List of sons and daughters of the city of Basel
The list of sons and daughters of the city of Basel includes people who were born in the Swiss city of Basel .
A.
- Anna Aaron (* 1985), singer-songwriter and pianist
- Heidi Abel (1929–1986), announcer and presenter
- Ludwig Abel (1863–1900), German Semitist
- René Acht (1920–1998), painter
- Marc Allégret (1900–1973), French director
- Kathrin Amacker (* 1962), National Councilor
- Bonifacius Amerbach (1495–1562), humanist, law professor and composer
- Friedel Ammann (* 1959), photographer
- Lukas Ammann (1912–2017), actor
- Hieronymus Annoni (1697–1770), Reformed theologian and hymn poet
- Florian Arbenz (* 1975), musician
- Michael Arbenz (* 1975), musician
- Caesar von Arx (1895–1949), playwright
- Felix Auer (1925–2016), journalist and politician (FDP)
- Christine Aufderhaar (* 1972), pianist and composer
B.
- Caspar Baader (* 1953), National Councilor
- Esther Bächlin (* 1965), jazz musician
- Dieter Bachmann (* 1940), publicist and writer
- Romy Bachmann (* 1989), handball player
- Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815–1887), lawyer and archaeologist
- Natascha Badmann (* 1966), triathlete
- Günther Baechler (* 1953), diplomat, political scientist and painter
- Ruedi Bantle (1926-2017), politician (PdA)
- Emanuel Bardou (1744-1818), sculptor
- Karl Barth (1886–1968), theologian
- Paul Basilius Barth (1881–1955), painter
- Peter Barth (1888–1940), theologian
- Andreas Battier (1757–1793), pastor at the Church of St. Leonhard
- Caspar Bauhin (1560–1624), botanist and university professor
- Hieronymus Bauhin (1637–1667), doctor, professor of anatomy and botany
- Johann Caspar Bauhin (1606–1685), doctor and botanist
- Fritz Baumann (1886–1942), painter
- Hans Theo Baumann (1924–2016), designer
- Patrick Baumann (1967–2018), lawyer and sports official
- Louis Baur (1858–1915), businessman and commercial agent
- Jakob Christoph Beck (1711–1785), Reformed theologian and historian
- Sebastian Beck (1583–1654), Protestant clergyman and university professor
- Ludwig Berger (1933–2017), prehistoric and provincial Roman archaeologist
- Michel Bergmann (* 1945), Swiss-German director, film producer, journalist and writer
- Rudolf Bernhard (1901–1962), actor
- August Bernoulli (1839–1921), historian
- August Leonhard Bernoulli (1879–1939), physicist
- Carl Albrecht Bernoulli (1868–1937), Protestant theologian and writer
- Carl Christoph Bernoulli (1861–1923), librarian
- Christoph Bernoulli (1782–1863), natural scientist and economist
- Eduard Bernoulli (1867–1927), musicologist
- Elisabeth Bernoulli (1873–1935), women's rights activist
- Hans Bernoulli (1876–1959), architect and professor
- Jakob I Bernoulli (1655–1705), mathematician and physicist
- Jakob II Bernoulli (1759–1789), mathematician and physicist
- Johann I Bernoulli (1667–1748), mathematician
- Johann II Bernoulli (1710–1790), mathematician, physicist and lawyer
- Johann Jakob Bernoulli (1831–1913), archaeologist
- Mia Bernoulli, married. Hesse-Bernoulli (1868–1963), photographer
- Niklaus Bernoulli (1623–1708), early member of the Bernoulli family
- Melchior Berri (1801-1854), architect
- Nicole Bettlé (* 1969), historian
- Werner Bieder (1911–1999), Protestant clergyman and university professor
- Rudolf G. Binding (1867–1938), German writer
- Black Tiger (* 1972; real name: Urs Baur), first rapper to rap in Swiss German
- Werner Blaser (1924–2019), architect and publicist
- Barbara Bleisch (* 1973), philosopher, journalist and author
- Thomas Blubacher (* 1967), German-Swiss author and director
- Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor
- Walter Bodmer (1903–1973), painter and sculptor
- Gustav Adolf Bohny (1898–1977), lawyer, notary, President of the Swiss Red Cross (SRK)
- Karl Bohny (1856–1928), doctor, President of the SRC
- Thomas Borer (* 1957), management consultant and former Swiss ambassador to Germany
- Paul Bösiger (1929–1977), actor
- Thüring Bräm (* 1944), conductor and composer
