List of personalities of the city of Zurich

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This list includes important people who either come from the city of Zurich or who worked there for a long time. Unless otherwise noted, Zurich is the place of birth or death.

Early Middle Ages and Middle Ages

Reformation time

  • Johann Jakob Ammann (* 1500; † November 12, 1573), canon at the Grossmünster and headmaster of the Collegium Carolinum Latin School
  • Heinrich Bullinger (born July 18, 1504 in Bremgarten ; † September 17, 1575), reformer
  • Lodovico Ronco (* around 1523 in Locarno ; † 1593 in Zurich), Locarno refugee in Zurich, merchant, entrepreneur
  • Evangelista Zanino (* around 1530 Locarno; † 1603 in Zurich), Locarnese refugee in Zurich, entrepreneur
  • Jost Amman (* 1539 - † March 1591), painter and etcher
  • Johann Melchior Aloys von Orelli (* 1543 in Locarno; † October 31, 1623 in Zurich), pioneer of Zurich textile exports
  • Markus Bäumler (* 1555; † 1611), reformed clergyman and university professor at the high school in Zurich
  • Heinrich Engelhard (* in the 15th century; † 1551 in Zurich), lawyer and Reformed clergyman
  • Christoph Froschauer († April 1, 1564), Zurich's first printer
  • Conrad Gessner (born March 26, 1516; † December 13, 1565), naturalist and doctor; Author of the Bibliotheca universalis
  • Konrad Grebel (* around 1498, † 1526), ​​leading figure in the Anabaptist movement
  • Salomon Hirzel (August 8, 1580 - June 24, 1652), Mayor of Zurich and diplomat
  • Rudolf Hospinian (7 November 1547 - 11 March 1626), Protestant clergyman and theologian
  • Johann Jakob Irminger (* 1585 - † September 25, 1649), Antistes
  • Leo Jud (* 1482 in Guémar ; † June 19, 1542 in Zurich), reformer
  • Burkhard Leemann (February 14, 1531 - September 22, 1613), Antistes
  • Felix Manz († January 5, 1527), leading figure in the Anabaptist movement
  • Johannes Meyer (* 1422 or 1423 in Zurich; † July 20, 1485 in Freiburg im Breisgau), religious and chronicler
  • Marx Röist (born July 29, 1454 - † June 15, 1524), Mayor of Zurich and commander of the Swiss Guard
  • Werner Steiner the Younger (born January 20, 1492; October 6, 1543), reformer
  • Johann Wilhelm Stucki (born May 21, 1542 in Töss Monastery near Winterthur, † September 3, 1607 in Zurich), Protestant theologian, philologist and historian
  • Johann Rudolf Stumpf (August 28, 1530 in Bubikon; † January 19, 1592 in Zurich), Antistes and local researcher
  • Bénédict Turrettini (born November 9, 1588 - † March 4, 1631 in Geneva ), theologian
  • Johann Jakob Ulrich (born September 22, 1569; † April 22, 1638 ibid), Protestant clergyman and university professor
  • Katharina von Zimmer (* 1478; † August 17, 1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster monastery
  • Huldrych Zwingli (born January 1, 1484 in Wildhaus , † October 11, 1531 in Kappel am Albis ), reformer

