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Most Famous Swiss Politicians & Lawyers

28,440 CD Carla Del Ponte Swiss Lawyer b. 1947

29,367 CA

Charles Albert Gobat Swiss Politician 1843–1914

30,518 EW

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Swiss Politician b. 1956

33,083 GI

Gianni Infantino Swiss Lawyer b. 1970

35,899 MC

Micheline Calmy-Rey Swiss Politician b. 1945

39,357 CL

Carl Lutz Swiss Diplomat 1895–1975

51,861 DL

Doris Leuthard Swiss Politician b. 1963

53,745 FD

Frédéric-César de La Harpe Swiss Politician 1754–1838

54,322 SS

Simonetta Sommaruga Swiss Politician b. 1960

57,138 GM

Giuseppe Motta Swiss Politician 1871–1940

63,058 KV

Kaspar Villiger Swiss Politician b. 1941

63,347 FP

Fritz Platten Swiss Politician 1883–1942

64,086 HM

Hans-Rudolf Merz Swiss Politician b. 1942

65,758 RG

Robert Grimm Swiss Politician 1881–1958

67,387 SA Sami Aldeeb Swiss Lawyer b. 1949

67,837 JJ

Jörg Jenatsch Swiss Politician 1596–1639

68,340 UM

Ueli Maurer Swiss Politician b. 1950

68,617 SF

Stefano Franscini Swiss Politician 1796–1857

70,292 GA

Gustave Ador Swiss Politician 1845–1928

70,493 JS

Johann Schneider-Ammann Swiss Politician b. 1952

77,658 EH

Eugen Huber Swiss Judge 1849–1923

77,949 MP

Marcel Pilet-Golaz Swiss Politician 1889–1958

78,948 AO

Adolf Ogi Swiss Politician b. 1942

81,220 HW

Hans Waldmann (mayor) Swiss Politician 1435–1489

81,728 SS

Samuel Schmid Swiss Politician b. 1947

90,040 PE

Philipp Etter Swiss Politician 1891–1977

90,232 JM

Jean-Marie Musy Swiss Politician 1876–1952

93,180 FT

Friedrich Traugott Wahlen Swiss Politician 1899–1985

94,769 EF

Emil Frey Swiss Politician 1838–1922

94,845 UO

Ulrich Ochsenbein Swiss Politician 1811–1890

95,866 ES

Edmund Schulthess Swiss Politician 1868–1944

95,913 EN

Ernst Nobs Swiss Politician 1886–1957

98,755 HH

Heinrich Häberlin Swiss Politician 1868–1947

99,979 HH

Hans Hürlimann Swiss Politician 1918–1994

106,172 HD

Henri Druey Swiss Politician 1799–1855

108,914 RM

Rudolf Minger Swiss Politician 1881–1955

112,267 PC

Paul Chaudet Swiss Politician 1904–1977

114,506 EW

Emil Welti Swiss Politician 1825–1899

114,524 FC

Felix Calonder Swiss Politician 1863–1952

116,630 JD

Jakob Dubs Swiss Politician 1822–1879

118,081 EC

Enrico Celio Swiss Politician 1889–1980

119,625 GP

Guy Parmelin Swiss Politician b. 1959

122,160 JS

Jakob Stämpfli Swiss Politician 1820–1879

122,570 WR

Willi Ritschard Swiss Politician 1918–1983

132,310 RB

Roger Bonvin Swiss Politician 1907–1982

136,092 AD

Adolf Deucher Swiss Politician 1831–1912

139,089 RG

Rudolf Gnägi Swiss Politician 1917–1985

140,560 WS

Walther Stampfli Swiss Politician 1884–1965

141,166 JS

James Schwarzenbach Swiss Politician 1911–1994

151,429 GL

Giuseppe Lepori Swiss Politician 1902–1968

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Inside Switzerland Politicians & Lawyers

377 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous switzerland politicians & lawyers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Switzerland Politicians & Lawyers peaked in the 1950s with 31 people.

What Switzerland Politicians & Lawyers Are Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

Politician are Switzerland Politicians & Lawyers's biggest group — 86% of all notables (324).

Switzerland Politicians & Lawyers over-index on politician — 5.1× the global rate.

Politician32486%
Lawyer287.4%
Diplomat71.9%
Judge61.6%
Activist41.1%
Political10.3%
Revolutionary10.3%
Minister10.3%

Politician3245.1×
Judge64.7×
Lawyer284.6×
Diplomat74.1×