- Rainer Brambach (1917–1983), German-Swiss writer
- David Brandes (* 1968), German musician, producer and composer
- Hans Brändli (1896–1974), pastor and author
- Rudolf Braun (1930–2012), historian and university professor
- Samuel Braun (1590–1668), surgeon and ship's doctor, explored West Africa
- Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705–1757), Austrian field marshal of Irish descent
- Daniel Bruckner (1707–1781), clerk and historian
- Aymo Brunetti (* 1963), economist
- Eduard Brunner (1939–2017), clarinetist and university professor
- Martin Bruns (* 1960), baritone and university professor
- Max Bucherer (1883–1974), painter and graphic artist
- Abel Burckhardt (1805–1882), reformed pastor and composer
- Albert Burckhardt (1854–1911), historian and politician
- August Burckhardt (1868–1935), historian and librarian
- Carl Burckhardt (1795–1850), politician and lawyer
- Carl Christoph Burckhardt (1862–1915), lawyer and politician
- Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891–1974), diplomat, essayist and historian
- Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897), cultural historian
- Johann Balthasar Burckhardt (1642–1722), Mayor of Basel
- Johann Jakob Burckhardt (1903–2006), mathematician and crystallographer
- Johannes Burckhardt (1798–1855), officer
- Ludwig August Burckhardt (1808–1863), lawyer and historian
- Lukas Burckhardt (1924–2018), lawyer, politician and jazz musician
- Max Burckhardt (1910–1993), historian
- Paul Burckhardt (1873–1956), educator and historian
- Peter Burckhardt (1742–1817), politician, mayor and mayor of Switzerland
- Karl Burckhardt-Iselin (1830–1893), politician, national and government councilor
- Willy Burgdorfer (1925–2014), bacteriologist
- Emil Bürgin (1848–1933), electrical engineer
- Lucas Burkart (* 1967), historian
- Florian Burkhardt (* 1974), book author and musician
- Paul Walter Buser (1876–1941), teacher, founder of educational institutes, promoter of tourism and politician
- Ralph Buss (* 1982), chess player
- Johann Buxtorf (1663–1732), Reformed theologian and orientalist
- Johann Buxtorf the Younger (1599–1664), Reformed theologian and orientalist
- Johann Jakob Buxtorf (1645–1704), Reformed theologian and orientalist
- Johann Rudolf Buxtorf (1747–1831), Reformed theologian
C.
- Christa de Carouge (1936–2018), costume designer and fashion creator
- Adolf Christ (1807–1877), politician
- Raphael Christen (1811–1880), sculptor
- Theophil Christen (1873–1920), mathematician, doctor, economist
- Martin Christoffel (1922–2001), chess player
- Arthur Cohn (* 1927), film producer
- Carlo Conti (* 1954), politician
- Stefan Cornaz (1944–2003), politician and historian
- Conradin Cramer (* 1979), politician, councilor
- Catherine Csebits (* 1999), handball player
- Claude Cueni (* 1956), writer
- Edward L. Custer (1837-1881), American painter
D.
- Jean Daetwyler (1907–1994), conductor and composer
- Phil Dankner (* 1970), musician
- Tanja Dankner (* 1974), singer
- Adam David (1872–1959), Africa explorer and big game hunter
- Jean Jacques David (1871–1908), Africa explorer and mining engineer
- Georg Jacob Decker (1732–1799), printer
- Johann Jakob Decker (1635–1697), printer
- Bernard Degen (* 1952), historian
- Philipp Degen (* 1983), football player
- Christoph Delz (1950–1993), composer and pianist
- Eren Derdiyok (* 1988), football player
- Lukas Dettwiler (* 1954), translator and archivist
- Sebastian Baschi Dürr (* 1977), politician
- Adelheid Duvanel (1936–1996), writer
E.
- Theo Eble (1899–1974), painter and graphic artist
- Werner Edelmann (* 1941), entrepreneur and former president of FC Basel
- Gregor Eichele (* 1952), chemist and molecular biologist
- Christoph Engel (* 1974), model, Mister Switzerland
- Ruth Epting (1919–2016), Protestant clergyman and women's activist
- Johann Georg Euler (1815–1894), entrepreneur and councilor
- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer
- Christoph Eymann (* 1951), politician
F.
