List of sons and daughters of the city of Lucerne

This list contains personalities born in Lucerne , sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Lucerne

By 1700

• Petermann von Gundoldingen (? –1386), mayor, participant in the battle of Sempach
• Hans Fründ (around 1400 - 1469), court clerk and chronicler
• Melchior Russ (around 1450 - 1499), historian
• Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), reformer
• Johannes Lüthard (around 1490 - 1542), Franciscan brother
• Ludwig Carinus (1496–1569), humanist
• Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (1524–1594), military leader and politician
• Renward Cysat (1545–1614), pharmacist and town clerk
• Johann Baptist Cysat (1586–1657), mathematician and astronomer
• Bernhard Keller (1608–1660), Abbot of Wettingen
• Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau (1625–1686), Abbot of Tennenbach and Wettingen
• Constantius von Sonnenberg (1638–1691), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
• Leodegar Bürgisser (1640–1717), Abbot of St. Gallen

1701 to 1850

• Basilius Balthasar (1709–1776), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
• Honorary Peyer im Hof (1716–1785), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
• Franz Ludwig Pfyffer (1716–1802), politician and topographer
• Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schauensee (1720–1789), organist and composer
• Joseph Rudolf Valentin Meyer (1725–1808), patrician and councilor
• Gerold Meyer (1729–1810), Benedictine monk, prince abbot, later abbot of the Muri monastery
• Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar (1737–1810), politician and statesman
• Constantin Reindl (1738–1799), composer
• Bernhard II, Rusconi, of Lucerne, abbot of the Rheinau monastery 1744–1753
• Franz Joseph Stalder (1757–1833), Catholic clergyman, educator and dialectologist
• Franz Bernhard Göldlin von Tiefenau (1762–1819), clergyman and historian
• Johann Melchior Mohr (1762–1846), Catholic clergyman, politician of the Helvetic Republic
• Franz Bernhard Meyer von Schauensee (1763–1848), statesman
• Thaddäus Müller (1763–1826), pastor of Lucerne and episcopal commissioner
• Maurus Meyer von Schauensee (1765–1802), Swiss and French military
• Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (1772–1856), Republican and salonnière
• Josef Karl Amrhyn (1777–1848), Schultheiss
• Joseph Anton Salzmann (1780–1854), Roman Catholic bishop
• Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1786–1868), composer and music author
• Alphons Mayr von Baldegg (1789–1875), military
• Josef Schumacher im Uttenberg (1793–1860), statesman and military
• Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn (1800–1849), civil servant
• Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889), politician and lawyer
• Felix von Schumacher (1814-1894), military
• Philipp Anton von Segesser (1817–1888), statesman
• Renward Meyer von Schauensee (1818–1895), politician
• Jost Schiffmann (1822–1883), painter, museum director and preservationist
• Robert Zünd (1827–1909), painter
• Antonio Barzaghi-Cattaneo (1834–1922), painter
• Jost Meyer-am Rhyn (1834–1898), painter of the Düsseldorf School, art and coin collector
• Heinrich Viktor von Segesser (1843–1900), architect and restorer
• Carl Spitteler (1845–1924), writer and Nobel Prize winner
• Karl Silvan Bossard (also: Johann Karl Bossard; 1846–1914), goldsmith and antiquarian
• Josef Anton Schobinger (1849–1911), politician and master builder

1851 to 1900

• Franz von Segesser von Brunegg (1854–1936), provost in the court church of St. Leodegar in the courtyard
• Edmund von Schumacher (1859–1908), Councilor and Colonel
• Joseph Zingg (1863–1953), railway manager
• Franz Zelger (1864–1944), lawyer
• Eva Chamberlain (1867–1942), daughter of Richard and Cosima Wagner , wife of Houston Stewart Chamberlain
• Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), German composer, librettist and conductor
• Julie Bikle (1871–1962), entrepreneur
• Joseph Ambühl (1873–1936), Roman Catholic bishop
• Felix Robert Nager (1877–1959), otorhinolaryngologist
• Fritz Brun (1878–1959), composer and conductor
• Emil Dagobert Schumacher (1880–1914), surgeon, assistant and co-author of Ferdinand Sauerbruch at the Cantonal Hospital
• Ernst Hodel junior (1881–1955), painter
• Agnes von Segesser (1884–1964), writer
• Robert Wuellner (1885–1966), actor, director and film producer
• Eduard Glanzmann (1887–1959), pediatrician
• Cécile Lauber (1887–1981), writer
• Anna von Segesser (1887–1973), nurse and editor
• Mimi Scheiblauer (1891–1968), pioneer of rhythm
• Armin Meili (1892–1981), architect and politician
• Otto Zurmühle (1894–1974), music teacher, conductor and arranger
• Eduard Arnold (1895–1977), politician and federal judge
• Karl Hofacker (1897–1991), civil engineer and university professor
• Paul Ruegger (1897–1988), lawyer and diplomat
• Franz Schneider (1898–1974), photographer
• Rudolf Bucher (1899–1971), doctor and politician
• Walter Wili (1900–1975), classical philologist

