List of personalities from Baden AG

This list contains personalities who were born in the Swiss city ​​of Baden in the canton of Aargau or who later lived here.

Born in Baden

• Cosmas Alder (1497–1550), composer
• Emma Altherr-Simond (1838–1925), hotelier
• Michelle Andres (* 1997), cyclist
• Emil Anner (1870–1925), painter
• Maria Bodmer (around 1598–1642), victim of the witch hunt in Baden
• Silvia Bächli (* 1956), visual artist
• Emil Albert Baldinger (1838–1907), forest scientist and politician
• Kastor Baldinger (1760–1810), councilor
• Wilhelm Karl Baldinger (1810–1881), National Councilor
• Christoph Baumann (* 1954), jazz and improvisation musician, university lecturer
• Barbara Borsinger (1892–1972), nurse and refugee helper
• Hilde Vérène Borsinger (1897–1986), lawyer and women's rights activist
• Kaspar Borsinger (1801-1859), councilor
• Niki Böschenstein (* 1985), artistic gymnast
• Theodor Boveri (1892–1977), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Motor-Columbus and Atel
• Walter E. Boveri (1894–1972), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BBC
• Pascale Bruderer (* 1977), National Councilor
• Alfred Bruggmann (1922–2006), cabaret artist
• George Büchi (1921–1998), chemist
• Oliver Buff (* 1992), football player
• Friedrich Joseph Bürli (1813–1889), National Councilor and Councilor, Mayor
• Fritz Caspari (1914–2010), historian and diplomat
• Elfie Casty (? –2014), Swiss author of cookbooks
• Phil Dalhausser (* 1980), American beach volleyball player
• Alberich Denzler (1759–1840), Abbot of Wettingen
• Edmund Dorer (1831–1890), poet, translator and Hispanist
• Franz Dorer (1778–1840), councilor
• Robert Dorer (1830-1893), sculptor
• Eduard Dorer-Egloff (1807–1864), councilor, writer and poet
• Christine Egerszegi-Obrist (* 1948), National and Council of States
• Franz Carl Egloff (1645–1725), Swiss councilor, city governor and subordinate
• Luise Egloff (1804–1835), poet
• Thomas Erastus (1524–1583), Reformed theologian and physician
• Emil Frey (1889–1946), composer, pianist and music teacher
• Hans-Jörg Frey (* 1952), actor
• Kaspar Frey (* around 1460/70 – around 1526/27), chronicler and administrative officer in Baden, Zurich and the St. Gallen Abbey
• Peter K. Frey (* 1941), jazz bassist and sound artist
• Suzanne Frey-Kupper (* 1958), classical scholar and numismatist
• Peter Grünig (1923–1977), politician and forest engineer
• Johann Ulrich Hanauer (1807–1871), National Councilor and Government Councilor
• Christoph Heusser (* 1974), actor
• Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), chemist and author, discoverer of LSD
• Rainer Huber (* 1948), member of the government
• Ruth Humbel Näf (* 1957), National Councilor
• Joseph Caspar Jeuch (1811–1895), architect
• Armin Kellersberger (1838–1905), Council of States and Mayor
• Paul König (* 1933), educator, writer and translator
• Hans Leu the Elder (1460–1507), painter
• Fritz Leutwiler (1924–1997), economist
• Robert Mächler (1909–1996), writer and journalist
• Walter Mäder (1898–1987), entrepreneur
• Joël Mall (* 1991), football player
• Sita Mazumder (* 1970), economist and entrepreneur
• Adrian Meyer (* 1942), architect and university professor
• Carl Diethelm Meyer (1840–1884), painter
• Rudolf W. Meyer (1915–1989), philosopher
• Lars Mlekusch (* 1978), conductor, saxophonist, university professor and cultural manager
• Stefan Mörker (* 1978), skeleton pilot
• Karl Moser (1860–1936), architect
• Robert Moser (1833–1901), architect
• August Mühlebach (1872–1934), national councilor and agricultural scientist
• Patrik Müller (* 1975), journalist
• Heinrich Murer (1588–1638), historian and Carthusian monk
• Werner Nefflen (1919–2014), photographer
• Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (1907–2001), painter, draftsman and caricaturist
• Johann Rudolf Rengger (1795–1832), natural scientist and doctor
• Heinz Rey (* 1943), legal scholar
• Victor Rickenbach (1928–2007), member of the government
• Karin Ruckstuhl (* 1980), Dutch athlete
• Dolf Schnebli (1928–2009), architect
• Christoph Silberysen (1541–1608), abbot and book illustrator
• Ambros Speiser (1922–2003), engineer
• Dieter Stamm (* 1965), author and journalist
• Jörg Stiel (* 1968), football player
• Robert Straub (1832–1901), national, state and government councilor
• Heiner Studer (* 1949), National Councilor
• Howard Vernon (1908-1996), actor
• Robert Vögeli (1927-2005), militia officer
• Peter Voser (* 1958), Manager at Shell and ABB
• Annemarie Wildeisen (* 1946), TV cook and cookbook author
• Bea Wyler (* 1951), rabbi
• Veit Wyler (1908–2002), Zionist politician
• Nadja Zimmermann (* 1976), TV presenter

