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ZURICH
Most Famous People Born in Zurich, Switzerland
- Notable people
- 2,462
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1941
- Most distinctive
- Author 3.5×
A Reformed Swiss city with a disproportionately large academic-and-letters bench. Zurich's distinctive professions are authors, academics, architects, artists, and physicists — the trades of a German-language university town that runs from Gottfried Keller through Max Frisch on the literary side and Einstein and Pauli on the scientific. Pestalozzi, Rorschach, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross all belong to this bench, and nearly eighty per cent of the names were born after 1900.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Zurich during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Zurich Is Known For
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Politician is Zurich's biggest profession — 7% of all notables (164).
Zurich over-indexes on author — 3.5× the global rate.
Zurich under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Zurich's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Sport Clear ×
Hugo Koblet
1925 - 1964
Franco Marvulli
Born 1978
Carlo Clerici
1929 - 2007
Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
Born 1950
Alfred Rüegg
1934 - 2010
Patrick Müller (cyclist)
Born 1996
Kurt Gimmi
1936 - 2003
Walter Diggelmann
1915 - 1999
Walter Bucher (cyclist)
Born 1926
Michel Frédérick
1872 - 1912
Armin von Büren
1928 - 2018
Robert Zimmermann (cyclist)
1912 - 2006
Kurt Ott
1912 - 2001
Jesko Raffin
Born 1996
Albert Blattmann
1904 - 1967
Jean Brun
1926 - 1993
Walter Blattmann
1910 - 1965
Marlene Albrecht
Born 1988
Emil Richli
1904 - 1934
Hans Hollenstein
Born 1929
Hans Rudolf Spillmann
Born 1932
Oskar von Büren
Born 1933
Josef Wagner (cyclist)
1916 - 2003
Albert Iten
Born 1962
Johan Jacobs
Born 1997
Werner Wägelin
1913 - 1991
Fritz Ganz
1916 - 1992
Jan Keller (cyclisme)
Born 1991
Niki Marty
Born 1973
Walter Richli
1913 - 1944
Simone Jäiser
Born 1986
Andrea Wölfer
Born 1987
Pascal Hungerbühler
Born 1977
René Stadler
Born 1940
Jakob Schenk
1921 - 1951
Gottlieb Amstein
1906 - 1975
Peter Hirzel
Born 1939
Werner Weckert
Born 1938
Max Wirth (cyclist)
Born 1930
Hans Pfenninger
1929 - 2009
Hans Lüthi
Born 1939
Hans Flückiger
Born 1926
Tim Watter
Born 1991
Fritz Siegenthaler
Born 1929
Heinrich Müller (cyclist)
Born 1926
Walter Richard
Born 1939
Erwin Jaisli
Born 1937
Gaston Gerosa
Born 1923
Walter Knabenhans
Born 1906
Walter Signer (cyclist)
Born 1937
Willy Kern
1912 - 2009
Beat Meister
Born 1965
Max Äberli
1927 - 2009
Tina Aeberli
Born 1989
Martina Feusi
Born 1974
Hans Gehrig
Born 1929
Emil Coppetti
Born 1903
Max Meier
Born 1926
Silvana Stanco
Born 1993
Hans Martin (Radsportler)
1913 - 2005
Peter Tiefenthaler
1934 - 1980
Leo Wickihalder
1937 - 2008
Fritz Stocker
1920 - 2007
Sepp Dinkelkamp
1907 - 1984
Ernst Wüthrich
1918 - 1972
Larissa Csatari
Born 1989
André Hardegger
1922 - 1945
Santiago Udaeta
Born 1949
Erwin Schweizer
Born 1935
Cornelia Frölich
Born 1964
Ernst Stoll
Born 1927
Fredy Brupbacher
1937 - 2018
Bernhard Wild
Born 1931
Harry Goetschi
Born 1939
Hans Kleinpeter
1936 - 2004
Herbert Kiesel
Born 1931
Robert Zimmermann (bobsleigh)
1934 - 2012