47.4992° N, 8.7267° E
WINTERTHUR
Most Famous People Born in Winterthur, Switzerland
- Notable people
- 364
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1935
- Most distinctive
- Art Historian 7.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Winterthur during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 historian — 7.2× the global rate.
Winterthur under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
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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Niklaus Wirth
Born 1934
Max Bill
1908 - 1994
Heinrich Wölfflin
1864 - 1945
Anton Graff
1736 - 1813
Richard R. Ernst
Born 1933
Joan Gamper
1877 - 1930
Emil Brunner
1889 - 1966
Steven Zuber
Born 1991
Jonas Furrer
1805 - 1861
Johann Georg Sulzer
1720 - 1779
Johann Ludwig Aberli
1723 - 1786
Markus Imhoof
Born 1941
Armin Hofmann
Born 1920
Viktor Giacobbo
Born 1952
Luca Zuffi
Born 1990
Davide Callà
Born 1984
René Weiler
Born 1973
Moritz Bauer
Born 1992
Willy Hess (composer)
1906 - 1997
Warja Lavater
1913 - 2007
Jürg Amann
1947 - 2013
Rudolf Friedrich
1923 - 2013
Mirco Müller
Born 1995
Andreas Kappeler
Born 1943
Alfred Büchi
1879 - 1959
Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown
1863 - 1924
Maurice Steger
Born 1971
Diego Ciccone
Born 1987
Sanne Vloet
Born 1995
Marcel Herzog
Born 1980
Philipp Schoch
Born 1979
Daniel Loss
Born 1958
Werner Reinhart
1884 - 1951
Adrian Wichser
Born 1980
Dario Zuffi
Born 1964
Giorgio Contini
Born 1974
Johann Jakob Biedermann
1763 - 1830
Remo H. Largo
1943 - 2020
Lorenzo Manta
Born 1974
Peter Ziegler
1928 - 2013
Ursula Bagdasarjanz
Born 1934
Simon Schoch
Born 1978
Georg Gerster
1928 - 2019
Johann Heinrich Sulzer
1735 - 1814
Hannes Keller
Born 1934
Hans-Ueli Vogt
Born 1969
Robert Keller (botanist)
1854 - 1939
Olivier Berggruen
Born 1963
Peter Bieri (politician)
Born 1952
Hans Gerschwiler
1920 - 2017
John of Winterthur
1300 - 1348
Roger Rinderknecht
Born 1981
Beat Raaflaub
Born 1946
Patric Della Rossa
Born 1975
Marc Zellweger
Born 1973
Albert Büchi
1907 - 1988
Lea Saskia Laasner
Born 1980
Bernard Thurnheer
Born 1949
Max Niedermann
1874 - 1954
Walter Weiler
1903 - 1945
Natalie Rickli
Born 1976
Helen Keller (judge)
Born 1964
Urs Amann
1951 - 2019
Ivan Engler
Born 1971
Oskar Reinhart
1885 - 1965
Hans Bühler
1893 - 1967
Heidi Bucher
1926 - 1993
Fritz Metzger
1898 - 1973
Alessandro Ciarrocchi
Born 1988
Max Weiler
1900 - 1969
Jean-Claude Zehnder
Born 1941
Leonard Forrer
1869 - 1953
Michael Gempart
Born 1941
Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer
1838 - 1920
Leta Peer
1964 - 2012
Patrick Meier
Born 1976
Sven Helfenstein
Born 1982
Martin Buser
Born 1958
Hans Heinrich Schmid
1937 - 2014
Hansjörg Pauli
1931 - 2007
David Graf (BMX rider)
Born 1989
Ernst Gebendinger
1926 - 2017
Elsbeth Sigmund
Born 1942
Emil J. Walter
1897 - 1984
Arnold O. Benz
Born 1945
Silvio Mattioli
1929 - 2011
Michel Avanzini
Born 1989
Ramon Cecchini
Born 1990
Willy Bretscher
1897 - 1992
Max Caflisch
1916 - 2004
Patrick Bettoni
Born 1975
Peter Schellenbaum
1939 - 2018
Marcel Rüedi
