 1968

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0107 POLITICIAN

Oscar Fritschi

1939 - 2016

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0108 PLAYER

Nicolas Müller (squash player)

Born 1989

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0109 PHYSICIST

Hans Ziegler (physicist)

1910 - 1985

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0110 ACTOR

Stefan Gubser

Born 1957

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0111 WRITER

Maria Susanna Kübler

1814 - 1873

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0112 VIOLIN

Sebastian Bohren

Born 1987

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0113 WRITER

Jakob Flach

1894 - 1982

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0114 COLLECTOR

Sidney Brown (Ingenieur)

1865 - 1941

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0115 POLITICIAN

Bruno Hunziker

1930 - 2000

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0116 BOTANIST

Heinrich Brockmann-Jerosch

1879 - 1939

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0117 ACTOR

Marco Rima

Born 1961

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0118 POLITICIAN

Chantal Galladé

Born 1972

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0119 LINGUIST

Jürg Häusermann

Born 1951

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0120 WATCHMAKER

Andreas Strehler

Born 1971

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0121 POLITICIAN

Verena Herzog

Born 1956

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0122 ART HISTORIAN

Eduard Hüttinger

1926 - 1998

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0123 AUTHOR

Ulrich Hegner

1759 - 1840

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0124 PAINTER

Johann Heinrich Troll

1756 - 1824

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0125 MANAGER

Werner Seifert

Born 1949

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0126 POLITICIAN

Emil Walter

1872 - 1939

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0127 POLITICIAN

Angelo Barrile

Born 1976

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0128 ENGINEER

Arnold Zoller

1882 - 1934

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0129 HOCKEY

Matthias Schoder

Born 1982

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0130 FOOTBALL

Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1889)

1889 - 1957

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0131 RIDER

Anton Bühler

1922 - 2013

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0132 NOBLE

Fanny Moser

1848 - 1925

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0133 ARCHITECT

Jacob Weidenmann

1829 - 1893

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0134 ACTOR

Carol Schuler

Born 1987

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0135 SNOWBOARD

Kalle Koblet

Born 1997

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0136 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Hossmann

Born 1991

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0137 WRITER

Michael Stauffer

Born 1972

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0138 COMPOSER

Dominique Girod

Born 1975

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0139 WRITER

Franz Böni

Born 1952

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0140 SAXOPHONIST

Christoph Gallio

Born 1957

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0141 ACADEMIC

Rolf Dubs

Born 1935

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0142 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Rainer Zangerl

1912 - 2004

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0143 ACTOR

Louisa Lamour

Born 1986

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0144 PHILOSOPHER

Christoph Kaufmann

1753 - 1795

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0145 ACTOR

Mark Kuhn

Born 1959

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0146 GERMANIST

Rudolf Ernst Keller

1930 - 2014

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0147 PAINTER

Carl Montag

1880 - 1956

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0148 HOCKEY

Adrian Trunz

Born 1984

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0149 ACADEMIC

Jürg Fleischer

Born 1974

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0150 ACTOR

Susanne Leutenegger

Born 1961

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0151 POLITICIAN

Marlies Bänziger

Born 1960

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0152 PAINTER

Robert Wehrlin

1903 - 1964

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0153 POLITICIAN

Maja Ingold

Born 1948

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0154 SINGER

Big Zis

Born 1976

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0155 PRESENTER

Theodor Haller

1915 - 2003

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0156 WRITER

Hans Reinhart

1880 - 1963

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0157 ENTREPRENEUR

Rolf Erb

1951 - 2017

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0158 PAINTER

Adolf Stäbli

1842 - 1901

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0159 BLOGGER

Yonni Meyer

Born 1982

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0160 ATHLETE

Carl Kupferschmid

Born 1951

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0161 THEATRE

Marie-Louise Bischofberger

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0162 POLITICIAN

Matthias Jauslin

Born 1962

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0163 CARTOGRAPHER

Jakob Melchior Ziegler

1801 - 1883

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0164 COLLECTOR

Bruno Stefanini

1924 - 2018

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0165 HANDBALL

Heinz Karrer

Born 1959

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0166 POLITICIAN

Peter Spälti

1930 - 2010

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0167 WRITER

Serge Ehrensperger

1935 - 2013

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0168 ART HISTORIAN

Hans R. Hahnloser

1899 - 1974

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0169 AUTHOR

Matthias Frehner

Born 1955

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0170 ARTIST

Klodin Erb

Born 1963

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0171 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Häfelin

1924 - 2016

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0172 ACADEMIC

Jeronim Perović

Born 1971

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0173 ACTOR

Voli Geiler

1915 - 1992

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0174 WRITER

Walter Gross (Schriftsteller)