Enlightenment and Rococo

19th century

  • August Abegg (born December 31, 1861 - † November 2, 1924 in Turin ), textile manufacturer
  • Jakob Ackeret (born March 17, 1898 - † March 27, 1981 in Küsnacht), aerodynamicist
  • Emil Acklin (1889–1976), worker photographer and teacher
  • Eugen Aellen (born March 22, 1887; † January 3, 1945 in Arlesheim near Basel), poet and teacher
  • Gustav Ammann (born July 9, 1885 - † March 23, 1955), landscape architect
  • Hans Bader (* January 30, 1875; † 6 June 1935), a Protestant clergyman who in religious socialism committed
  • Amédé Barth (born October 11, 1899 - † August 29, 1926 in Romanäs), painter and draftsman
  • Hans Otto Baumann (born November 21, 1862 - † February 14, 1927 in Zurich), painter
  • Alois Emanuel Biedermann (born March 2, 1819 in Bendlikon ; † January 25, 1885), Reformed theologian, professor of theology at the University of Zurich
  • Hans Binder (April 6, 1899 - May 18, 1989), psychiatrist
  • Ida Bindschedler (born July 6, 1854 - † June 28, 1919), author of books for children and young people
  • Walter Bion (born April 29, 1830 in Affeltrangen ; † September 3, 1909), theologian and social worker, founder of the holiday camps for children
  • Max Bircher-Benner (born August 22, 1867 in Aarau ; † January 24, 1939), naturopath, inventor of Bircher muesli
  • Johann Caspar Bluntschli (* March 7, 1808; † October 21, 1881 in Karlsruhe ), legal scholar and politician
  • Emil Blum (December 8, 1894 - March 11, 1978), Reformed theologian
  • Albert Bodmer (born July 3, 1893; † February 15, 1990 in Gächlingen ), architect and urban planner
  • Karl Bodmer (born February 11, 1809; † October 30, 1893 in Paris ), painter and draftsman
  • Max Boller (born August 3, 1897 in Zurich; † July 25, 1974 in Berlingen), doctor and painter
  • Alice Boner (born July 22, 1889 in Legnano / Italy; † April 13, 1981), sculptor, photographer, Indologist, art historian, translator and collector
  • Reinhold Bosch (born May 8, 1887; † December 24, 1973 in Seengen ), archaeologist
  • Franco Brenni (born August 3, 1897 in Bellinzona , † March 5, 1963 in Zurich), diplomat, ambassador.
  • Georg Büchner (born October 17, 1813 in Goddelau ; † February 19, 1837), revolutionary, writer and doctor
  • Arnold Bürkli (February 2, 1833 - May 6, 1894), architect
  • Karl Bürkli (born July 31, 1823 - † October 20, 1901 in Mettmenstetten), pioneer of socialism
  • Ferruccio Busoni (born April 1, 1866 in Empoli; † July 27, 1924 in Berlin), pianist, composer, conductor, librettist, essayist and music teacher
  • Carl Eduard Cramer (born March 4, 1831; † November 24, 1901 in Zurich), botanist and university professor
  • Ernst Friedrich Cramer (* December 7, 1898 - † September 7, 1980 in Rüschlikon), garden architect
  • Emil Dannecker (born February 16, 1883; † December 5, 1964 in Singen), painter
  • Karl Dürr (born June 16, 1888 - September 18, 1970), philosopher and university professor
  • Gottlieb Duttweiler (born August 15, 1888 - † June 8, 1962 in Rüschlikon), entrepreneur and politician (founder of Migros)
  • Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (born August 24, 1767 - March 9, 1823), industrialist, statesman, engineer, geologist, painter
  • Alfred Escher (born February 20, 1819 - † December 6, 1882), liberal politician, President of the Swiss Northeast Railway and the Swiss Credit Authority
  • Hans Caspar Escher , businessman, architect, founder of the Escher-Wyss company
  • Heinrich Escher (1781–1860), historian
  • Martin Escher (born November 7, 1788; † September 28, 1870), industrialist, former promoter of railway construction
  • Heinrich Federer (born October 6, 1866 in Brienz , † April 29, 1928), writer and pastor
  • Gertrud Ferchland (born May 30, 1894 - February 21, 1943 in Obrawalde), architect and university lecturer
  • Hans Konrad Finsler (born August 18, 1765; † December 21, 1839), businessman, outstanding Zurich politician during the restoration period, military
  • David Fries (born September 8, 1818 in Zurich, † August 5, 1875 in Küsnacht ), Protestant clergyman and politician
  • Jonas Furrer (born March 3, 1805 in Winterthur , † July 25, 1861 in Bad Ragaz ), liberal politician, first Federal President of Switzerland
  • Konrad Furrer (born November 5, 1838 in Fluntern ; † April 14, 1908 in Zurich), Protestant clergyman and Palestine researcher
  • Hermann Gattiker (born March 12, 1865 in Enge ; † August 23, 1950 in Rüschlikon ), painter, etcher, engraver and draftsman
  • Zaccaria Giacometti (born September 26, 1893 in Stampa GR ; † August 10, 1970 in Zurich), legal scholar and liberal-democratic state thinker
  • Fritz Gilsi (born March 12, 1878; † May 11, 1961 in St. Gallen), graphic artist and painter
  • Wilhelm Gimmi (born August 7, 1886 - † August 29, 1965 in Chexbres), painter, lithographer and designer
  • Herman Greulich (born April 9, 1842 in Breslau ; † November 8, 1925), politician, founder of the first Social Democratic Party in Switzerland
  • Lux Guyer (born August 20, 1894 - † May 26, 1955), architect
  • Hermann Haller (born December 24, 1880 in Bern ; † November 23, 1950), sculptor, is considered one of the founders of modern sculpture in Switzerland
  • Jakob Hausheer (born October 11, 1865 in Wollishofen ; † May 7, 1943 in Zurich), Protestant theologian, linguist and university professor
  • Franz Hegi (born April 16, 1774 in Lausanne ; † March 14, 1850), painter and engraver
  • Albert Heim (April 12, 1849 - August 31, 1937), geologist and university professor
  • Arnold Heim (born March 20, 1882 - † May 27, 1965), geologist and university professor
  • Hans Heusser (born August 8, 1892; † October 27, 1942 in St. Gallen), composer and conductor
  • Bernhard Hirzel (born August 12, 1807 in Enge; † June 6, 1847 in Paris ), Reformed theologian and orientalist, involved in the Züriputsch
  • Heinrich Hirzel (born August 17, 1818; † April 29, 1871), Protestant clergyman, known as Hirzel's helper
  • Ludwig Hirzel (born August 27, 1801; † April 13, 1841), reformed theologian, clergyman and university professor
  • Ludwig Hirzel (born February 23, 1838 - † June 1, 1897 in Bern), literary historian
  • Max Hirzel (born October 18, 1888 in Zurich; † May 17, 1957 there), chamber singer
  • Hans Hofmann (born April 8, 1897; † December 25, 1957 in Zurich), architect and university professor
  • Ludwig Horner (born March 1, 1811, † December 7, 1838 in Padang / Sumatra), private lecturer, military doctor and travel writer
  • Eugen Huber (born July 13, 1849 in Oberstammheim ; † April 23, 1923 in Bern ), lawyer, creator of the Swiss Civil Code
  • Fortunat Huber (born September 27, 1896 - † October 22, 1984 in Horgen), entrepreneur, publisher and writer
  • Hermann Huber (born September 13, 1888 in Wiedikon, † December 9, 1967 in Hirzel), painter and graphic artist
  • Max Huber (born December 28, 1874, † January 1, 1960 in Zurich), lawyer, politician and diplomat