1938 - 1986
Leila Schayegh
Born 1975
Hansjörg Aemisegger
Born 1952
Martin Schwarz (Künstler)
Born 1946
Sandro Foschini
Born 1988
Johann Carl Eschmann
1826 - 1882
David Eduard Steiner
1811 - 1860
Jürg Stahl
Born 1968
Urs Villiger
Born 1971
Johann Jakob Sulzer
1821 - 1897
Anna Barbara Reinhart
1730 - 1796
Alban Thorer
1489 - 1550
Markus Griesser
Born 1949
Alfred Ernst
1875 - 1968
Oscar Fritschi
1939 - 2016
Nicolas Müller (squash player)
Born 1989
Hans Ziegler (physicist)
1910 - 1985
Stefan Gubser
Born 1957
Maria Susanna Kübler
1814 - 1873
Sebastian Bohren
Born 1987
Jakob Flach
1894 - 1982
Sidney Brown (Ingenieur)
1865 - 1941
Bruno Hunziker
1930 - 2000
Heinrich Brockmann-Jerosch
1879 - 1939
Marco Rima
Born 1961
Chantal Galladé
Born 1972
Jürg Häusermann
Born 1951
Andreas Strehler
Born 1971
Verena Herzog
Born 1956
Eduard Hüttinger
1926 - 1998
Ulrich Hegner
1759 - 1840
Johann Heinrich Troll
1756 - 1824
Werner Seifert
Born 1949
Emil Walter
1872 - 1939
Angelo Barrile
Born 1976
Arnold Zoller
1882 - 1934
Matthias Schoder
Born 1982
Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1889)
1889 - 1957
Anton Bühler
1922 - 2013
Fanny Moser
1848 - 1925
Jacob Weidenmann
1829 - 1893
Carol Schuler
Born 1987
Kalle Koblet
Born 1997
Gianluca Hossmann
Born 1991
Michael Stauffer
Born 1972
Dominique Girod
Born 1975
Franz Böni
Born 1952
Christoph Gallio
Born 1957
Rolf Dubs
Born 1935
Rainer Zangerl
1912 - 2004
Louisa Lamour
Born 1986
Christoph Kaufmann
1753 - 1795
Mark Kuhn
Born 1959
Rudolf Ernst Keller
1930 - 2014
Carl Montag
1880 - 1956
Adrian Trunz
Born 1984
Jürg Fleischer
Born 1974
Susanne Leutenegger
Born 1961
Marlies Bänziger
Born 1960
Robert Wehrlin
1903 - 1964
Maja Ingold
Born 1948
Big Zis
Born 1976
Theodor Haller
1915 - 2003
Hans Reinhart
1880 - 1963
Rolf Erb
1951 - 2017
Adolf Stäbli
1842 - 1901
Yonni Meyer
Born 1982
Carl Kupferschmid
Born 1951
Marie-Louise Bischofberger
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Matthias Jauslin
Born 1962
Jakob Melchior Ziegler
1801 - 1883
Bruno Stefanini
1924 - 2018
Heinz Karrer
Born 1959
Peter Spälti
1930 - 2010
Serge Ehrensperger
1935 - 2013
Hans R. Hahnloser
1899 - 1974
Matthias Frehner
Born 1955
Klodin Erb
Born 1963
Ulrich Häfelin
1924 - 2016
Jeronim Perović
Born 1971
Voli Geiler
1915 - 1992
Walter Gross (Schriftsteller)
1924 - 1999
Walter Baumgartner (Theologe)
1887 - 1970
Roman Graf
Born 1978
Maurice Pedergnana
Born 1964
Hans Jacob Rieter
1766 - 1811
Christina Vanja
Born 1952
Peter Eicher
Born 1943
Alfons Bürge
Born 1947
Peter Hauser
Born 1943
Armin Reller
Born 1952
Max Meili
1899 - 1970
Hans Hutter
1913 - 2006
Johann Ulrich Schellenberg
1709 - 1795
Aleks Weber
1961 - 1994
Willi Dolder
Born 1941
Jean-Pierre Dürig
Born 1958
Otto Schulthess
1862 - 1939
Willy Müller-Brittnau
1938 - 2003
Rudolf Wachter (Philologe)
Born 1954
Gottfried Egg
1921 - 2010
Hannes Schüpbach
Born 1965
Heiner Gross
1923 - 1993
Martin Lengwiler
Born 1965
Andres Gurrieri
Born 1989
Peter Frei (Althistoriker)
1925 - 2010
Markus Hutter
Born 1957
Theodor Reinhart
1849 - 1919
Arthur Bachmann
1922 - 1983
