List of personalities from the city of Lausanne

This list contains personalities born in Lausanne as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Lausanne without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Lausanne

Until 1800

Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750), professor and philosopher
Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux (1718–1751), astronomer
Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), writer
Samuel Jacques Hollard (1759–1832), politician
Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829), composer, music teacher and clarinetist
Benjamin Constant (1767–1830), French-Swiss writer, politician and state theorist
Jean-Louis-Ebenezer Reynier (1771-1814), French general
Louis Reymond (1772–1821), politician and publicist
Franz Hegi (1774–1850), painter and engraver
Jean Louis Burckhardt (1784–1817), traveler to the Orient
Adrien Pichard (1790–1841), architect

1801 to 1850

Auguste Nicolas von Clavel (1803–1842), mathematician
François Briatte (1805–1877), politician
Édouard Dapples (1807-1887), politician
Achilles Renaud (1819–1884), lawyer and university professor
Louis Joël (1823-1892), politician
Charles Bessières (1826–1901), French-Swiss banker and politician
François Bocion (1828–1890), painter
Eugène Renevier (1831–1906), geologist and paleontologist
Jules Brun (1832–1898), politician
Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893), politician and lawyer
Alphonse Rivier (1835–1898), lawyer and legal historian
Samuel Cuénoud (1838–1912), politician
Jules Piccard (1840-1933), chemist
Gabriel de Rumine (1841–1871), Russian-Swiss civil engineer
Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), French sculptor, painter and illustrator

1851 to 1900

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923), French painter, draftsman, printmaker and illustrator
Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), French-Swiss painter, graphic artist, wood engraver and writer
Henri Veillon (1865–1932), physicist
Bruno Galli-Valerio (1867–1943), director of the laboratory for bacteriology, experimental pathology and hygiene at the University of Lausanne
Gustave Bettex (1868–1921), politician
Jules Gonin (1870–1935), ophthalmologist, founder of the Swiss Ophthalmological Society
Ernest Bovet (1870–1941), Romanist
Oscar Rapin (1870–1941), politician
Paul Rosset (1872–1954), politician
Alexandre Denéréaz (1875–1947), organist and composer
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947), writer, poet, essayist and national poet
Pierre Cérésole (1879–1945), pacifist, Quaker, mathematician and founder of the SCI
François Guisan (1880–1953), lawyer
Paul Perret (1880–1947), politician
Carl Roth (1880–1940), historian, librarian and curator
Carlo Colombi (1883–1966), engineer and university professor
Franz-Rudolf von Weiss (1885–1960), diplomat
Aloïse Corbaz (1886–1964), artist
André Bonnard (1888–1959), Graecist
Henry Vallotton (1891–1971), politician, diplomat and writer
Paul Demiéville (1894–1979), Swiss-French sinologist
Maurice Thöni (1897–1980), accordionist, composer and music editor
Max René Francillon (1899–1983), orthopedist and university professor in Zurich

1901 to 1925

Tadeusz Adamowski (1901–1994), Polish ice hockey player and coach
Alfred Métraux (1902–1963), ethnologist
Jean Peitrequin (1902–1969), politician
Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), Cuban-French writer
Avanti Martinetti (1904–1970), Italian track cyclist
Marcel Regamey (1905–1982), politician
Monika Meyer-Holzapfel (1907–1995), zoo director, author and honorary professor
Erik Nitsche (1908–1998), graphic artist and graphic designer, industrial designer and graphic designer
Friedrich Ludwig Berzeviczy-Pallavicini (1909–1989), (Hungarian-) Austrian painter and graphic artist, interior designer and stage designer.
Randoll Coate (1909-2005), British secret service agent, diplomat, amateur designer and occasional author
Jacques Mercanton (1910–1996), writer, essayist and university professor
Soulima Stravinsky (1910–1994), Russian-Swiss composer and pianist
Louis Guisan (1911–1998), politician
S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), writer
Giancarlo Cappelli (1912–1982), Italian film editor and film producer
Roger Verey (1912-2000), Polish rower
Oswald Zappelli (1913–1968), fencer
Georges Borgeaud (1914–1998), writer
Anthony of Sourozh (1914–2003), Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland
Georges-André Chevallaz (1915–2002), politician
François Genoud (1915–1996), banker and assistant to Nazi criminals and Arab terrorists
Charles Lichtenthaeler (1915–1993), doctor and medical historian
Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009), writer
Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), pianist
Jean-Jacques Siegrist (1918–1992), historian
Roger Desponds (1919–1989), manager
François Lasserre (1919–1989), classical philologist
Gaston-Armand Amaudruz (1920–2018), publicist and Holocaust denier
Nanos Valaoritis (1921–2019), Greek poet and literary scholar
Claude Bonnard (1922–1994), politician
Jeanlouis Cornuz (1922–2007), writer and translator
Freddy Buache (1924–2019), journalist, film critic, film historian, co-director of the Locarno International Film Festival