- Johann Jakob Faesch (1752–1832), Protestant clergyman
- Lukas Fatten (1692–1751), silk ribbon manufacturer and pietist
- Daniel Albert Fechter (1805–1876), theologian, educator and historian
- Roger Federer (* 1981), tennis player
- Hans Feigenwinter (* 1965), jazz musician
- Emil Fellmann (1927–2012), science historian
- Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), pianist, conductor and music teacher
- Hans von Flachslanden (1412–1476), Basel mayor and mediator in founding the university
- Helmut Förnbacher (* 1936), actor, director, filmmaker and theater director
- Emanuela von Frankenberg (* 1961), actress and opera singer (soprano)
- Alexander Frei (* 1979), football player
- Barbara Frey (* 1963), theater director
- Bruno S. Frey (* 1941), economist and university professor
- Emil Remigius Frey (1803–1889), politician and judge
- Johann Jakob Frey (1813–1865), landscape painter
- Johann Ludwig Frey (1682–1759), Reformed theologian and historian
- René Leo Frey (* 1939), economist
- Tim Frey (* 1972), politician (CVP), political advisor and lobbyist
- Walter Frey (1898–1985), pianist and music teacher
- Eduard Fueter senior (1876–1928), historian
- Nikolaus Fuss (1755–1826), mathematician
G
- Karl Gauss (1867–1938), pastor and historian
- Walter Gautschi (* 1927), mathematician
- Heiner Gautschy (1917–2009), radio and television journalist
- Traugott Geering (1859–1932), economist and historian
- Christoph Geiser (* 1949), writer
- Pamphilus Gengenbach (* around 1480; † 1524/25), author of carnival games
- Georgine Gerhard (1886–1971), teacher and women's rights activist
- Lukas Gernler (1625–1675), theologian and university professor
- Karl Gerstner (1930–2017), graphic designer, advertiser and important representative of Swiss typography
- Andreas Gerwig (1928–2014), lawyer, politician
- Max Gerwig (1889–1965), lawyer, university professor
- Hans-Jörg Gilomen (* 1945), historian
- Johann Heinrich Gleser (1734–1773), lawyer and historian
- Christoph Gloor (1936–2017), caricaturist, painter, draftsman and sculptor
- Lukas Gloor (* 1952), art historian
- Karl Gerold Goetz (1865–1944), Protestant clergyman and university professor
- Christoph Friedrich Goppelsroeder (1837–1919), chemist
- Emil Göttisheim (1863–1938), lawyer and politician
- Alfred Graber (1897–1987), writer, editor and translator
- Flavian Graber (* 1985), singer and songwriter
- Jürgen Graf (* 1951), Holocaust denier
- Johann Jacob Grasser (1579–1627), Reformed theologian and polymath
- Alfred Grazioli (1940–2018), architect and university professor
- Marc Grieder (* 1984), ice hockey player and official
- Stéphanie Groß (* 1974), German wrestler and judoka
- Vincent Gross (* 1996), singer and musician
- Hermann Grunder (* 1931), Swiss-US-American physicist who works with particle accelerators.