  • Peter Emil Huber-Werdmüller (* December 24, 1836; † October 4, 1915 in Zurich), industrialist, machine factory Oerlikon
  • Conrad Wilhelm Kambli (born January 25, 1829 - † September 28, 1914 in Kilchberg), Protestant clergyman
  • Adolf Keller (born February 7, 1872 in Rüdlingen; † February 10, 1963), theologian
  • Friedrich Ludwig Keller (born October 17, 1799; † September 11, 1860 in Berlin ), leading liberal politician and legal scholar
  • Gottfried Keller (July 19, 1819 - July 15, 1890), writer
  • Johann Jakob Keller (born March 27, 1823; † June 28, 1903), politician, entrepreneur, “bank father” and from 1869 to 1899 board member of the Zürcher Kantonalbank
  • Max Leo Keller (born August 22, 1897; † February 13, 1956 in Birmensdorf), engineer and politician
  • Tina Keller Jenny (born June 17, 1887 in Schwanden; † October 25, 1985), Jungian psychotherapist
  • Emilie Kempin-Spyri (born March 18, 1853 in Altstetten, † April 12, 1901 in Basel), lawyer, niece of Johanna Spyri
  • Ernst Kissling (August 12, 1890 - May 27, 1973), sculptor
  • Otto Klemperer (born May 14, 1885 in Breslau ; † July 6, 1973), composer and conductor
  • Max Knapp (born November 13, 1899 - † December 16, 1979 in Basel), actor, theater director, opera and operetta singer
  • Willi Kobe (February 15, 1899 - August 10, 1995), Protestant clergyman and peace activist
  • Alexander Koch (born January 10, 1848 - † April 23, 1911 in London), architect
  • Carl August Koch (born May 25, 1845 - † January 5, 1897 in Schaffhausen), photographer
  • Rudolf Koller (May 21, 1828 - January 5, 1905), painter
  • Rudolf Albert (von) Kölliker (born July 6, 1817, † November 2, 1905 in Würzburg), anatomist and physiologist
  • Hermann Kraemer (born August 17, 1872; † June 11, 1940 in Bad Nauheim), animal breeder
  • Werner Friedrich Kunz (born May 11, 1896 - January 26, 1981), sculptor and sculptor
  • Elias Landolt (born October 28, 1821 in Kleinandelfingen; † May 18, 1896), forest scientist
  • Emil Landolt (born September 23, 1895 in Zurich; † April 18, 1995 ibid), politician, Mayor of Zurich from 1949 to 1966
  • Hans Heinrich Landolt (born December 5, 1831 - † March 15, 1910 in Berlin), chemist
  • Heinrich Lang (born November 14, 1826 in Frommern; † January 13, 1876), Evangelical Reformed pastor at St. Peter Zurich, theologian, leading exponent of theological liberalism
  • Julius Friedrich Lehmann (born November 28, 1864 - † March 24, 1935 in Munich), German publisher and founder of JF Lehmanns Verlag
  • Antonio Ligabue (born December 18, 1899 - † May 27, 1965 in Gualtieri ), artist, painter
  • Betsy Meyer ( Elisabeth Cleophea Meyer , born March 19, 1831, † April 22, 1912 in Veltheim), writer
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (born October 11, 1825 - † November 28, 1898 in Kilchberg ), writer
  • Conrad Meyer-Ahrens (born April 30, 1813 in Zurich; † December 21, 1872), medical historian, balneologist, doctor and writer
  • Franz Meyer (born July 2, 1889; † March 19, 1962 in Zurich), lawyer, entrepreneur and art collector
  • Gerold Ludwig Meyer von Knonau (born March 2, 1804, † November 1, 1858 in Zurich), geographer, historian and archivist
  • Gerold Meyer von Knonau (born August 5, 1843, † March 16, 1931 in Zurich), historian, professor and rector of the University of Zurich
  • Wilhelm Meyer (December 4, 1806 - October 22, 1848), officer and architectural painter
  • Eugen Münch (born December 20, 1880 - † August 9, 1919), politician and women's suffrage activist
  • Carl Friedrich Müller-Palleske (* 1856), German playwright and teacher, in Zurich from 1911
  • Hans Georg Nägeli (born May 26, 1773 in Wetzikon; † December 26, 1836). Conductor, composer and publisher
  • Coelestin Nauwerck (* July 7, 1853 - October 17, 1938), pathologist in Chemnitz
  • Arnold Nüscheler (born August 18, 1811 - October 30, 1897), historian, civil servant and politician
  • Johann Gerhard Oncken (born January 26, 1800 in Varel ; † January 2, 1884), founder of the German and continental European Baptist churches
  • Oskar Pfister (born February 23, 1873 - † August 6, 1956), reformed pastor, religious philosopher and psychologist
  • Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht (1845–1939), fighter against alcoholism, co-founder of the Zurich Women's Association
  • Hans von Reinhart (born February 20, 1755 - December 23, 1835), Mayor, Landammann of Switzerland, envoy of Switzerland to the Congress of Vienna
  • Ottilie Roederstein (born April 22, 1859 - † November 26, 1937), painter
  • Eduard August Rübel (* July 18, 1876 - June 24, 1960), vegetation scientist and adjunct professor, politician and genealogist
  • Ernst Emil Schlatter (born November 27, 1883; † September 13, 1954 in Uttwil), graphic artist, lithographer, draftsman and painter
  • Frédéric Schmied (born July 26, 1893 - † September 23, 1972 in Geneva), sculptor
  • Gottfried Semper (born November 29, 1803 in Hamburg ; † May 15, 1879 in Rome ), architect
  • Johanna Spyri (born June 12, 1827 in Hirzel ; † July 7, 1901), writer
  • Ferdinand Stadler (February 23, 1813 - March 24, 1870), architect
  • Hans Conrad Stadler (February 13, 1788 - January 13, 1846), architect
  • Johann Jakob Stadler (born April 19, 1819; October 31, 1855), landscape painter
  • Friedrich Staub (born March 30, 1826 in Männedorf; † August 3, 1896), founder of the Swiss Idiotikon
  • Clementine Stockar-Escher (April 4, 1816 - December 17, 1886), watercolorist and draftsman
  • Aurel Stodola (born May 10, 1859 in Liptovský Mikuláš, † December 25, 1942), founder of the ETH machine laboratory
  • Walter Streule (born August 11, 1882; † unknown), football player
  • Gustav Adolf Thomann (born March 11, 1874 - † August 8, 1961 in Zollikon), painter and graphic artist
  • Jenny Thomann-Koller (born September 14, 1866 - † February 5, 1949 in Zurich), gynecologist and pediatrician
  • Salomon Tobler (December 10, 1794 - November 19, 1878), pastor and poet
  • Johann Albert Tribelhorn (born March 4, 1868; † November 5, 1925 in St. Gallen), mechanic, inventor and pioneer of the electric vehicle industry
  • Franz Theodor Usteri (1853–1929), lawyer and board member of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
  • Paul Usteri (born February 14, 1768 - † April 9, 1831), doctor, publicist and leading liberal politician
  • Richard Wagner (born May 22, 1813 in Leipzig , † February 13, 1883 in Venice ), composer
  • Jakob Friedrich Wanner (born April 28, 1830 in Illingen (Württemberg) ; † January 24, 1903), architect
  • Albert Welti (born February 18, 1862 - † June 7, 1912 in Bern), painter and graphic artist
  • Pantscho Vladigerow (born March 13, 1899 - September 8, 1978), Bulgarian composer and pianist
  • Henry Wirz (born November 25, 1823 - † November 10, 1865, originally Heinrich Hartmann Wirz ), camp commandant of the Confederate prison camp Andersonville
  • Karl Friedrich Würtenberger (born December 12, 1838 - † July 3, 1911 in Küßnach ), German local poet
  • Leonhard Zeugheer (born January 10, 1812 - † December 16, 1866), architect