1901 to 1925

• Urs Küry (1901–1976), Christian Catholic bishop of Switzerland
• Edgar Gretener (1902–1958), electrical engineer
• Konrad Farner (1903–1974), art historian, essayist and socialist intellectual
• Max Lienert (1903–1964), composer and music teacher
• Ulrich Meyer (1903–1987), politician
• Max von Moos (1903–1979), painter and graphic artist
• Walter Nigg (1903–1988), theologian
• Heinrich Auf der Maur (1904–1992), architect
• Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), American high society lady
• Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt (1904–1965), American high society lady
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), theologian
• Willi Furrer (1906–1985), electrical engineer
• Herbert Ernst Groh (1906–1982), tenor
• Franz Riedweg (1907–2005), doctor and SS-Obersturmbannführer
• Georg Boner (1908–1991), historian
• August Boyer (1908–2002), architect
• Hans Erni (1909–2015), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
• Robert Pilchowski (1909–1990), writer
• Emil Jauch (1911–1962), architect
• Ernst Haensli (1912–1986), religious priest and educator
• Josef-Maria Jauch (1914–1974), theoretical physicist
• Anton Muheim (1916–2016), politician, President of the National Council
• Ezekiel Britschgi (1917-2006), writer
• Toni Hagen (1917–2003), geologist
• Margrit Winter (1917–2001), actress
• Margrit Conrad (1918–2005), singer (alto)
• Alfred Waldis (1919–2013), co-founder and director of the «Swiss Museum of Transport»
• Anselm Lauber (1920–1995), electrical engineer
• Heinrich Stirnimann (1920–2005), Roman Catholic clergyman, Dominican and fundamental theologian
• Paul Frick (1922–2018), Professor of Internal Medicine
• Hans Rudolf Meyer (1922–2005), politician
• Alphons Egli (1924–2016), politician

1926 to 1950

• Rolf Brem (1926–2014), sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
• Caspar Diethelm (1926–1997), composer
• Helmi Gasser (1928–2015), author and art historian
• René Altmann (1929–1978), poet
• Josef Bossart (1929–2009), politician
• Greti Kläy (1930–2015), costume designer
• Alexander Perrig (* 1930), art historian
• André Thomkins (1930–1985), painter, draftsman and poet
• Hans W. Kopp (1931–2009), lawyer and media expert
• Rob Gnant (1932–2019), photographer, cameraman and film director
• Armin Jordan (1932–2006), conductor
• Josef Kupper (1932–2017), actuary and chess player
• Otto Wicki (* 1932), doctor and writer
• Fred Mayer (* 1933), Swiss-German photographer
• Emil Steinberger (* 1933), cabaret artist, writer, director and actor
• Peter Bichsel (* 1935), writer
• Kurt H. Illi (1935–2010), Traffic Director of the City of Lucerne
• Kurt Lüscher (* 1935), emeritus professor of sociology
• Lea Bischof (1936–2007), singer
• Max Zihlmann (* 1936), screenwriter
• Peter von Matt (* 1937), Germanist
• Susi Berger (1938–2019), graphic artist, product designer and craftsman
• Edith Mathis (* 1938), soprano and university professor
• Angy Burri (1939–2013), artist and musician
• Peter Gauch (* 1939), legal scholar
• Mani Planzer (1939–1997), musician and composer
• Margrit Schriber (* 1939), writer
• Guido Bachmann (1940–2003), writer
• Angelika Bucher-Waldis (* 1940), writer and journalist
• Eduard Engelberger (* 1940), entrepreneur and politician
• Stanislaus von Moos (* 1940), art historian and architectural theorist
• Villi Hermann (* 1941), director, screenwriter and journalist
• Charles B. Blankart (* 1942), economist
• Walter Haas (* 1942), linguist and university professor
• Otto Marchi (1942–2004), writer and journalist
• Karl Odermatt (* 1942), football player
• Kurt Baebi (* 1943), keyboardist, pianist and composer
• Oskar Bätschmann (* 1943), art historian
• Werner J. Egli (* 1943), writer
• Klaus Heer (* 1943), couples therapist and non-fiction author
• Max Sieber (* 1943), director and entertainment producer
• Pierre Triponez (* 1943), politician
• Ruedi Arnold (1945–2014), sculptor
• Marianne Eigenheer (1945–2018), artist
• Hans Hess (* 1945), politician
• Alois Koch (* 1945), church musician, conductor and musicologist
• Kurt Steinmann (* 1945) classical philologist, translator
• Emil Angehrn (* 1946), philosopher
• Walter Donzé (* 1946), politician
• Simone Erni (* 1946), painter, designer and commercial artist
• Johann Alois Wüest (* 1946), spatial planner and location manager
• Markus Boyer (* 1947), architect
• Rosmarie Dormann (* 1947), politician
• Josef Estermann (* 1947), politician
• Margrit Kessler (* 1948), patient advocate and politician
• Kurt Müller (* 1948), football player
• Jean Odermatt (* 1948), artist and sociologist
• Fredy Studer (* 1948), drummer
• Beno Meier (* 1949), classical philologist and writer
• Alfred Muff (* 1949), opera singer
• Georges Theiler (* 1949), politician
• Marco Vanoli (* 1949), entrepreneur and racing car driver
• Kurt Zurfluh (1949–2017), television and radio presenter