- Nana Gualdi (1932–2007), Italian-German singer and actress
- Eduard Gunzinger (1897–1972), set designer, painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Nicolaus Gürtler (1654–1711), theologian
- Wilhelm Gutmann (1900–1976), German politician (NPD)
- Emilie Gutzwiller-Meyer (1868–1929), Catholic women's rights activist
- Richard Gutzwiller (1896–1958), Catholic theologian
- Urban Gwerder (1944–2017), writer, artist and editor
- Hans Rudolf Gysin (* 1940), National Councilor
H
- Wilhelm Haas-Decker (1766–1838), type caster, entrepreneur, inventor and politician
- Wilhelm Haas-Münch (1741–1800), inventor and entrepreneur
- Helene Haasbauer-Wallrath (1885–1968), painter and commercial artist
- Peter Haber (1964–2013), historian
- Felix Hafner (* 1956), lawyer and professor at the University of Basel
- Hans-Rudolf Hagemann (1927–2018), legal historian and publisher
- Dieter Hagenbach (1943–2016), bookseller, publisher, literary agent and author
- Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff (1833–1910), physicist
- Hans-Peter Hammel (* 1947), author, columnist, moderator and city original (-minu)
- Emil Handschin (1928–1990), ice hockey player
- Alfred Hartmann (1883–1960), translator and editor
- Andreas Hartmann (* 1956), politician (FDP)
- Max Haufler (1910–1965), actor and film director
- Anne Haug (* 1984), actress
- Hans Haug (1900–1967), composer
- Fritz Hauser (* 1953), drummer and composer
- Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826), German poet, Protestant theologian and educator
- Hedwig von Württemberg (1547–1590), Princess of Württemberg
- Friedrich Hegar (1841–1927), composer, conductor and violinist
- Willy Hege (1907–1976), sculptor
- Joseph Heintz (1564–1609), painter and architect
- Timo Helbling (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Alex Hendriksen (* 1975), jazz musician
- Christian Henking (* 1961), composer, conductor and choir director
- Peter Karl Henrici (1923–1987), mathematician and university professor
- Adam Henricpetri (1543–1586), lawyer and professor at the University of Basel, author of a multi-volume historical work
- Sebastian Henricpetri (1546–1627), printer
- Jakob Hermann (1678–1733), mathematician
- Stefan Hess (* 1965), historian and art historian
- Andreas Heusler (1834–1921), lawyer, legal historian and politician
- Kristina Hillmann (* 1991), German hockey player
- Charles Hindenlang (1894–1960), painter and glass painter
- Hans Hindermann (1877–1963), architect
- Rudolf His (1870–1938), lawyer and legal historian
- Eduard His-Eberle (1886–1948), lawyer and local historian
- Dietrich Hoffmann (* 1929), ancient historian and university professor
- Emanuel Hoffmann (1896–1932), entrepreneur, son of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche
- Maja Hoffmann (* 1956), art collector, patron, documentary film producer and businesswoman
- Luc Hoffmann (1923–2016), patron and entrepreneur
- Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864–1936), folklorist and Germanic medievalist
- Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868–1920), chemist, company founder of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- Emanuel Hoffmann-Müller (1643–1702), pioneer of the silk ribbon industry
- Johann Jakob Hofmann (1635–1706), theologian, historian and lexicographer
- Markus Hofmann (* 1975), actor, singer, poet and theater producer
- Arnold Hottinger (1926–2019), journalist and publicist
- Benedikt Huber (1928–2019), architect
- Daniel Huber (1768–1829), mathematician, astronomer and rector of the University of Basel
- Gerhard Huber (1923–2007), philosopher and university professor
- Johann Jakob Huber (1733–1798), astronomer, professor at the Academy of Sciences in Potsdam
- Johann Rudolf Huber the Elder Ä. (1668–1748), painter, draftsman and politician
- Brigitte Hürlimann (* 1963), journalist and writer
I.
- Patrick Imhof (* 1971), German-Swiss actor and musical performer
- Hans Walter Imhoff (1886–1971), football player
- Rudolf Indlekofer (1910–1997), publisher and art collector
- Felix Philipp Ingold (* 1942), writer, translator, editor and lecturer
- Heinrich Iselin (1888–1955), officer
- Isaak Iselin (1728–1782), journalistic philosopher of history during the Enlightenment