1926 to 1950

Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (* 1928), Swedish sculptor, ceramist, set designer and author
Paul-René Martin (1929–2002), politician
Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005), prostitute, artist and book author
Jean-François Bergier (1931–2009), social and economic historian
François Gross (1931–2015), journalist
Raymond Court (1932–2012), jazz musician
Daniel L. Vischer (* 1932), hydraulic engineer
Mike Salmon (1933-2016), British racing car driver
Umberto Agnelli (1934-2004), Italian entrepreneur
Jean-François Leuba (1934–2004), doctor of law, lawyer and politician
Jean Balissat (1936–2007), composer, music teacher, musician and conductor
Luc Chessex (* 1936), photographer
Charles Dutoit (* 1936), conductor
Gilbert Facchinetti (1936–2018), entrepreneur of Italian origin, President Neuchâtel Xamax
Frédy Girardet (* 1936), cook
Francine Simonin (* 1936), Swiss-Canadian painter and graphic artist
Michel Thévoz (* 1936), art historian
Christiane Jaccottet (1937–1999), harpsichordist
Georges Andrey (* 1938), historian
Carlos of Bourbon-Sicily (1938–2015), head of the Royal House of Bourbon-Sicily
Pierre-Alain Tâche (* 1940), writer and lawyer
Jean-François Monnard (* 1941), conductor and general music director
Pierre-André Bovey (* 1942), composer and flautist
Jörg Müller (* 1942), illustrator
Yves Yersin (1942–2018), film director, screenwriter and film producer
Rahel Hutmacher (* 1944), writer
Bernard Tschumi (* 1944), architect
Léon Francioli (1946–2016), double bass player and composer
Mario Corti (* 1946), manager
Egon von Fürstenberg (1946–2004), fashion designer
André Daguet (1947–2015), politician
Christoph Müller (* 1947), Benedictine priest and author
Jean-François Bovard (1948–2003), trombonist and composer
Pierre-Albert Chapuisat (* 1948), football player and coach
Margarita von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (* 1949), Romanian-Swiss managing director
François Silvant (1949–2007), cabaret artist
Marc Porel (1949–1983), French actor
William Vollery (1949–1989), racing car driver
Daniel Brélaz (* 1950), politician
Olivier Clerc (* 1950), jazz and improvisation musician
Frédéric Gonseth (* 1950), filmmaker
François Lindemann (* 1950), jazz musician and composer
Fabienne Pakleppa (* 1950), writer

1951 to 1975

Ubol Ratana (* 1951), eldest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Pierre-Alain Gentil (1952–2008), politician
Jean-Charles Rielle (* 1952), politician
Philippe Nicolet (* 1953), journalist and director
Rolf Sachs (* 1955), artist, designer and set designer
Charles Favre (* 1957), politician
Bruno Schneider (* 1957), horn player
Klaus Douglass (* 1958), writer and theologian
Antoine Ogay (* 1958), jazz musician
Bertrand Piccard (* 1958), psychiatrist, scientist and adventurer
Roland Siegwart (* 1959), robotics
Anthony Radziwill (1959–1999), filmmaker
Michael H. Weinstein (* 1960), American composer, horn player and music teacher
Laurent Keller (* 1961), evolutionary biologist
Lucienne Peiry (* 1961), art historian
Vincent Perez (* 1962), actor, director, screenwriter and film producer
Ronald Schweppe (* 1962), Dutch writer and musician
Anne Bennent (* 1963), actress
Anne-Catherine Lyon (* 1963), politician
Anita Protti (* 1964), track and field athlete
Amanda Sandrelli (born 1964), actress and director
Denise Virieux (born 1964), actress
Laurent Lécuyer (* 1965), racing car driver
David Bennent (born 1966), actor
Mirjam Helfenberger (* 1966), painter and musician
Yves Béhar (* 1967), industrial designer
Marc Hottiger (* 1967), football player
Pierre Audétat (* 1968), fusion musician
Laurence Bidaud (* 1968), curler
Julien Chapuis (* 1968), art historian
Sylvie Courvoisier (* 1968), jazz pianist and composer
Pierre-Yves Maillard (* 1968), politician
Stéphane Chapuisat (* 1969), football player
Carlos Leal (* 1969), actor and rapper
Stéphane Ducret (* 1970), artist
Isabelle Moret (* 1970), politician
François de Ribaupierre (* 1972), jazz musician
Ada Marra (* 1973), politician
Roger Nordmann (* 1973), politician
Cedric Notz (* 1974), Swiss-Azerbaijani ski racer
Daniela Aiuto (* 1975), politician
Fabio Celestini (* 1975), football player
Sophie Michaud Gigon (* 1975), City Councilor and National Councilor (Greens)