20./21. century

A.

  • Werner Abegg (born December 9, 1903; † July 13, 1984), textile industrialist, collector of textiles and founder of the Abegg Foundation
  • Theodor Abt (* 1947), sociologist
  • Samuel Ackermann (born January 16, 1981), actor, film director, film editor and screenwriter
  • Walter Ackermann (born April 19, 1903; † July 20, 1939 in Konstanz), pilot and writer
  • Jürg Acklin (born February 20, 1945), psychoanalyst and writer
  • Mario Adorf (born September 8, 1930), German actor
  • Irène Aebi (born July 27, 1939), musician
  • Hans Aeschbacher (born January 18, 1906, † January 27, 1980 in Russikon), painter and sculptor
  • Urs Affolter (1958–2016), actor and musical performer
  • Gianluca Ambrosetti (born August 10, 1974), scientist and jazz musician
  • Daniel Ammann (* 1963), journalist and author
  • Marion Ammann (born July 30, 1964), opera singer, soprano
  • Renato Arlati (born March 29, 1936 - March 31, 2005 in Baden), writer
  • Judith Auer (born September 19, 1905; † October 27, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee); Resistance fighter against National Socialism

B.

  • Balz Bachmann (born January 17, 1971), film music composer, musician, bassist and guitarist
  • Stefan Bachmann (born July 1, 1966), theater director and artistic director
  • Hans J. Bär (born September 26, 1927 - March 21, 2011), banker
  • Nik Bärtsch (born August 3, 1971), jazz musician
  • Jochen Baldes (born October 30, 1964), jazz musician
  • Ernst Baltensperger (born July 20, 1942), economist
  • Amy Baserga (born September 29, 2000), biathlete
  • Alfred Baum (born September 23, 1904, † September 30, 1993 in Dietlikon), composer, pianist and organist
  • Frank Baumann (born August 28, 1957), advertiser, TV presenter, director, bestselling author, director of the Arosa humor festival
  • Urs Baumann (born November 26, 1941), Roman Catholic theologian
  • Peter Baumgartner (born February 14, 1939 in Höngg, now Zurich), cameraman
  • Chariklia Baxevanos (born March 15, 1936), stage and film actress and voice actress
  • Maria Becker (born January 28, 1920 in Berlin; † September 5, 2012 in Uster), German-Swiss actress and director
  • Eugenio A. Beltrami (born May 30, 1930 in Marling near Meran, † May 10, 1995 in Zurich), inventor and former motorcycle racer
  • Diego Benaglio (born September 8, 1983), football player
  • Sibylle Berg (born June 2, 1962 in Weimar), German-Swiss writer and playwright
  • Elsie Bianchi Brunner (born November 5, 1930 - July 17, 2016), jazz musician and entrepreneur
  • Patrick Bianco (born October 21, 1977), jazz musician
  • Ernst Biedermann (born February 18, 1902 - † March 13, 1997), politician (National Front)
  • Max Bill (born December 22, 1908 in Winterthur; † December 9, 1994 in Berlin), architect, designer and national councilor
  • Hannes Binder (born October 7, 1947), comic artist, illustrator and painter
  • Hans Christoph Binswanger (born June 19, 1929 - † January 18, 2018 in St. Gallen), economist
  • Anne-Marie Blanc (born September 2, 1919 in Vevey; † February 5, 2009), actress
  • Fritz Blanke (born April 22, 1900 in Kreuzlingen; † March 4, 1967), church historian
  • Jean-Pierre Blaser (born February 25, 1923 - † August 29, 2019 in Schneisingen, Aargau), physicist and university professor
  • Albert Blattmann (born September 8, 1904 - † May 19, 1967 in Bern), racing cyclist
  • Walter Blattmann (born June 10, 1910 - † October 1, 1965), cyclist
  • Hanspeter Bleisch (born August 23, 1945), puppeteer and theater director
  • Felix Bloch (born October 23, 1905 - † September 10, 1983), Nobel Prize laureate in physics and pacifist
  • Robert Blum (born November 27, 1900 - December 10, 1994 in Bellikon), composer and conductor
  • Paul Bodmer (August 18, 1886 - December 19, 1983), painter
  • Walter Bollag (born October 13, 1911 - July 2004), entrepreneur
  • Armin Bollinger (born November 1, 1913 - † November 27, 1995), historian and writer
  • Luc Bondy (born July 17, 1948 - † November 28, 2015), theater and opera director
  • Peter C. Borsari (born September 30, 1938 - † May 29, 2006 in Los Angeles), photographer
  • Adrian Bosshard (born March 19, 1962), motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
  • Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946), American conductor and musicologist
  • Alain de Botton (born December 20, 1969), writer
  • Pinkas Braun (born January 7, 1923; † June 24, 2008 in Munich), actor, theater director, radio play speaker and translator
  • Robert Simon Braunschweig (born August 25, 1914, † June 20, 2001 in Bern), engineer and councilor of the Canton of Bern
  • Andreas Brunner (* 1949), Chief Public Prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich
  • Fritz Brupbacher (born June 30, 1874 - † January 1, 1945), doctor, libertarian socialist and writer
  • Walter Bucher (born June 8, 1926), racing cyclist
  • Werner Bucher (born August 19, 1938; † January 15, 2019 in Heiden AR), writer, editor and publisher
  • Ella Büchi (1929 - December 5, 1999), actress
  • Peter Bühlmann (born April 12, 1965), mathematician and university professor
  • Dieter Bührle (born December 31, 1921 in Ilsenburg (Harz); † November 9, 2012), industrialist
  • Zora del Buono (* 1962), journalist and writer
  • Armin von Büren (born April 20, 1928), racing cyclist
  • Jeannine Burch (born January 19, 1968), actress
  • Christof W. Burckhardt (February 16, 1927 - † May 16, 2017 in Renens), physicist and author of detective novels
  • Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt (7 July 1900 - 10 October 1958 in Uckfield, England), architect
  • Lucius Burckhardt (born March 12, 1925 in Davos; † August 26, 2003 in Basel), sociologist and economist, is considered the founder of promenadology
  • Elsa Burckhardt-Blum (born November 27, 1900; † April 7, 1974 in Küsnacht), architect, painter, draftsman and furniture designer
  • Max M. Burger (born July 8, 1933 - † November 2, 2019), doctor and biochemist
  • Walter Burkhard (born August 19, 1898 - † February 19, 1968), civil engineer
  • Hans Burla (1920-2010), zoologist
  • René Burri (April 9, 1933 - October 20, 2014), photographer

C.

  • Silvio Cadotsch (* 1985), jazz musician
  • Hans R. Camenzind (* 1934; † August 8, 2012 in Los Altos , California), microchip developer and entrepreneur
  • Elias Canetti (born July 25, 1905 in Russe ; † August 14, 1994 in Zurich), writer
  • Christoph Casetti (1943–2020), Roman Catholic clergyman and diocese vicar
  • Alfred Cattani (April 30, 1923 - December 20, 2009), journalist and historian
  • Pierre Cavalli (July 12, 1928 - March 28, 1985), jazz musician
  • Ettore Cella (born September 12, 1913 in Zurich; † July 1, 2004 in Brütten ), actor and director
  • Christoph W. Clairmont (born February 13, 1924 - † May 4, 2004), Swiss-American archaeologist and art historian
  • Teodoro D. Cocca (* 1972), economist and university professor
  • Robert Edgar Konrad (born April 24, 1926 - † August 8, 1951 in Bedano ), writer, poet, translator and painter
  • Giorgio Crespo (born November 21, 1926 in Graz ; † November 25, 2001), architect
  • Anne Cuneo (born September 6, 1936 - † February 11, 2015), writer and director

D.

  • Willy Daetwyler (born July 2, 1919 - † January 17, 2001 in Monte Carlo), racing car driver and entrepreneur
  • Justus Dahinden (born May 18, 1925 - April 11, 2020 in Zurich-Witikon), architect
  • Clara Luisa Demar , artist
  • Anne-Marie Dermon (born June 16, 1944 - † January 6, 2018), stage actress
  • Mitra Devi (born October 30, 1963 as Beatrice Hänseler; † September 22, 2018), writer, filmmaker, journalist and visual artist
  • Walter Diggelmann (born August 11, 1915 - March 5, 1999), racing cyclist
  • DJ Energy , real name Roger Beglinger (born October 6, 1973 - August 14, 2011), trance DJ

E.

F.