1924 - 1999

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0175 THEOLOGIAN

Walter Baumgartner (Theologe)

1887 - 1970

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0176 AUTHOR

Roman Graf

Born 1978

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0177 ECONOMIST

Maurice Pedergnana

Born 1964

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0178 MERCHANT

Hans Jacob Rieter

1766 - 1811

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0179 ARCHIVIST

Christina Vanja

Born 1952

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0180 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Eicher

Born 1943

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0181 HISTORIAN

Alfons Bürge

Born 1947

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0182 LAWYER

Peter Hauser

Born 1943

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0183 CHEMIST

Armin Reller

Born 1952

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0184 OPERA

Max Meili

1899 - 1970

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0185 SCHLOSSER

Hans Hutter

1913 - 2006

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0186 PAINTER

Johann Ulrich Schellenberg

1709 - 1795

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0187 ARTIST

Aleks Weber

1961 - 1994

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0188 AUTHOR

Willi Dolder

Born 1941

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0189 ARCHITECT

Jean-Pierre Dürig

Born 1958

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0190 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Otto Schulthess

1862 - 1939

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0191 PAINTER

Willy Müller-Brittnau

1938 - 2003

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0192 PHILOLOGIST

Rudolf Wachter (Philologe)

Born 1954

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0193 HANDBALL

Gottfried Egg

1921 - 2010

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0194 PAINTER

Hannes Schüpbach

Born 1965

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0195 AUTHOR

Heiner Gross

1923 - 1993

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0196 HISTORIAN

Martin Lengwiler

Born 1965

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0197 FOOTBALL

Andres Gurrieri

Born 1989

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0198 ACADEMIC

Peter Frei (Althistoriker)

1925 - 2010

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0199 POLITICIAN

Markus Hutter

Born 1957

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0200 ENTREPRENEUR

Theodor Reinhart

1849 - 1919

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0201 POLITICIAN

Arthur Bachmann

1922 - 1983

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0202 LITERARY

Fritz Ernst (Literaturwissenschaftler)

1889 - 1958

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0203 ART HISTORIAN

Carola Jäggi

Born 1963

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0204 CHEMIST

Johann Heinrich Ziegler

1738 - 1818

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0205 PROFESSOR

Hans-Rudolf Schalcher

Born 1944

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0206 SPORT

René Rutschmann

Born 1941

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0207 JOURNALIST

Felix E. Müller

Born 1951

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0208 HOCKEY

Roger Bader

Born 1964

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0209 CONDUCTOR

Reto Parolari

1952 - 2019

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0210 PAINTER

Emanuel Steiner

1778 - 1831

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0211 BASSIST

Hans Peter Künzle

Born 1951

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0212 WRITER

Elisabeth Aman

1888 - 1966

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0213 WRITER

Laurentius Bosshart

1490 - 1532

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0214 SCULPTOR

Robert Lienhard

1919 - 1989

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0215 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Geilinger

1848 - 1911

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0216 WATCHMAKER

Erhard Liechti

1530 - 1591

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0217 DIPLOMAT

Franz von Däniken

Born 1949

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0218 PAINTER

Hans Hinterreiter

1902 - 1989

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0219 WRITER

Elisabeth Fülscher

1895 - 1970

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0220 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gustav Morf

1900 - 1978

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0221 ACADEMIC

Anton Largiadèr

1893 - 1974

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0222 PAINTER

Fritz Bernhard

1895 - 1966

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0223 FILM

Barbara Miller

Born 1970

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0224 HISTORIAN

Christian Jungen

Born 1973

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0225 ACADEMIC

Hans-Jakob Mosimann

Born 1956

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0226 HISTORIAN

Richard Krzymowski

1875 - 1960

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0227 ILLUSTRATOR

Ruedi Widmer

Born 1973

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0228 OFFICER

Hans Bachofner

1931 - 2012

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0229 EDUCATION

Walter Herzog (Pädagoge)

Born 1949

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0230 ACADEMIC

Ambrosius von Albertini

1894 - 1971

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0231 PAINTER

Hans Ulrich Saas

1916 - 1997

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0232 ECONOMIST

Thomas Steger (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

Born 1966

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0233 HANDBALL

Manuel Liniger

Born 1981

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0234 ORNITHOLOGIST

Richard Biedermann-Imhoof

1865 - 1926

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0235 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Buchstab