From 1976

Old man (* 1978), rapper
Frédéric Barth (* 1979), racing car driver
Ludovic Magnin (* 1979), football player
Lauriane Gilliéron (* 1984), Miss Switzerland 2005
Aline Bonjour (* 1985), ski racer
Nathalie Brugger (* 1985), sailor
Stanislas Wawrinka (* 1985), tennis player
Timea Bacsinszky (* 1989), tennis player
Cyrille Thièry (* 1990), racing cyclist
Lorenzo Viotti (* 1990), conductor
Léo Lacroix (* 1992), football player
Nolan Diem (* 1993), ice hockey player
Chitchanok Xaysensourinthone (* 1994), football player
Marc Frossard (* 1997), track cyclist and ice hockey player
Hugo de Sadeleer (* 1997), racing car driver
Andi Zeqiri (* 1999), football player

People who worked in Lausanne

Antoine Court (1696–1760), French Reformed pastor and director of the Evangelical Academy in Lausanne
Jean Paul Sirven (1709–1777), Protestant notary from Castres in the south of France
Jean-Louis Bridel (1759–1821), Reformed clergyman, theologian and university professor and author
Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), French philosopher and socialist
Wilhelm Marr (1819–1904), German journalist
Carl Eschmann-Dumur (1835–1913), piano teacher
Felix Draeseke (1835–1913), German composer
Ernest Combe (1846–1900), Rector of the University of Lausanne and President of the Synod of the Vaudois Reformed Church .
Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), engineer, economist, sociologist, university professor
Jan Rosen (1854–1936), Polish battle painter
Agostino Soldati (1857–1938), Federal Supreme Court judge
Waldemar Haffkine (1860–1930), bacteriologist
Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), French educator, historian and sports official, founder of the International Olympic Committee, honorary citizen
William Henry Young (1863–1942), English mathematician
René Auberjonois (1872–1957), painter
Frédéric Gilliard (1884–1967), architect, archaeologist and founder of the Roman Museum Lausanne-Vidy
Carlo Pometta (1896–1979), federal judge
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian-American writer, literary scholar and butterfly researcher
Georges Simenon (1903–1989), lived in the Lausanne area since 1957 and most recently in the city itself
Karl Heinz Neumayer (1920–2009), German law scholar and university professor
Fausia of Egypt (1921–2013), wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen of Persia
Lucky Thompson (1924-2005), American jazz saxophonist
Rolando Forni (1925–2017), lawyer and notary, federal judge
Hellmut Geissner (1926–2012), German rhetoric and speech scholar
Fulvio Antognini (1926–2001), member of the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne
Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), Swedish entrepreneur
Youri Messen-Jashin (* 1941), artist
Hervé Dumont (* 1943), film scholar
Olivier Français (* 1955), politician
Cuno Affolter (* 1958), journalist and comic book expert
Camilla Maraschini (born November 29, 1962 in Verona ), painter, sculptor, computer art, active in Lausanne since 1998
Géraldine Savary (* 1968), politician
Stress (* 1977), rapper
Léonore Porchet (* 1989), City Councilor, Grand Councilor, National Councilor (Greens)

Individual evidence

^ Gianmarco Talamona: Agostino Soldati. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 1, 2011 , accessed January 29, 2020 .
↑ Pasquale Genasci: Rolando Forni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 19, 2017 , accessed March 28, 2020 .
^ Pablo Crivelli: Fulvio Antognini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 23, 2001 , accessed January 12, 2020 .
↑ Camilla Maraschini. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.

[1] Gianmarco Talamona: Agostino Soldati. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 1, 2011 , accessed January 29, 2020 .

[2] Pasquale Genasci: Rolando Forni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 19, 2017 , accessed March 28, 2020 .

[3] Pablo Crivelli: Fulvio Antognini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 23, 2001 , accessed January 12, 2020 .

[4] Camilla Maraschini. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.