G

  • Sylvia Gähwiller (born July 5, 1909, † March 19, 1999), singer and vocal teacher
  • Walter Gams (born August 9, 1934; † April 9, 2017 in Bomarzo), Austrian mycologist
  • Bruno Ganz (born March 22, 1941; † February 16, 2019 in Zurich), actor
  • Hans Ganz (born March 9, 1890 - † July 27, 1957), writer, painter and composer
  • Daniel Garbade (* 1957), painter, illustrator and publisher
  • Robert D. Garbade (born June 28, 1918 - April 5, 1983) cameraman, director and screenwriter
  • Manuel Gasser (born July 28, 1909, † September 16, 1979), journalist, columnist and co-founder of Weltwoche
  • Leonardo Genoni (born August 28, 1987), ice hockey goalkeeper
  • Ernst Gerber (born October 11, 1941 - September 30, 2010), jazz musician
  • Maja Gerber-Hess (born November 5, 1946), writer
  • Tatjana Kristina Gerhard (born October 23, 1974), painter
  • Georg Gessler (March 6, 1924; † April 11, 2012 in Ottenbach ZH), set designer, painter, graphic artist
  • Erika Gessler (1929–2019), see Uriella
  • Therese Giehse (born March 6, 1898 in Munich, † March 3, 1975 in Munich), actress
  • HR Giger (born February 5, 1940 in Chur; † May 12, 2014), artist
  • Alfred Gilgen (born November 28, 1930; † February 12, 2018 in unknown) Politician (LdU), Zurich Government Council
  • Kurt Gimmi (born January 13, 1936 - March 29, 2003), racing cyclist
  • Ernst Gisel (born June 8, 1922 in Adliswil), architect
  • Fabian Gisler (born August 18, 1977), jazz musician
  • Fritz Glarner (born July 20, 1899 - † September 18, 1972 in Locarno), painter
  • Stephanie Glaser (born February 22, 1920 in Neuchâtel, † January 14, 2011 in Zollikerberg), actress; lived in Zurich-Witikon
  • Hans Jörg Glattfelder (born July 10, 1939), constructive painter
  • Daniel Goetsch (born September 20, 1968), writer
  • Pinchas Goldschmidt (born July 21, 1963), Chief Rabbi of Moscow and Chairman of the European Rabbinical Conference
  • Victorine von Gonzenbach (born April 29, 1921 - † February 10, 2016), archaeologist
  • Roger Graf (born November 27, 1958), writer
  • Rio de Gregori (born September 22, 1919 - May 22, 1987), pianist, orchestra conductor
  • Verena Grendelmeier (born February 16, 1939 - † March 27, 2018), director, journalist and politician (LdU)
  • Christian Gross (born August 14, 1954), football player and coach
  • Raphael Gross (born December 25, 1966), historian, President of the German Historical Museum
  • Steff Gruber (born April 3, 1953), filmmaker, photographer and author
  • Monica Gubser (born January 17, 1931; † February 27, 2019 in Solothurn), stage and film actress
  • Allan Guggenbühl (born March 24, 1952), psychologist and expert on youth violence
  • Kurt Guggenheim (born January 14, 1896 - December 5, 1983), businessman and writer
  • Gustav Gull (born December 7, 1858 in Altstetten; † June 10, 1942), architect
  • Heinz Günthardt (born February 8, 1959), tennis player
  • Andrea Guyer (born February 11, 1979), actress
  • Daniel Gygax (born August 28, 1981), football player

H

I.

J

  • Saidy Janko (born October 22, 1995), football player
  • Eddy Jegge (born April 1, 1933 - † July 10, 2012), jazz musician and music editor
  • Jürg Jegge (born July 29, 1943), educator and author
  • Frank Jehle (born September 9, 1939), Protestant Reformed theologian, lecturer, author and speaker
  • James Joyce (born February 2, 1882 in Dublin - † January 13, 1941), writer, exile in Zurich during the First World War
  • René Joyeuse (born January 17, 1920 - † June 12, 2012), resistance fighter and doctor
  • Hans Jucker (born January 11, 1946, † February 19, 2011 in Affoltern am Albis ), TV sports reporter and TV presenter
  • Udo Jürgens (born September 30, 1934 in Klagenfurt ; † December 21, 2014 in Münsterlingen ), singer and composer

K

  • Peter Kaghanovitch (born September 18, 1953), actor
  • André Kaminski (born May 19, 1923 in Geneva; † January 12, 1991), writer
  • Peter Kaplony (born June 15, 1933 in Budapest - † February 11, 2011), Egyptologist
  • Christoph B. Keller (born January 16, 1959), journalist, radio reporter and writer
  • Eva B. Keller (* 1956), politician (SP)
  • Hans Keller (born August 19, 1908, † December 14, 1999 in Bern), diplomat
  • Jörg Achim Keller (born August 27, 1966), jazz musician
  • Luzius Keller (born June 9, 1938), Romance studies and university professor
  • Roger Keller (born February 28, 1977), basketball player
  • Stefan Keller (born December 8, 1974), composer
  • Stephan Andrin Keller (born May 31, 1979), soccer player
  • Verena Keller (* 1945), actress and writer
  • Walter Alvares Keller (born February 28, 1908, † September 2, 1965 in Zurich), writer
  • Werner Keller (born January 29, 1934), jazz musician, founder of Tremble Kids
  • Beat Kennel (born June 14, 1945), illustrator, jazz musician, head of the Bazillus music club
  • Beatrice Kessler (born September 19, 1949), actress
  • Thomas Kessler (born September 25, 1937), composer, pioneer of electronic music
  • Roman Kilchsperger (born March 21, 1970), radio and television presenter
  • Ulrich Knellwolf (born August 17, 1942 in Niederbipp), pastor and writer
  • Bruno Kneubühler (born February 3, 1946), motorcycle racer
  • Gregor Kobel (born December 6, 1997), football player
  • Hugo Koblet (born March 21, 1925 - † November 6, 1964 in Egg ZH), racing cyclist
  • Ursula Koch (born July 1, 1941), politician, party leader and national councilor
  • Guido Kolb (born March 27, 1928 in Oberriet; † January 2, 2007), Catholic pastor and author
  • Christian Koller (born September 2, 1971), historian
  • Jenny Koller (born September 14, 1866 - † February 5, 1949), gynecologist and pediatrician
  • Marcel Koller (born November 11, 1960), football player and coach (national team of Austria)
  • Werner Koller (born December 14, 1942), linguist and university professor
  • Adolf König (born May 16, 1908; † 2000), violin maker
  • Mario König (born November 12, 1947 - April 6, 2019), historian
  • Peter-Robert König (born July 12, 1959), journalist and non-fiction author
  • Walter König (born January 13, 1908, † February 20, 1985 in Zollikon), lawyer and politician
  • Robert E. Konrad (born April 24, 1926 - † August 8, 1951 in Bedano), writer and painter
  • Jürg Kramer (born June 3, 1956), mathematician and university professor
  • Susanne Kramer-Friedrich (born July 16, 1935), director of studies, publicist and women's rights activist
  • Werner Kramer (born July 12, 1930), theologian and university professor
  • Pjotr ​​Kraska (born February 22, 1946 - † September 5, 2016), Zurich-based action artist, author and critic of the authorities
  • Sascia Kraus (born March 3, 1993), synchronized swimmer
  • Marita Krauss (born June 8, 1956), historian
  • Werner Kruse (born January 5, 1910; † January 18, 2005 in Stuls), pianist and composer
  • Katrin Kuhn (born August 28, 1953), politician
  • Köbi Kuhn (born October 12, 1943 in Wiedikon; † November 26, 2019 in Zollikerberg), football player and coach
  • Emil Kuhn-Schnyder (born April 29, 1905; † July 30, 1994 in Zurich), palaeontologist and university professor
  • Sandy Taikyu Kuhn Shimu (* 1972), author, Zen Buddhist
  • Otto Künzli (* July 1948), goldsmith and university professor

L.

