Most Famous Swiss Scientists

Switzerland has produced 178 notable scientists throughout history, led by Leonhard Euler. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Leonhard Euler — Swiss Mathematician (1707–1783) , ranked #384
  2. Jean Piaget — Swiss Psychologist (1896–1980) , ranked #650
  3. Paracelsus — Swiss Physician (1493–1541) , ranked #815
  4. Albert Hofmann — Swiss Chemist (1906–2008) , ranked #3678
  5. Daniel Bernoulli — Swiss Mathematician (1700–1782) , ranked #4028
  6. Eugen Bleuler — Swiss Psychiatrist (1857–1939) , ranked #9545
  7. Alexandre Yersin — Swiss Physician (1863–1943) , ranked #10924
  8. Alice Miller (psychologist) — Swiss Psychologist (1923–2010) , ranked #12149
  9. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure — Swiss Physicist (1740–1799) , ranked #17033
  10. Ludwig Binswanger — Swiss Psychiatrist (1881–1966) , ranked #19006
  11. Kurt Wüthrich — Swiss Chemist (Born 1938) , ranked #20185
  12. Walter Rudolf Hess — Swiss Physician (1881–1973) , ranked #22364
  13. Werner Arber — Swiss Biologist (Born 1929) , ranked #23435
  14. Friedrich Miescher — Swiss Biologist (1844–1895) , ranked #23559
  15. Heinrich Rohrer — Swiss Physicist (1933–2013) , ranked #24908
  16. Jakob Steiner — Swiss Mathematician (1796–1863) , ranked #26939
  17. Maximilian Bircher-Benner — Swiss Physician (1867–1939) , ranked #30632
  18. Carl Nägeli — Swiss Botanist (1817–1891) , ranked #31977
  19. Jost Bürgi — Swiss Mathematician (1552–1632) , ranked #34231
  20. Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist) — Swiss Psychiatrist (1866–1950) , ranked #42014