List of personalities from Airolo
This list contains personalities born in Airolo and those who had their sphere of activity in Airolo without being born there. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities
Giorgio Orelli (1994) at the Solothurn Literature Days
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- Alberto Cerro (* around 1240, first mentioned 1270 in Airolo; † after 1291 ibid?), Landowner, Vogt (avogadro) of the Leventina , leader in the Leventine uprising against Ottone Visconti
- Giovanni Basso (priest) (1552–1629), provost of Biasca
- Camossi family
- Giovanni Antonio Camossi (* around 1750 – after 1808), governor of the Uri bailiff , president of the provisional government of Leventina in 1798 and 1800
- Giuseppe Antonio Camossi (* 1780 in Airolo; † 1860 ibid), 1798 one of the two commanders of the Bern contingent of the Leventina ;
- Carlo Francesco Camossi (* 1781 in Airolo; † 1834 ibid), lawyer, politician
- Luigi Camossi (1784-1859), canton judge and politician
- Motta family
- Cristoforo Motta (born January 23, 1823 in Airolo, † November 16, 1867 in Orselina ), engineer, Ticino Gossrat, Council of State, Council of States
- Benvenuto Motta (* 1848 in Airolo; † 1899 ibid), Ticino government commissioner in Bellinzona
- Emilio Motta (1855–1920), engineer, historian, numismatist and publicist
- Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940), former Federal Councilor
- Giovanni Francesco Pozzi (born January 11, 1748 in Dalpe , † 1818 in Airolo), priest, pastor in Airolo, politician, member of the Ticino constitutional commission
- Felice Lombardi (1791–1863), politician
- Carlo Antonio Forni (1810–1881), politician
- Carlo Dotta (born September 9, 1824 in Airolo; † October 23, 1880 ibid), mayor , Ticino Grand Councilor , Council of States , lieutenant colonel
- Adolfo Müller-Ury (born March 29, 1862 in Airolo, † July 8, 1947 in New York City ), painter
- Arnoldo Borelli (born May 12, 1875 in Bedretto , † December 31, 1957 in Airolo), uncle of Willi Borelli, photographer
- Willi Borelli (born April 19, 1914 Airolo; † 1992 ibid), photographer
- Giorgio Orelli (1921–2013), Swiss writer, literary critic and translator
- Giovanni Lombardi (1926–2017), Swiss civil engineer
- Eugenio Corecco (1931–1995), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Lugano
- Franz Felix Betschon (1941–2015), former Swiss officer, industrial manager and author
- Mauro Aquilini from Auressio (born February 21, 1944 in Airolo), painter and sculptor
- Peter Regli (* 1944 in Airolo), engineer, Swiss officer and head of the Swiss intelligence service
- Fabio Pedrina (* 1954), Swiss politician, member of the National Council
- Doris De Agostini- Rossetti (* 1958 in Airolo), former Swiss ski racer
- Mauro Pini (* 1965 in Airolo), former trainer for Swiss female skiers. Men's trainer at Swiss-Ski since 2019.
- Katrin Müller (freestyle skier) (* 1989 in Dielsdorf ZH ), grew up in Airolo, Swiss freestyle skier
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paolo Ostinelli: Alberto Cerro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 13, 2005 , accessed April 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Camossi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 480 (PDF digitized version , accessed on July 16, 2017)
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Giovan Antonio Camossi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 480 (PDF digitized version , accessed on July 16, 2017)
- ↑ Giuseppe Antonio Camossi on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 480, (accessed on July 16, 2017).
- ^ Celestino Trezzini: Carlo Francesco Camossi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 480 (PDF digitized version , accessed on July 16, 2017)
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Luigi Camossi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 480 (PDF digitized version , accessed on July 16, 2017)
- ↑ Marco Marcacci: Cristoforo Motta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 15, 2016 , accessed April 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Benvenuto Motta government commissioner on deutsche-biographie.de/
- ^ Marco Marcacci: Giovanni Francesco Pozzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 8, 2010 , accessed April 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Mario Redaelli: Carlo Dotta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 25, 2004 , accessed March 16, 2020 .
- ^ Tapan Bhattacharya: Adolfo Müller-Ury. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 8, 2008 , accessed January 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Adolfo Müller-Ury (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti/dalle-origini-al-1900/
- ^ Arnoldo Borelli. In: Sikart
- ↑ Willi Borelli. In: Sikart
- ↑ Willi Borelli on foto-ch.ch/
- ↑ Mauro Aquilini. In: Sikart
- ↑ Mauro Pini (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed October 1, 2016).
- ↑ Mauro Pini men's trainer at Swiss-Ski on rro.ch/cms