  • Hans Lamprecht (born June 26, 1919 - † March 31, 2012), forest scientist
  • Dominik Landwehr (* 1958), journalist, author, media and cultural worker
  • Elias Landolt (born July 24, 1926 - † April 1, 2013), geobotanist
  • Max Lang (born January 11, 1917 - † May 29, 1987), musician, composer and conductor
  • Rolf Lappert (born December 21, 1958), writer
  • Werner Latscha (born March 4, 1925 - † November 29, 2019), lawyer and rail manager
  • Silvana Lattmann (born November 8, 1918 in Naples ), writer, has lived in Zurich since 1993
  • Steve Lee (born August 5, 1963 - † October 5, 2010 in Mesquite (Nevada)), musician
  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (born April 22, 1870 in Simbirsk, † January 21, 1924 in Gorki Leninsky), exile in Zurich during the First World War, leading figure in the October Revolution
  • Curt Letsche (born October 12, 1912 - † February 17, 2010 in Jena), writer
  • Moritz Leuenberger (born September 21, 1946 in Biel), politician, Federal Councilor (SP)
  • Marion Lichardus-Itten (born June 1941), prehistoric
  • Rolf Liebermann (born September 14, 1910; † January 2, 1999 in Paris), composer and artistic director
  • Nick Liebmann (born December 27, 1950, † December 28, 2006 in São Paulo) jazz musician, music critic and social scientist
  • Marvin Lier (born September 8, 1992), handball player
  • Jean Lindenmann (born September 18, 1924 in Zagreb; † January 15, 2015), virologist and immunologist
  • Leopold Lindtberg (born June 1, 1902 in Vienna , † April 18, 1984 in Sils Maria), director
  • Leo Lipski (born July 10, 1917; died July 7, 1997 in Tel Aviv), Jewish-Polish writer
  • Hugo Loetscher (born December 22, 1929 - † August 18, 2009), writer
  • Urs Lott (born December 30, 1948 - † June 18, 2012 in Zurich), ice hockey player
  • Manuel Löwensberg (born May 11, 1975), actor
  • Gianpiero Lupi (born June 19, 1942 - † May 18, 2013 in Solothurn), division general and senior medical officer in the Swiss Army
  • Erwin Lutz (born January 20, 1938), cyclist
  • Hans-Rudolf Lutz (born January 14, 1939; † January 17, 1998 in Zurich), typographer and graphic artist
  • Robert Anthony Lutz (born February 12, 1932), American manager
  • Thom Luz (born January 9, 1982), director, musician and set designer
  • Rolf Lyssy (born February 25, 1936), film director

M.

  • Victor Maag (born February 17, 1910 - † October 3, 2002), Protestant clergyman and university professor
  • Anna Maier (born September 20, 1977), radio and television presenter
  • Peter Malama (born October 18, 1960 - September 22, 2012 in Basel), politician
  • Erika Mann (born November 9, 1905 in Munich - † August 27, 1969), German actress, cabaret artist and writer
  • Thomas Mann (born June 6, 1875 in Lübeck; † August 12, 1955), writer, exile in Zurich during the Second World War
  • Raffaele Marciello (born December 17, 1994), Italian racing driver
  • Hans Martin (born April 29, 1913; † May 30, 2005 in Opfikon), racing cyclist, aerobatic pilot and inventor
  • Jojo Mayer (born January 18, 1963), musician
  • Kurt Bernd Mayer (born September 6, 1916, † September 13, 2006 in the USA), Swiss American sociologist and university professor
  • Vali Mayer (born February 28, 1936), musician
  • Carlo Meier (born April 7, 1961), journalist and writer
  • Dieter Meier (born March 4, 1945), musician and artist
  • Herbert Meier (born August 29, 1928 in Solothurn; † September 21, 2018 in Zollikon), writer and translator
  • Clemens Mettler (born September 1, 1936 in Ibach), writer
  • Alice Meyer-Wegenstein (born January 9, 1901; † October 12, 1970 in Zurich), lawyer and author
  • Andreas Meyer (born December 19, 1955 - † February 6, 2017), historian
  • Bruno Meyer (born February 20, 1911 - † May 9, 1991 in Frauenfeld), historian and archivist
  • Conrad Meyer (born July 25, 1949), economist and university professor
  • Franz Meyer (born June 4, 1919; † March 3, 2007 in Zurich), lawyer, art historian and museum director
  • Hans Jakob Meyer (born September 11, 1903, † July 4, 1981 in Feldmeilen), sculptor, painter and draftsman
  • Harald Meyer (born January 29, 1972), Japanologist, literary scholar and university professor
  • Helen Meyer (born August 31, 1920, † December 21, 1998 in Fällanden), journalist, politician and national councilor
  • Kurt Meyer (born August 22, 1921; † March 7, 2017 in Aarau), Germanist, lexicographer and librarian
  • Sabina Meyer (* 1969), jazz and improvisation singer
  • Verena Meyer (born June 4, 1929 - July 21, 2018), nuclear physicist, science politician and rector of the University of Zurich
  • Antoine Monot, Jr. (born June 22, 1975 in Rheinbach), actor
  • Dimitri Monstein (born September 2, 1991), jazz musician
  • Silvio Moser (born April 24, 1941 - † May 26, 1974 in Locarno), racing car driver
  • Daniel Mouthon (born July 11, 1952), vocal performer and composer
  • Charles Müller (born July 4, 1922 - † March 3, 2015 in Aubonne), diplomat
  • Kurt Müller (born March 16, 1925 - † February 8, 2016), politician and journalist
  • Robert Müller (born June 17, 1920; † October 15, 2003 in Villiers-le-Bel), sculptor
  • Susanne Müller (September 9, 1964), jazz musician
  • Christian Münchinger (born November 22, 1969), jazz musician

N

  • Harald Naegeli (born December 4, 1939), artist known as the «Sprayer von Zürich»
  • Caro Niederer (* 1963), artist
  • Erwin Nievergelt (born April 29, 1929 - † August 4, 2018 in Spain), economist and chess player
  • Heinz Nigg (born August 23, 1949), ethnologist, cultural mediator and promoter of participatory video and film making
  • Ernst Nobs (born July 14, 1886 - March 13, 1957), trade unionist, publicist, politician, Federal Councilor (SP)

O

P

  • Erwin Parker (born June 26, 1903 in Berlin; † November 1, 1987), actor, radio play speaker and drama teacher
  • Rudolf Pfister (born July 23, 1909 in Zurich; † May 11, 2000 in Urdorf), Protestant clergyman and university professor
  • Katja Paryla (born January 25, 1940 - † August 25, 2013 in Wölsickendorf , Märkisch-Oderland district ), actress and director
  • Carlos Perón (born June 9, 1952), techno pioneer, co-founder of Yello, music producer
  • Xavier Perrot (born February 1, 1932 - † December 8, 2008), racing car driver
  • Erich Peter (born February 9, 1935 - † July 9, 1996), jazz bassist
  • Daniel Pezzotti (born April 9, 1962 - † October 7, 2017), cellist
  • Rolf Pfeifer (born February 24, 1947), computer scientist
  • Fritz Pfenninger (born October 15, 1934 - † May 12, 2001), cyclist
  • Max Pfister (born April 21, 1932; † October 21, 2017), Romance studies and linguist
  • Theo Pinkus (born August 21, 1909 - May 5, 1991), bookseller, publicist
  • Hans Plieninger (born January 17, 1914 - December 23, 1984), German chemist
  • Andi Pupato (born November 11, 1971), musician
  • Secondo Püschel (born July 10, 1931 - † April 12, 1997), painter

R.

