List of American Swiss

Johann August Sutter, founder of Sacramento

The list of American Swiss includes famous Swiss immigrants to the United States and Canada , as well as their descendants.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), geologist and anatomist
• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), naturalist
• Othmar Ammann (1879–1965), engineer and bridge builder
• René Auberjonois (1940–2019), actor
• Melissa Auf der Maur (* 1972), rock musician

B.

• Steve Ballmer (* 1956), manager
• Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), archaeologist
• Theda Bara (1885–1955), actress
• Jason Bateman (born 1969), actor
• Ken Baumgartner (born 1966), ice hockey player
• Yves Béhar (* 1967), industrial designer
• Felix Bloch (1905–1983), physicist
• Armand Borel (1923–2003), mathematician
• Henri Bouquet (1719–1765), mercenary
• Yul Brynner (1920–1985), actor
• James L. Buckley (* 1923), lawyer and politician
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008), author, journalist, and commentator
• Warren E. Burger (1907-1995), United States Chief Justice
• Martin Buser (* 1958), sled dog athlete

C.

• Florian Cajori (1859–1930), mathematician
• Hans R. Camenzind (1934–2012), microchip developer and entrepreneur
• James Caviezel (born 1968), actor
• Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing car driver and founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company

E.

• Edward W. Eberle (1864-1929), Admiral
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955), physicist
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), President of the United States of America
• Diebold von Erlach (1541–1565), first Swiss in America

F.

• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), world chess champion
• Edmond Henri Fischer (* 1920), biochemist
• Marc Forster (* 1969), film director and screenwriter
• Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographer, director and cameraman
• Emil Frey (1838–1922), politician
• Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist

G

• Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), politician, ethnologist, linguist and diplomat
• Rudolph Ganz (1877–1972), composer, pianist and conductor
• Walter Gautschi (* 1927), mathematician
• James William Good (1866–1929), politician
• Christoph von Graffenried (1661–1743), founder of the colony
• Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), industrialist
• Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), businessman and politician
• Gary Gygax (1938-2008), game designer

H

• John Haberle (1856–1933), painter
• Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770–1843), geodesist, head of the American coast survey
• William Heffelfinger (1867-1954), football player
• Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945), entrepreneur
• Tommy Hilfiger (1951), fashion designer
• Herbert C. Hoover (1874–1964), President of the United States of America
• J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), founder and director of the FBI
• Jeff Hostetler (born 1961), football player
• Hans Hüter (1906–1970), rocket technician

I.

• Fred Iklé (1924–2011), Undersecretary of State
• Daniel Imhof (* 1977), football player

J

• René Joyeuse (1920–2012), resistance fighter and doctor

K

• Helen Keller (1880–1968), writer
• Jewel Kilcher (* 1974), singer and actress
• Q'orianka Kilcher (* 1990), actress
• Yule Kilcher (1913–1998), farmer and politician
• Amy Klobuchar (* 1960), politician
• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004), psychiatrist

L.

• Cyndi Lauper (* 1953), singer, songwriter and actress
• Karina Lombard (* 1969), actress
• George Lucas (1944), producer, screenwriter and director
• Robert A. Lutz (* 1932), manager

M.

• Bridget Marquardt (* 1973), model and actress
• Victor Mature (1913–1999), actor
• Christoph Meili (* 1968), whistleblower
• Adolf Meyer (1866–1950), psychiatrist
• Robert B. Meyner (1908–1990), politician

P

• Elvis Perkins (* 1976), singer-songwriter
• Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), actress
• Emanuel L. Philipp (1861–1925), politician
• Jean-Felix Piccard (1884–1963), chemist
• Léa Pool (* 1950), film director and screenwriter

R.

• Adolph Rickenbacher (1887–1976), entrepreneur and inventor of the electric guitar
• Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890–1973), fighter pilot in the First World War
• Ben Roethlisberger (* 1982), football player
• Fritz Roethlisberger (1898–1974), economist

S.

• Alexander Schawinsky (1904–1979), painter, photographer and set designer
• August Schellenberg (1936–2013), actor
• Liev Schreiber (* 1967), actor
• Meryl Streep (born 1949), actress
• Chesley B. Sullenberger (born 1951), pilot
• Johann August Sutter (1803–1880), Californian landowner and founder of New Helvetia

T

• Max Theiler (1899–1972), biologist
• Robert Julius Trumpler (1886–1956), astronomer

W.

• Étienne Wenger (* 1952), social researcher
• William Wirt (1772–1834), lawyer and politician
• Henry Wirz (1823–1865), Captain of the Confederate Army
• William Wyler (1902–1981), film director and producer

Z

• Renée Zellweger (* 1969), actress
• John Joachim Zubly (1724–1781), pastor, farmer and politician during the American Revolution
• Thomas Zurbuchen (* 1968), astrophysicist and science director at NASA
• Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974), physicist and astronomer

See also

• Relations between Switzerland and the United States
• Swiss Abroad
• Delmonico's restaurant

literature

• Swiss American Historical Society (Ed.): Prominent Americans of Swiss Origin. New York: White, 1932.

Web links

• Marc Perrenoud: Swiss Abroad. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Anne-Lise Head-König: Emigration. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• La mémoire vivante des Americains d'origine suisse (Swissinfo.ch)