- Isaak Iselin-Sarasin (1851–1930), lawyer, politician and officer
- Jakob Christoph Iselin (1681–1737), Reformed theologian, historian and lexicographer
J
- Othmar Jäggi (* 1967), classical archaeologist
- Antonino Janner (1917–1982), diplomat
- Beat Jans (* 1964), politician (SP)
- Alice Jaquet (1916–1990), painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Robert A. Jeker (1935–2012), economic manager and politician (FDP)
- Ernst Jenni (* 1927), Protestant Reformed theologian
- Matthyas Jenny (* 1945), author, publisher and literary activist
- Zoë Jenny (* 1974), writer
- Hans Johner (1889–1975), chess player and musician
K
- Hermann Kapp (1900–1976), physician and university professor
- Vera Kappeler (* 1974), jazz musician
- Cornelia Kazis (* 1952), journalist and educator
- César Keizer (1925–2007), cabaret artist
- Rut Keizer (1897–1968), historian and women's rights activist
- Isaak Keller (1530–1596), physician and professor
- Johann Heinrich Keller (1627–1708), carpenter and author of a model work
- Johann Jakob Keller (1665–1747), cabinet maker and sculptor
- Judith Mirjam Keller (* 1961), actress, director, musician and author
- Marthe Keller (* 1945), actress
- Sam Keller (* 1966), museum director and exhibition curator
- Stefan Keller (* 1960), journalist, author and entrepreneur
- Véréna Keller (* 1952), social worker, author and university lecturer
- Manuela Keller-Schneider (* 1959), educational scientist and university professor
- Paul Kirn (1890–1965), historian
- László I. Kish (* 1957), actor, director and author
- David Klein (* 1961), musician and composer
- Miriam Klein (* 1937), jazz singer
- Wilhelm Klein (1825–1887), politician, National Councilor and Council of States
- Susanne Klein-Vogelbach (1909–1996), gymnastics teacher and physiotherapist
- Emil Knöll (1889–1972), sculptor
- Christine Koch (* 1963), primary school teacher and politician
- Carl Koechlin (1856–1914), politician and officer
- Paul Koelner (1878–1960), educator and historian
- Franziska Kohlund (1947–2014), actress and theater director
- Yvette Kolb (* 1942), actress, author, former ballet dancer
- Adil Koller (* 1993), politician and member of the Basel district administrator
- Emanuel König (1658–1731), physicist and doctor, professor at the University of Basel
- Werner Körte (1905–1945), art historian
- Andreas Krämer (* 1963), actor and stage musician
- Moritz Krämer (* 1980), German musician and director
- Karl Ernst Krafft (1900–1945), statistician, characterologist and economic advisor
- Naomi Krauss (* 1967), actress
- Bernard Krebs (1934-2001), French vertebrate palaeontologist, university professor
- Georg Kreis (* 1943), historian
- Mathis Künzler (* 1978), actor
L.
- Hans Lacher (1912–2003), lawyer and diplomat
- Pascal Ladner (* 1933), historian
- Jürg Laederach (1945–2018), writer
- Thomas Lähns (* 1981), double bass player
- Sunny Lang (1923–1979), jazz musician
- Walter Lang (1896–1966), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Dani Levy (* 1957), actor, screenwriter and director
- Eduard Liechtenhan (1891–1965), classical philologist and high school teacher
- Francine-Dominique Liechtenhan (* 1956), historian
- Rudolf Liechtenhan the Elder (1875–1947), Swiss pastor and theologian
- Rudolf Liechtenhan the Younger (1911–2005), Swiss author, journalist and dramaturge
- Lukas Lindenmaier (1946–2014), improvisation musician
- Emilie Linder (1797–1867), painter and patron
- Anne Lindmo (* 1970), Norwegian journalist and television presenter
- Harald Link (* 1955), German-Thai entrepreneur
- Therese Lohner (* 1967), Austrian actress
- Cécile Ines Loos (1883–1959), writer
- Willy Loretan (* 1934), National and Council of States
- Peter Lötscher (1941–2017), fencer
- Jürg Löw (* 1946), actor and voice actor
- Ludwig Lucius (1577–1642), Reformed theologian and university professor
- Max Lüscher (1923–2017), psychologist and philosopher
- Regula Lüscher Gmür (* 1961), architect and urban planner
- Herbert Lüthy (1918–2002), historian
- Markus Lutz (1772–1835), theologian and historian
- Regine Lutz (* 1928), actress
- Wilhelm Lutz (1888–1958), dermatologist and university professor
M.