Fritz Ernst (Literaturwissenschaftler)
1889 - 1958
Carola Jäggi
Born 1963
Johann Heinrich Ziegler
1738 - 1818
Hans-Rudolf Schalcher
Born 1944
René Rutschmann
Born 1941
Felix E. Müller
Born 1951
Roger Bader
Born 1964
Reto Parolari
1952 - 2019
Emanuel Steiner
1778 - 1831
Hans Peter Künzle
Born 1951
Elisabeth Aman
1888 - 1966
Laurentius Bosshart
1490 - 1532
Robert Lienhard
1919 - 1989
Rudolf Geilinger
1848 - 1911
Erhard Liechti
1530 - 1591
Franz von Däniken
Born 1949
Hans Hinterreiter
1902 - 1989
Elisabeth Fülscher
1895 - 1970
Gustav Morf
1900 - 1978
Anton Largiadèr
1893 - 1974
Fritz Bernhard
1895 - 1966
Barbara Miller
Born 1970
Christian Jungen
Born 1973
Hans-Jakob Mosimann
Born 1956
Richard Krzymowski
1875 - 1960
Ruedi Widmer
Born 1973
Hans Bachofner
1931 - 2012
Walter Herzog (Pädagoge)
Born 1949
Ambrosius von Albertini
1894 - 1971
Hans Ulrich Saas
1916 - 1997
Thomas Steger (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
Born 1966
Manuel Liniger
Born 1981
Richard Biedermann-Imhoof
1865 - 1926
Johannes Buchstab
1500 - 1528
Walter Furrer
1870 - 1949
Haymo Empl
Born 1971
Pierre Moessinger
Born 1943
Georges Lang
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Hans-Ulrich Brunner
1943 - 2006
Carl Biedermann (Schriftsteller)
1824 - 1894
Tessie Tellmann
Born 1948
Hans Heinrich Egger
1922 - 2011
Erik Altorfer
Born 1966
David Sulzer
1784 - 1864
Marko Osmakcic
Born 1998
Urs Widmer (Politiker)
1927 - 2018
Alfred Büchi
Born 1909
Johann Rudolf Studer
1700 - 1769
Ueli Wiget
Born 1957
Hans Wehrli (Geologe)
1902 - 1978
Eduard Sulzer-Ziegler
1854 - 1913
Thomas Keller (Wirtschaftsinformatiker)
Born 1967
Max Dünki
1932 - 2011
Georg Reinhart
1877 - 1955
Peter Fässler-Weibel
1948 - 2011
Heinrich Rieter (Industrieller, 1814)
1814 - 1889
Henrik Haggenmacher
1827 - 1917
Paul Späni
1929 - 1993
Martin Achtnich
1918 - 1996
Peter Baumberger
1942 - 2019
Urs Wild
Born 1936
Jakob Kübler
1827 - 1899
Sébastien Singer
Born 1974
Salomon Hegner
1789 - 1869
Nils von Niederhäusern
Born 1996
Emma Ott
1907 - 2011
Heinrich Labhart
1919 - 1977
Andreas Küng
Born 1983
Heinrich Rieter (Maler)
1751 - 1818
Johann Caspar Weidenmann
1805 - 1850
Regine Aeppli
Born 1952
Ulrich Gaudenz Müller
1922 - 2005
Alfred Bruggmann (Redakteur)
1896 - 1958
Edwin Nievergelt
1917 - 2010
Rolf Bänninger
1938 - 2017
Hans Kägi (Autor)
1889 - 1971
Erich A. Kägi
1921 - 2014
Friedrich Moser (Architekt, 1877)
1877 - 1964
Arthur Hahnloser
1870 - 1936
Adolf Kellermüller
1895 - 1981
Walter Müller (Betriebswirt)
1918 - 2010
Theophil Spörri
1887 - 1955
Ulrich Kündig
Born 1935
Gottfried Reimann-Hunziker
1908 - 1968
Rudolf Ernst (banker)
1865 - 1956
Erwin Hofer
1912 - 1995
Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann
1811 - 1876
Robert Bindschedler
1844 - 1901
Jacques Zurlinden
Born 1936
Benjamin Winkler
Born 1977
Lisbeth Fehr
Born 1938
Hans Georg Steiner
1654 - 1734
Ida Sträuli-Knüsli
1847 - 1918
Georg Sulzer (Jurist)
1844 - 1929
Johannes Huber (Politiker)
1879 - 1948
Matthias Reutimann
Born 1994
Hans Morf
1896 - 1990
Benno Hardmeier
Born 1930
Walter Steiner (entrepreneur)
1921 - 2009