Most Famous Swiss Military figures
Switzerland has produced 27 notable military figures throughout history, led by Antoine-Henri Jomini. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
AJ
Antoine-Henri Jomini Swiss Officer 1779 – 1869
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16,864
HG
Henri Guisan Swiss Officer 1874 – 1960
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20,373
CG
Conrad Grebel Swiss Líder 1498 – 1526
#
52,448
AE
Alois Estermann Swiss Militar 1954 – 1998
#
98,376
FF
Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze Swiss Officer 1739 – 1799
#
146,201
AD
Abraham Davel Swiss Soldier 1670 – 1723
#
160,594
HG
Hermann Geiger Swiss Aviator 1914 – 1966
#
209,701
OB
Oskar Bider Swiss Aviation 1891 – 1919
#
214,766
CD
Charles-Daniel de Meuron Swiss Mercenary 1738 – 1806
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275,979
KV
Kaspar von Silenen Swiss Militar 1467 – 1517
#
388,466
HV
Hans von Hallwyl (1433–1504) Swiss Officer 1434 – 1504
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400,479
FD
François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin Swiss Militar 1668 – 1737
#
444,816
UD
Ulysse de Salis Swiss Officer 1594 – 1674
#
460,263
JV
Jean-Baptiste von Eptingen Swiss Militar 1714 – 1783
#
843,049
RE
Regula Engel-Egli Swiss Söldner 1761 – 1853
#
909,773
JH
Jakob Huber (Offizier) Swiss Soldier 1883 – 1953
#
1,044,675
TL
Thomas Legler Swiss Officer 1782 – 1835
#
1,141,407
JH
Johann Heinrich Bürkli Swiss Militar 1647 – 1730
#
1,371,489
RV
Rudolf von Salis-Zizers Swiss Officer 1779 – 1840
#
1,394,154
AM
Armin Müller (Offizier) Swiss Militar 1855 – 1944
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1,479,787