- Kiki Maeder (* 1981), actress and presenter
- Christoph Mangold (1939–2014), journalist and writer
- Bruno Manser (1954–2005), ethnologist and environmental activist
- Guy P. Marchal (1938-2020), historian
- Markus Mattmüller (1928–2003), historian
- Albrecht Mayer (1875–1952), painter, lithographer and teacher
- Saly Mayer (1882–1950), textile entrepreneur and politician
- Denise Meili (born 1977), actress
- Paul Meister (1926-2018), fencer
- Christoph Merian (1800–1858), large landowner and founder of the foundation
- Johann Rudolf Merian (1797–1871), professor of mathematics, politician
- Matthäus Merian (1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher
- Philipp Merian (1773–1848), trader and founder of the foundation
- Rudolf Merian (1820–1891), officer
- Andreas Meyer (* 1961), manager
- Carl Theodor Meyer (called Meyer-Basel , 1860–1932), painter and graphic artist
- Christian Meyer (* 1967), Roman Catholic clergyman, abbot and abbot president
- Friedrich Meyer (1893–1974), aluminum manufacturer
- Georg Friedrich Meyer (1645–1693), geodesist, mathematician and cartographer
- Hannes Meyer (1889–1954), architect and urbanist
- Werner Meyer (* 1937), historian and archaeologist
- Theodor Meyer-Merian (1818–1867), doctor and writer
- Jakob Meyer zum Hasen (1482–1531), Basel Mayor
- Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil (1474–1548), Mayor of Basel, cloth merchant and officer
- Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil (1488–1558), cloth merchant, state councilor, envoy, mayor of Basel
- Elisabeth Meylan (* 1937), writer
- Philippe Micol (* 1955), improvisation musician
- Johann Rudolf Mieg (1694–1733), physician, botanist and university professor
- Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895), physician and professor of physiology
- Armin Mohler (1920–2003), philosopher, publicist, writer and journalist
- Friedrich von der Mühll (1883–1942), philologist and ancient historian
- Hans von der Mühll (1887–1953), architect
- Karl von der Mühll (1841–1912), mathematician and physicist
- Peter von der Mühll (1885–1970), classical philologist
- Johannes Mulberg (around 1350-1414), Dominican brother and order reformer
- Elisabeth Müller (1926–2006), film actress
- Felix Müller (* 1952), prehistoric
- Karl Alexander Müller (* 1927), physicist
- Rudolf Mumprecht (1918–2019), draftsman and painter
- Hartung Münch (around 1265 - 1332), Bishop of Basel from 1325 to 1332
- Johann Friedrich Münch (1729–1808), politician
- Rosa Münch (1886–1974), politician and women's rights activist
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- Marcello de Nardo (* 1963), actor, singer, dancer and director
- Sibylle Neff (1929–2010), painter and Appenzell village original
- Christoph Neidhart (* 1954), journalist and author
- Pierre Nicole (1909–1987), journalist and politician
O
- Henman Offenburg (1379–1459), businessman, politician, diplomat and chronicler
- Johannes Oporinus (actually: Hans Herbst; 1507–1568), humanist, teacher, printer and publisher
- Marcel Ospel (1950–2020), bank manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS
- Matthias Oswald (1774–1864), politician
- Heinrich Ott (1929–2013), Reformed theologian
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- Heinrich Pantaleon (1522–1595), doctor and humanist
- Mathilde Paravicini (1875–1954), philanthropist and pioneer of children's trains
- Rudolf Paravicini (1815–1888), entrepreneur and officer
- Aldo Patocchi (1907–1986), graphic artist and woodcut artist
- Sascha Pederiva (* 1982), actor
- Isidor Raphael Pellegrini (1871–1954), architect and sculptor
- Gertrud Pfander (1874–1898), writer
- Johanna von Pfirt (1300–1351), Duchess of Austria
- Andreas Pflüger (* 1941), composer
- Jacques Picard (* 1952), historian
- Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), scientist, physicist and inventor
- Pierre Piccarde (* 1979), singer, songwriter and music producer
- Felix Platter (1536–1614), physician and autobiographical writer
- Thomas Platter the Younger (1574–1628), botanist, physician and writer
- Adolf Portmann (1897–1982), zoologist and natural philosopher
- Gertrud Preiswerk (1902–1994), weaver and textile designer
- Beat Presser (* 1952), photographer
- Edouard Probst (1898–1974), racing car driver
R.
