List of Vaudois personalities
The list of Vaudois personalities shows a selection of personalities from the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . This includes people born in the canton as well as personalities who have spent an important part of their life in the canton of Vaud.
A.
- Jean-François Amiguet (* 1950), film director and screenwriter
- Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969), conductor
- Jean Arcelin (born 1962), painter
- Jean-Marie Auberson (1920–2004), conductor and violinist
B.
- Jean Balissat (1936–2007), musician
- Étienne Barilier (* 1947), Swiss writer, philosopher and translator
- Benno Besson (1922–2006), actor, director and theater director
- Marius Besson (1876–1945), Bishop of Lausanne-Geneva-Friborg
- Eugène Burnand (1850-1921), painter
- Daniel Brélaz (* 1950), politician
C.
- Alexandre-François-Louis Cailler (1866–1936), entrepreneur in the chocolate industry
- François-Louis Cailler (1796–1852), chocolate pioneer
- Alexandre Calame (1810–1864), painter
- Claude Calame (* 1943), classical philologist and semiotics
- Paul Cérésole (1832–1905), politician
- Stéphane Chapuisat (* 1969), football player
- Paul Chaudet (1904–1977), politician
- Jacques Chessex (1934–2009), writer
- Georges-André Chevallaz (1915–2002), politician
- Ernest Chuard (1857–1942), politician
- Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), writer
- Aloïse Corbaz (1886–1964), artist
- Jacques Cornu (* 1953), motorcycle racer
- Alfred Cortot (1877–1962), musician
- Cosey (* 1950), comic artist
D.
- Jean Daniel Abraham Davel (1670–1723), Vaudois rebel against Bern
- Camille Decoppet (1862-1925), politician
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998), politician
- Derib (* 1944), comic artist
- Henri Druey (1799–1855), politician
- Laurent Dufaux (* 1969), racing cyclist
- Charles Dutoit (* 1936), conductor
F.
- Lucien Favre (* 1957), former soccer player and current coach
- Auguste Forel (1848–1931), psychiatrist, entomologist and social reformer
- François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), doctor and naturalist
- Constant Fornerod (1819–1899), politician
G
- Augusta Gillabert (1869–1940), farmer, founder of the cooperative
- Lauriane Gilliéron (* 1984), Miss Switzerland 2005
- Charles Gleyre (1806–1874), painter
- Henri Guisan (1874–1960), General
H
- Frédéric-César de la Harpe (1754–1838), politician
- Hans Haug (1900–1967), composer
J
- Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military theorist
- Patrick Juvet (born 1950), musician
K
- Claire Krähenbühl (* 1942), writer
L.
- Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829), musician
M.
- Ludovic Magnin (* 1979), footballer
- Michel Mayor (* 1942), astronomer
- Jacques Mercanton (1910–1996), writer and university professor
- Patrick Moraz (* 1948), rock musician
- Lise-Marie Morerod (* 1956), ski racer
N
- Jacques Neirynck (* 1931), consumer advocate and national councilor
- Claude Nicollier (* 1944), astronaut
- Claude Nobs (1936–2013), director of the Montreux Jazz Festival
P
- Daniel Peter (1836–1919), inventor of milk chocolate
- Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), physicist and inventor
- Bertrand Piccard (* 1958), psychiatrist and scientist
- Jacques Piccard (1922–2008), deep sea researcher and oceanographer
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958), politician
R.
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947), writer
- Georges de Rham (1903–1990), mathematician
- Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), writer, born in Rovray
- Brother Roger (1915–2005), founder of the Taizé Ecumenical Brotherhood
- Rodolphe Rubattel (1896–1961), politician
- Marc-Emile Ruchet (1853–1912), politician
- Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893), politician
- Eugène Luffy (1854-1919), politician
- Victor Luffy (1823–1869), politician
S.
- Marc Charles Frédéric de Sacconay (1714–1788), magistrate
- Léon Savary (1895–1968), writer and journalist
V
- Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter, graphic artist and writer
- Benjamin Vautier (1829–1898), painter
- Auguste Veillon (1834–1890), painter
- Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), theologian and literary historian
- Pierre Viret (1511–1571), reformer
W.
- Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699–1762), lover of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Y
- Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin (1863–1943), bacteriologist
- Yves Yersin (1942–2018), film director, screenwriter and film producer
