List of Aargau personalities
The list of Aargau personalities includes all personalities in the Swiss canton of Aargau . This includes people born in the canton as well as personalities who have spent an important part of their life in the canton of Aargau.
A.
- Johannes Aal (around 1500 - 1551), composer / author
- Carl Roman Abt (1850–1933), railway pioneer
- Werner Arber (* 1929), biologist / Nobel Prize winner
- Lys Assia (1924-2018), pop singer
B.
- Pfuri Baldenweg (* 1946), musician
- Karl Ballmer (1891–1958), painter and writer
- Claudia Bandixen (* 1957), President of the Church Council
- Julius Binder (politician) (* 1925)
- Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (1867–1939), doctor, inventor of Birchermüesli
- Urs Bitterli (* 1935), historian
- Silvio Blatter (* 1946), writer
- Robert Blum (composer) (1900–1994), composer
- Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), theologian / reformer
- Hermann Burger (1942–1989), writer
- Erika Burkart (1922–2010), writer
C.
- Margrit Conrad (1918–2005), concert singer
D.
- DJ Bobo (* 1968), pop singer
- Erich von Däniken (* 1935), writer / para-scientist
- Martin R. Dean (* 1955), writer
- Johann Rudolf Dolder (1753–1807), politician
E.
- Thomas Erastus (1524–1583), theologian / reformer
F.
- Sebastian Fahrländer (1768–1841), politician / doctor
- Carl Feer-Herzog (1820–1880), railway pioneer
- Anna Felder (* 1937), writer
- Johann Heinrich Fischer (1790–1861), politician
- Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873), politician ( Federal Councilor )
- Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865), Reformed theologian and writer
- Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803–1836), composer
G
- Karl Grenacher (1907–1989), music director, Wettingen teacher training college
H
- Christian Haller (writer) (* 1943), writer
- Hans von Hallwyl (1433 / 34–1504), officer / war hero
- Ernst Halter (* 1938), writer, publicist, translator
- Kurt Hediger (* 1932), painter
- Markus Hediger (* 1959), writer and translator
- Gertrud Heinzelmann (1914–1999), women's rights activist
- Hans Herzog (1819-1894), General
- Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), chemist, discoverer of LSD
- Andy Hug (1964-2000), martial artist
K
- Augustin Keller (1805–1883), politician
- Viktor Korchnoi (1931–2016), chess grandmaster of Russian origin
L.
- Heinrich Laufenberg (after 1390–1460), author and priest
- Ernst Laur (1871–1964), agronomist
- Urs Lehmann (* 1969), ski racer
- Doris Leuthard (* 1963), politician / Federal Councilor
- Pepe Lienhard (* 1946), popular musician
- Lorenz Lotmar (1945–1980), writer
M.
- Robert Mächler (1909–1996), writer / journalist
- Urs Meier (* 1959), football referee
- Klaus Merz (* 1945), writer
- Michel Mettler (* 1966), writer
- Johann Rudolf Meyer (1739–1813), entrepreneur / politician
- Sylvia Michel (* 1935), President of the Church Council
- Peter Mieg (1906–1990), composer and painter
- Monica Morell (1953-2008), pop singer
- Philipp Müller (1952) politician
- Patrik Müller (* 1975), journalist
R.
- Maximilian Reimann (* 1942), politician
- Johann Rudolf Rudolf (1646–1718), theologian
- Ernst Rodel (1901–1993), journalist, politician
- Beny Rehmann (1936–2014), trumpeter and band leader
- Erwin Rehmann (* 1921), sculptor
S.
- Jean Rudolf von Salis (1901–1996), historian
- Adrian Stern (1975) musician
- Seven (1978) musician (Jan Dettwyler)
- Hans Schaffner (1908-2004), politician (Federal Council)
- Margrit Schriber (* 1939), writer
- Ciriaco Sforza (* 1970), football player
- Johannes Siegrist (* 1943), medical sociologist
- Ulrich Siegrist (* 1945), politician
- Markus Somm (* 1965), journalist
- Christian Speck (1937–2005), politician
- Philipp Albert Stapfer (1766–1840), politician / theologian
- Claudia Storz (* 1948), writer
- Heiner Studer (* 1949), politician
- Lilian Studer (* 1977), politician
- Doris Stump (* 1950), politician
- August Süsstrunk (1915–1994), geophysicist and vice director of the Wettingen teacher training college
T
- János Tamás (1936–1995), composer and music teacher
- Niklaus Thut († 1386), war hero
- Ignaz Paul Vitalis Troxler (1780–1866), politician / philosopher
- Charles Tschopp (1899–1982), writer
W.
- Peach Weber (* 1952), comedian
- Urs Wehrli (* 1969), comedian / artist
- Werner Wehrli (1892–1944), composer
- Emil Welti (1825–1899), politician (Federal Councilor)
- Werner Winter (1924–2001), bull trainer
- Niklas von Wyle (around 1410–1478), humanist
Z
- Johann Georg Zimmermann (1728–1795), doctor, philosopher and writer