- Gian-Andrea Randegger (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Alfred Rasser (1907–1977), cabaret artist, actor and politician
- Roland Rasser (* 1932), cabaret artist and actor
- Robert H. Reichardt (1927–1994), sociologist and university professor
- Julia Richers (* 1975), historian
- Christoph Riggenbach (1810–1863), architect
- Eduard Riggenbach (1861–1927), Protestant theologian and university professor
- David Riniker (* 1970), cellist
- Dorothee Rippmann (* 1951), historian and archaeologist
- Dietrich Ritschl (1929–2018), Protestant Reformed theologian, professor for the New Testament, medical ethicist and peace activist
- Dora Julia Rittmeyer-Iselin (1902–1974), musicologist and women's rights activist
- Anna Rossinelli (* 1987), singer
- Iris von Roten (1917–1990), lawyer, journalist and women's rights activist
- Iwan Roth (* 1942), saxophonist and professor of music
- Paul Roth (1896–1961), historian and politician
- Trudi Roth (1930–2016), actress and cabaret artist
- Anton Rotzetter (1939–2016), Capuchin and book author
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- Maja Sacher (1896–1989), art collector and patron
- Paul Sacher (1906–1999), conductor and patron
- Maurice-Yves Sandoz (1892-1958), writer
- Jakob Sarasin (1742–1802), silk ribbon manufacturer, author and politician
- Philipp Sarasin (* 1956), historian and book author
- Alfred Sarasin-Iselin (1865–1953), banker and politician
- Stefan Saxen (* 1963), Swiss-German sculptor
- Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944), writer
- Martin Schaffner (* 1940), historian
- Alexander Schawinsky (1904–1979), painter, photographer and set designer
- Nadja Scheiwiller (* 1985), musical actress
- Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (1740–1806), painter, entomologist
- Martin Schenkel (1968–2003), actor and singer
- Alfons Schilling (1934–2013), artist
- Niklaus Schilling (1944–2016), film director, cameraman, film editor and screenwriter
- Rudolf Schleicher (1897–1989), German engineer and motorcycle racer
- Niggi Schmassmann (* 1960), motorcycle racer
- Mario Schneeberger (* 1935), jazz musician
- Johann Rudolf Schnell (1767–1829), lawyer and judge
- Johannes Schnell (1812–1889), legal historian
- Patty Schnyder (* 1978), tennis player
- Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), orientalist and religious philosopher
- Dominik Schürmann (* 1971), jazz musician
- Ludwig Senfl (around 1490 - 1543), German-Swiss composer
- Andreas Senn (* 1965), film and television director
- Fritz Senn (* 1928), publicist and James Joyce specialist
- Max Senn (1883–1933), watchmaker and soccer player
- Mike Shiva (* 1964), clairvoyant, entrepreneur and television presenter
- Adrian Sieber (* 1972), pop musician
- Marc Sieber (1927–2010), historian, politician and Sandoz director
- Paul Siegfried (1878–1938), lawyer, historian and writer
- Ernst Sigg (1892–1966), church musician
- Gabriela Signori (* 1960), historian
- Christian Simon (* 1951), historian
- Rudolf Smend (1882–1975), German constitutional and canon lawyer
- Fritz Spannagel (1891–1957), architect and university professor
- Sandra Speichert (* 1971), German actress
- Ernst Speiser (1889–1962), National and Council of States
- Felix Speiser (1880–1949), professor, ethnologist, director of the Völkerkundliches Museum in Basel
- Lisette Spinnler (* 1976), jazz singer
- Johann Jacob Spreng (1699–1768), theologian and professor of Greek at the University of Basel
- Felix Staehelin (1873–1952), ancient historian
- Otto Staiger (1894–1967), glass painter and painter
- Johann Jakob Stamm (1910–1993), Reformed theologian
- Niklaus Starck (* 1956), author
- Emil Staudacher (1898–1977), civil engineer and specialist in timber construction
- Max Steck (1907–1971), mathematician and mathematician historian
- Helli Stehle (1907–2017), actress and radio presenter
- Johann Jakob Stehlin the Elder (1803–1879), mayor, politician
- Johann Jakob Stehlin the Younger (1826–1894), architect
- Karl Stehlin (1859–1934), lawyer, politician, archaeologist and historian
- Karl Rudolf Stehlin (1831–1881), business leader and politician
- Gustav Steiner (1878–1967), educator and historian
- Sigfrit Steiner (1906–1988), actor and director
- Jürg Stenzl (* 1942), musicologist, author and university lecturer
- Otto Stich (1927–2012), politician (SP)
- Hans Stocker (1896–1983), painter
- Immanuel Stockmeyer (1814–1894), Antistes and university professor
- Alfred Stoecklin (1907–2000), educator and historian
- Marco Streller (* 1981), soccer player