  • Margrit Rainer (born February 9, 1914 - February 10, 1982), actress and cabaret artist
  • Elisabeth Raiser (born August 18, 1940), German historian
  • Ilma Rakusa (born January 2, 1946), writer, publicist and translator
  • Kaspar Rast (born July 3, 1972), jazz musician
  • Ruedi Reich (born January 9, 1945 in Uster; † August 12, 2012), theologian
  • Christian Reutlinger (* 1971), social geographer and educational scientist
  • Waclaw Antoni von Reybekiel (born March 31, 1902, † 1988 in Stockholm), Polish-Swedish painter
  • Tiago Ribeiro (born June 15, 1992), Portuguese football player
  • Beat Richner (born March 13, 1947; † September 9, 2018 near Zurich), pediatrician and musician
  • Rolf Urs Ringger (born April 6, 1935; † 2019), composer and publicist
  • Franz Ritzmann (April 1, 1929 - January 12, 2018), economist
  • Massimo Rizzo (born March 14, 1974), football player and coach
  • Ricardo Rodríguez (born August 25, 1992), football player
  • Maximilian Roesle (born April 8, 1908, † December 2, 1985 in Einsiedeln), theologian and philosopher
  • Felix Rogner (* 1933), cultural manager and jazz musician
  • Hermann Rorschach (born November 8, 1884, † April 2, 1922 in Herisau), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
  • Martin Rotach (born September 15, 1928 - March 19, 2007), engineer, professor at ETH Zurich, traffic and spatial planner
  • Alex Rübel (born May 4, 1955), veterinarian, director of Zurich Zoo
  • Josef Rudin (1907–1983), Jesuit, depth psychologist and university professor
  • Max Rüedi (born March 29, 1925 - † June 7, 2019), painter
  • Johann Caspar Rüegg (born January 28, 1930 - January 18, 2018 in Großsachsen), physician (physiology)
  • Susanne Ruoff (* 1958), manager
  • Leopold Ružička (born September 13, 1887 in Vukovar; † September 26, 1976 in Mammern), Professor at ETH Zurich (Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry)

S.

  • Hansjürg Saager (born March 15, 1940 - July 18, 2017 in Chur), journalist, business journalist and publisher
  • Nello Santi (born September 22, 1931 in Adria ; † February 6, 2020 in Zurich), musician, conductor at the Zurich Opera House
  • Tomas Sauter (born January 3, 1974), jazz musician
  • Isolde Schaad (born October 9, 1944 in Schaffhausen), journalist and writer
  • Franz Solan Schäppi (born July 16, 1901 in Zurich; † July 23, 1981 in Lucerne), Capuchin and missiologist
  • Hans Schaffert (born June 22, 1918 in Bühler; † July 24, 2003 in Kilchberg), Protestant clergyman and refugee activist
  • Elvira Schalcher (born November 26, 1923 - † March 10, 2018), actress and radio play speaker
  • Roger Schawinski (born June 11, 1945), Swiss media pioneer
  • Niklaus Scheibli (born November 2, 1962), actor
  • René Scheibli (born September 23, 1936 - August 30, 2010), actor
  • Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930 in Vienna, † February 1, 2014 in Innsbruck), actor and Oscar winner
  • Florence Schelling (born March 9, 1989 in Zurich), ice hockey goalkeeper and official
  • Dietrich Schindler junior (born December 22, 1924 - † February 7, 2018), lawyer
  • Roman Schlagenhauf (born March 17, 1989), ice hockey player
  • Beat Schlatter (born May 5, 1961), cabaret artist, actor and screenwriter
  • Isabella Schmid (born December 27, 1970), actress
  • Peter A. Schmid (born October 2, 1959), musician and internist
  • Paul Schmid-Ammann (born February 2, 1900, † September 6, 1984 in Erlenbach), journalist and politician
  • Peter Schneider (born July 10, 1920 - July 23, 2002), legal scholar
  • Elisabeth Schnell (born January 22, 1930; † February 1, 2020 in Lauenen), actress, radio presenter and author
  • Othmar Schoeck (born September 1, 1886 in Brunnen; † March 8, 1957), composer and conductor
  • Walter Schoeller (* May 12, 1889 - May 16, 1979), Director of Schoeller Switzerland , high-performance athlete and sponsor of the Grasshopper Club Zurich
  • Trudi Schoop (born October 9, 1903, † July 14, 1999 in Van Nuys) dancer, dance therapist and cabaret artist.
  • Philipp von Schulthess (born March 23, 1973), German actor
  • Peter Schwaar (born August 6, 1947), translator
  • Fritz Schwarz (born April 29, 1930), architect
  • Anton Eric Scotoni (born August 7, 1916 - † December 8, 2011), entrepreneur
  • Carl Seelig (born May 11, 1894 - † February 15, 1962), writer and patron
  • Alexander J. Seiler (born August 6, 1928 - † November 22, 2018), film director
  • Fritz Senft (born May 11, 1922 - April 23, 1997), writer
  • Sven Senteler (born August 11, 1992), ice hockey player
  • Ernst Sieber (born February 24, 1927 in Horgen; † May 19, 2018), pastor, national councilor; worked with homeless people and drug addicts
  • Jonas Siegenthaler (born May 6, 1997), ice hockey player
  • Walter Siegenthaler (born December 14, 1923 in Davos; † October 24, 2010), professor at the Medical Polyclinic of the University Hospital Zurich
  • Kaspar Singer (born November 25, 1974), cellist
  • Vera Skoronel (born May 28, 1906 - March 24, 1932 in Berlin), German dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
  • Walter Smetak (February 12, 1913 - May 30, 1984 in Salvador da Bahia), composer
  • Bruno Spoerri (born August 16, 1935), jazz musician and music producer
  • Peter Stadler (born November 11, 1925 - March 19, 2012), historian
  • Ueli Staub (born January 1, 1934; † April 9, 2012 in Thun), journalist and jazz musician
  • Doris Stauffer (born July 21, 1934 in Amden; † April 26, 2017), artist and art educator
  • Serge Stauffer (born June 8, 1929 - September 17, 1989), artist and art educator
  • Konrad Steffen (born January 2, 1952 - † August 8, 2020 in Greenland), glaciologist
  • Hans Ulrich Steger (born March 21, 1923 - † June 18, 2016), caricaturist and children's book author
  • Robert Stehli (February 2, 1930 - April 3, 2018), conductor
  • Otto Steiger (born August 4, 1909 - May 10, 2005), writer
  • Jens Steiner (* 1975), writer
  • Rico Steinemann (1939–2003), journalist, Porsche racing director and racing car driver
  • Tobias Stephan (born January 21, 1984), ice hockey goalkeeper
  • Nicolas Stocker (* 1988), fusion musician
  • Thomas Stocker (born July 1, 1959), climate researcher
  • Eduard Stoeckli , also Stöckli (* 1945), film producer and cinema operator
  • Edmond de Stoutz (* December 18, 1920 - January 28, 1997), conductor and founder of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Co Streiff (born April 5, 1959), jazz musician
  • Richard Sturzenegger (born December 18, 1905, † October 24, 1976 in Münsingen BE), musician, composer and music teacher
  • Reto Suri (born March 25, 1989), ice hockey player
  • Erwin Sutz (born September 24, 1906 in Zurich; † November 8, 1987 in Herrliberg), Protestant clergyman