Known residents

• Johannes Aal (1500–1551), theologian, composer and playwright
• Albert Aichele (1865–1922), electrical engineering pioneer
• Gregor Allhelg († 1676), sculptor and architect
• Renato Arlati (1936-2005), writer
• August Bärlocher (1887–1968), Swiss journalist, editor-in-chief of the Aargauer Volksblatt
• Daniela Berger (* 1956), city councilor and dancer
• Peter C. Beyeler (* 1945), Member of the Government
• Julius Binder (* 1925), National and Council of States
• Heinrich Bolleter (* 1941), Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Walter Boveri (1865–1924), founder of the BBC and Motor-Columbus
• Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459), humanist, writer
• Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown (1863–1924), founder of the BBC
• Sidney Brown (1865–1941), BBC technical director and art collector
• Jakob Buchli (1876–1945), locomotive designer
• Margrit Conrad (1918–2005), internationally active contralto
• Hedwig Dorosz (1905–1946), writer
• Hartmann Feierabend († 1512), pastor, humanist, and founder of the monastery library
• Fritz Funk (1857–1938), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BBC
• Willi Gautschi (1920–2004), historian
• Karl Grenacher (1907–1989), music teacher, music director, international musician
• Verena Hoehne (1945–2012), journalist and author
• Josef Jäger (1852–1927), teacher, journalist, national councilor and mayor
• Christoph Keller (* 1959), journalist, radio reporter and writer
• Rosemarie Keller (* 1937), journalist and writer
• Karl Killer (1878–1948), National Councilor, Council of States and Mayor
• Johann Alois Minnich (1801–1885), spa doctor
• Geri Müller (* 1960), City Councilor and National Councilor
• Albert Räber (1901–1990), politician
• Karl Dominik von Reding (1755–1815), politician
• Karl von Reding (1779–1853), councilor and judge
• Suly Röthlisberger (* 1949), actress
• Luzi Stamm (* 1952), National Councilor
• Adrian Stern (* 1975), pop singer
• August Süsstrunk (1915–1994), geophysicist, professor, vice director of the Wettingen teacher training college
• Cédric Wermuth (* 1986), politician
• Alex W. Widmer (1956-2008), manager
• Heinrich Wild (1877–1951), surveyor, inventor and company founder
• Josef Zehnder (1810–1896), publisher, journalist, printer and politician

Honorary citizen

In Baden, both the resident community and the local community grant honorary citizenship. The vast majority of those honored are only relevant in a local context. Those people who were part of the founding generation of the electrical engineering group Brown, Boveri & Cie. (today ABB ) include (Walter Boveri, Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown, Sidney Brown, Fritz Funk) as well as those who made a significant contribution to the establishment of the company (Louis Theodor Pfister and Carl Pfister).