- Carlo Strenger (1958–2019), Swiss-Israeli professor of psychology and philosophy and publicist
- Fred Strittmatter (1923–1985), German-Swiss film music composer
- Robert Strübin (1897–1965), painter, graphic artist and musician
- Ernst Stückelberg (1831–1903), artist
- Ernst Alfred Stückelberg (1867–1926), historian, art historian and preservationist
- François Suchanecki (* 1949), fencer
- Max Sulzbachner (1904–1985), painter and graphic artist
- Christina Surer (* 1974), racing car driver, television presenter and model
- Moritz Suter (* 1943), entrepreneur and pilot
- Peter Suter (1914–1998), architect
T
- René Teuteberg (1914–2006), historian
- Paul Thalmann (1901–1980), fighter in the Spanish Civil War, anarchist
- Achilles Thommen (1832–1893), railway engineer
- Lukas Thommen (* 1958), ancient historian and university professor
- Leonhard Thurneysser (1531–1596), scholar and miracle doctor at the court of the Brandenburg Elector Johann Georg
- Sara Tröster Klemm (* 1980), art historian, curator and author
- Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002), politician
V
- Miloš Veljković (* 1995), football player of Serbian descent
- Adolf Lukas Vischer (1884–1974), physician
- Daniel Vischer (1950–2017), politician (Greens)
- Sir Hanns Vischer (1876–1945), missionary, British colonial administrator and Africa explorer
- Johann Jakob Vischer (1914–1985), civil engineer and professional officer
- Lukas Vischer (1780–1840), businessman and amateur artist
- Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), theologian
- Martin Vischer (* 1981), actor
- Ulrich "Ueli" Vischer (* 1951), lawyer and politician (LDP)
- Wilhelm Vischer (1833–1886), historian and politician
- Wilhelm Vischer (1890–1960), botanist; Professor at the University of Basel
- Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger (1808–1874), classical philologist and councilor
- Martin Vosseler (1948–2019), doctor, peace and environmental activist and author
- John Friedrich Vuilleumier (1893–1976), lawyer and writer
W.
- Hans Georg Wackernagel (1895–1967), historian and folklorist
- Jacob Wackernagel (1853–1938), Indo-Europeanist and linguist
- Rudolf Wackernagel (1855–1925), lawyer and historian
- Franz Weber (1927–2019), environmental activist
- Johann Jacob Weber (1803–1880), German bookseller and publisher
- Johann Jacob Wecker (1528–1586), doctor and philosopher
- Beatrice Weder di Mauro (* 1965), Swiss-Italian economist
- Kurt Wehrle (1938–1994), historian
- Oliver Weis , German poker player
- Kurt Weissen (* 1953), historian and business leader
- August Wenzinger (1905–1996), cellist, gambist, music teacher and conductor
- Samuel Werenfels (1657–1740), Reformed theologian
- Samuel Werenfels (1720–1800), architect
- Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594–1666), politician and mayor of Basel
- Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1614–1684), theologian and librarian
- Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1647–1711), philologist and theologian
- Peter Wick (* 1965), Protestant theologian
- Urs Widmer (1938–2014), writer
- Heinrich Wieland (1822–1894), officer
- Walter Kurt Wiemken (1907–1940), painter
- Roland Wiesendanger (* 1961), German physicist
- Luzius Wildhaber (1937–2020), lawyer and from 1998 to 2007 President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Thomas Wilhelmi (* 1955), German studies and university professor
- Jean Willi (* 1945), painter, draftsman and writer
- Christian Windler (* 1960), historian
- Felix Wittlin (1929–2017), manager and brigadier
- Hans Wittwer (1894–1952), architect
- Susanna Woodtli (1920–2019), Germanist, historian and feminist
- Theophil Wurm (1868–1953), German theologian and Protestant bishop
- Alfred Wyss (1929–2016), art historian and monument conservator
Y
- Hakan Yakin (born 1977), football player
- Murat Yakin (* 1974), football player
Z
- Peter Zbinden (* 1937), racing car driver
- Markus Philipp Zehnder (* 1964), Protestant theologian
- Hans Zickendraht (1881–1956), physicist and radio pioneer
- Hans Jakob Zörnlin (1588–1659), officer in the Venetian service and Swiss colonel
- Alexander Zschokke (1894–1981), sculptor
- Peter Zumthor (* 1943), architect
- Conrad Zwicky (* 1946), violist and composer
- Johann Rudolf Zwinger (1660–1708), theologian, pastor and university professor
- Theodor Zwinger the Elder (1533–1588), scholar and son of the furrier Leonhard Zwinger
- Theodor Zwinger the Younger (1597–1654), pastor and professor of theology
- Theodor Zwinger III. (1658–1724), physician and university professor