T

  • Viola Tami (born April 10, 1981), radio and television presenter, actress and singer
  • Max Terpis (actually Max Pfister; born March 1, 1889; † March 18, 1958 in Zollikon), dancer, choreographer, director and psychologist
  • Moritz Thape (born February 19, 1920 - † November 8, 2019 in Bremen), German journalist and politician (SPD)
  • Brigitte Theler (born February 1, 1959; † December 13, 2007 in Munich), astrologer and author
  • Peter Tiefenthaler (born May 20, 1934 - January 1, 1980 in La Chaux-de-Fonds), racing cyclist
  • Li Tobler (1948 - May 19, 1975), actress, model and gallery owner
  • Robert Trösch (born November 25, 1911, † January 14, 1986 in East Berlin), communist actor and director
  • Andreas Tschopp (born May 15, 1979), jazz musician
  • Matthias Tschopp (* 1983), jazz musician
  • Fridolin Tschudi (born June 11, 1912 - † January 5, 1966 in Klosters), writer
  • Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee), singer and actress

U

  • Pascal Ulli (born September 22, 1969 in Bern), actor, producer and director
  • Dieter Ulrich (born October 12, 1958), musician and art historian
  • Uriella , b. Erika Gessler (1929–2019), founder and head of Fiat Lux
  • Martin Usteri (1926–2015), lawyer and legal scholar

V

  • Jakob Vetsch (born October 28, 1879 in Nesslau; † November 22, 1942), dialect researcher and writer
  • Christoph Vitali (born September 28, 1940 - December 18, 2019), exhibition curator, museum director and art author
  • Peter von Brentano (born May 22, 1935 - September 20, 2019 in Cologne), experimental nuclear physicist
  • Arnold von Salis (born July 19, 1881 in Liestal ; † April 2, 1958 in Zurich), professor of classical archeology
  • Egon von Vietinghoff (born February 6, 1903 in The Hague; † October 14, 1994), painter, specialist author and philosopher of painting
  • Alice Vollenweider (born June 22, 1927 - September 13, 2011), writer, publicist and translator
  • Max Vogt (born January 29, 1925 in Zurich; † December 12, 2019), architect
  • Walter Vogt (born July 31, 1927 in Zurich; † September 21, 1988 in Muri near Bern), writer and psychiatrist
  • Hans Vontobel (December 4, 1916 - January 3, 2016), banker

W.

  • Werner Wägelin (born August 7, 1913 - † February 28, 1991), racing cyclist
  • Alfred Walther (born September 17, 1886; † December 15, 1955 in Bern), professor of business administration
  • Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck (born June 28, 1939), writer and architect
  • Robi Weber (born July 14, 1941) jazz musician
  • Max Weber (born August 2, 1897 - December 2, 1974), trade unionist and politician, Federal Councilor (SP)
  • Werner Weber (born November 13, 1919 in Huttwil; † December 1, 2005), journalist, professor of literary criticism and writer
  • Armand Weiser (1887–1933), architect and specialist writer
  • David Weiss, (born June 21, 1946 - † April 27, 2012), artist, see Peter Fischli and David Weiss
  • Florian Weiss (* 1991), jazz musician
  • Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born June 25, 1939), German environmental scientist and politician
  • Heinrich Wolfgang von Weizsäcker (March 29, 1947), German mathematician
  • Josef Wicki (1904–1993), Jesuit and missionary historian
  • Urs Widmer (born May 21, 1938 in Basel; † April 2, 2014), writer
  • Chris Wiesendanger (born October 11, 1965), jazz musician
  • Eugen Gottlob Winkler (born May 1, 1912 - † October 26, 1936 in Munich), critic and essayist
  • Niklaus Wirth (born February 15, 1934 in Winterthur), Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich
  • Stephan Wittwer (born March 1, 1953), musician, improviser and composer
  • Brigitte Woggon (born November 14, 1943 in Naumburg ; † July 28, 2019 near Zurich), German psychiatrist and specialist journalist
  • William Wolfensberger (born June 17, 1889 in Hottingen, † December 6, 1918 in Rheineck SG), pastor poet
  • Andrea Wolfer (born December 16, 1987), racing cyclist
  • Werner Wollenberger (born June 6, 1927 in Heilbronn; † October 17, 1982), publicist and author
  • Léon Wurmser (born January 31, 1931; died February 15, 2020 in the United States), American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author
  • Ernst Würtenberger (1868–1934), painter and portraitist of Zurich personalities, worked at the Zurich School of Applied Arts
  • Franzsepp Würtenberger (born September 9, 1909, † January 15, 1998), art historian
  • Thomas Würtenberger (born October 7, 1907, † November 18, 1989), German criminal lawyer and criminologist
  • Laure Wyss (born June 20, 1913 in Biel / Bienne; † August 21, 2002), writer and journalist

Z

  • Gerda Zeltner-Neukomm (born January 27, 1915 - † July 20, 2012), Romance scholar and literary critic
  • Werner Zemp (born November 10, 1906, † November 16, 1959 in Mendrisio, Ticino), poet and essayist
  • Alexander Ziegler (born March 8, 1944, † August 11, 1987 there), actor and writer
  • Hannah Ziemer (* 1999), German volleyball and beach volleyball player
  • Gérard Zinsstag (born May 9, 1941 in Geneva), composer, flautist and founder of the New Days for Music
  • Stephan Zünd (born July 3, 1969), ski jumper

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Lassner: Lodovico Ronco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 4, 2009 , accessed March 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Martin Lassner: Evangelista Zanino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 21, 2012 , accessed December 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ Martin Lassner: Johann Melchior Aloys von Orelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 9, 2009 , accessed December 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ Dagmar Böcker: Giorgio Crespo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 5, 2015 , accessed March 11, 2020 .
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