1500 - 1528

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0236 ARCHITECT

Walter Furrer

1870 - 1949

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0237 AUTHOR

Haymo Empl

Born 1971

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0238 PSYCHOLOGIST

Pierre Moessinger

Born 1943

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0239 FOOTBALL

Georges Lang

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0240 PAINTER

Hans-Ulrich Brunner

1943 - 2006

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0241 WRITER

Carl Biedermann (Schriftsteller)

1824 - 1894

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0242 ACTOR

Tessie Tellmann

Born 1948

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0243 FILM

Hans Heinrich Egger

1922 - 2011

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0244 THEATRE

Erik Altorfer

Born 1966

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0245 PAINTER

David Sulzer

1784 - 1864

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0246 PLAYER

Marko Osmakcic

Born 1998

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0247 POLITICIAN

Urs Widmer (Politiker)

1927 - 2018

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0248 CICLISTA

Alfred Büchi

Born 1909

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0249 ARTIST

Johann Rudolf Studer

1700 - 1769

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0250 PIANIST

Ueli Wiget

Born 1957

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0251 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Hans Wehrli (Geologe)

1902 - 1978

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0252 BUSINESS

Eduard Sulzer-Ziegler

1854 - 1913

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0253 PROFESSOR

Thomas Keller (Wirtschaftsinformatiker)

Born 1967

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0254 POLITICIAN

Max Dünki

1932 - 2011

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0255 COLLECTOR

Georg Reinhart

1877 - 1955

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0256 THERAPIST

Peter Fässler-Weibel

1948 - 2011

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0257 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Rieter (Industrieller, 1814)

1814 - 1889

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0258 INDUSTRIALIST

Henrik Haggenmacher

1827 - 1917

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0259 SINGER

Paul Späni

1929 - 1993

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0260 THERAPIST

Martin Achtnich

1918 - 1996

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0261 POLITICIAN

Peter Baumberger

1942 - 2019

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0262 CHEMIST

Urs Wild

Born 1936

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0263 WRITER

Jakob Kübler

1827 - 1899

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0264 CELLIST

Sébastien Singer

Born 1974

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0265 ENGINEER

Salomon Hegner

1789 - 1869

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0266 FOOTBALL

Nils von Niederhäusern

Born 1996

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0267 NURSE

Emma Ott

1907 - 2011

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0268 CHEMIST

Heinrich Labhart

1919 - 1977

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0269 HOCKEY

Andreas Küng

Born 1983

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0270 PAINTER

Heinrich Rieter (Maler)

1751 - 1818

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0271 PAINTER

Johann Caspar Weidenmann

1805 - 1850

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0272 POLITICIAN

Regine Aeppli

Born 1952

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0273 LINGUIST

Ulrich Gaudenz Müller

1922 - 2005

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0274 AUTHOR

Alfred Bruggmann (Redakteur)

1896 - 1958

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0275 MUSIC

Edwin Nievergelt

1917 - 2010

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0276 JAZZ

Rolf Bänninger

1938 - 2017

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0277 AUTHOR

Hans Kägi (Autor)

1889 - 1971

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0278 JOURNALIST

Erich A. Kägi

1921 - 2014

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0279 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Moser (Architekt, 1877)

1877 - 1964

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0280 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Arthur Hahnloser

1870 - 1936

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0281 ARCHITECT

Adolf Kellermüller

1895 - 1981

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0282 ECONOMIST

Walter Müller (Betriebswirt)

1918 - 2010

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0283 AUTHOR

Theophil Spörri

1887 - 1955

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0284 SCREENWRITER

Ulrich Kündig

Born 1935

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0285 SURGEON

Gottfried Reimann-Hunziker

1908 - 1968

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0286 BANK

Rudolf Ernst (banker)

1865 - 1956

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0287 POLITICIAN

Erwin Hofer

1912 - 1995

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0288 MUSIC

Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann

1811 - 1876

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0289 CHEMIST

Robert Bindschedler

1844 - 1901

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0290 WRITER

Jacques Zurlinden

Born 1936

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0291 HOCKEY

Benjamin Winkler

Born 1977

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0292 POLITICIAN

Lisbeth Fehr

Born 1938

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0293 BUSINESS

Hans Georg Steiner

1654 - 1734

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0294 MISSING

Ida Sträuli-Knüsli

1847 - 1918

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0295 WRITER

Georg Sulzer (Jurist)

1844 - 1929

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0296 POLITICIAN

Johannes Huber (Politiker)

1879 - 1948

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0297 SPORT

Matthias Reutimann

Born 1994

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0298 LAWYER

Hans Morf

1896 - 1990

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0299 JOURNALIST

Benno Hardmeier

Born 1930

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0300 BUSINESS

Walter Steiner (entrepreneur)

1921 - 2009

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