1951 to 1975

• Luciano Castelli (* 1951), painter, graphic artist, photographer and sculptor
• Markus Felber (* 1951), lawyer and journalist
• Eva Brunner (* 1952), author
• Urs Leimgruber (* 1952), saxophonist
• Louis Schelbert (* 1952), politician
• Heinz Affolter (* 1953), musician
• Artur K. Vogel (* 1953), journalist
• Antonia Limacher (* 1953), comedian
• Claire Huguenin (1954–2018), lawyer and Swiss Code of Obligations
• Marcel Konrad (* 1954), writer
• Fritz Muri (* 1955), journalist and documentary filmmaker
• Carmen Anhorn (* 1956), singer (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
• Josef Helfenstein (* 1957), art historian and museum director
• Röbi Koller (* 1957), radio and television presenter
• Bruno Staffelbach (* 1957), economist
• Konrad Graber (* 1958), politician
• Stefan Ineichen (* 1958), writer
• Stephan Klapproth (* 1958), TV presenter
• Wolfgang Meighörner (* 1958), historian
• Thomas Mettler (* 1958), dancer, actor and director
• Felix Müri (* 1958), politician
• Albrecht Schnider (* 1958), painter and draftsman
• Gisela Widmer (* 1958), prose and playwright, columnist and lecturer
• Albin Brun (* 1959), musician
• Mario Rossori (* 1959), Austrian music producer and publisher
• Sonja A. Buholzer (* 1960), economic advisor and author
• Jolanda Egger (* 1960), actress, beauty queen, model and racing driver
• Vera Kaa (* 1960), singer
• Ralph Schraivogel (* 1960), poster designer
• Heidi Brunner (* 1961), opera singer
• Thomas Greminger (* 1961), diplomat, Secretary General of the OSCE
• Irene Naef (* 1961), artist
• Ueli Christen (* 1962), film editor
• Thomas Imbach (* 1962), filmmaker
• Bessie Nager (1962–2009), artist
• Armin Risi (* 1962), poet, Veda philosopher and non-fiction author
• Tobias Ineichen (* 1964), director
• Stephan Turnovszky (* 1964), auxiliary bishop
• Thomas Hösli (1965–2007), guitarist, singer, songwriter and entertainer
• Hippolyt Kempf (* 1965), Nordic combined and Olympic champion
• Markus Breitschmid (* 1966), architectural theorist and architectural historian
• Rolf Dobelli (* 1966), writer and entrepreneur
• Patricia Dormann (* 1966), beach volleyball player
• Lorenz Andreas Fischer (* 1966), photographer
• Felix Gmür (* 1966), theologian and Bishop of Basel
• Gabriel Felder (* 1967), musician
• Christina Rast (* 1968), theater director
• Gabriela Mattmann (* 1969), folklorist and author
• Antoinette Weibel (* 1969), university professor for human resource management
• Peter Keller (* 1971), journalist and politician
• Irène Straub (* 1971), singer
• Carolina Lüthi (* 1972), rower and cyclist
• Sibylle Briner (* 1973), pianist
• David Fermer (* 1973), book author
• Mike Schifferle (* 1973), triathlete
• Andrea Štaka (* 1973), director and screenwriter
• Simon Stürm (* 1973), rower
• Thomas Häberli (* 1974), football player
• Urs Peter Halter (* 1974), actor
• Lucille Hunkeler (* 1974), Italian-Swiss cyclist
• Dominik Riedo (* 1974), Germanist and writer
• Matthias Bolliger (* 1975), chief cameraman / DoP & coach

From 1976

• Nuria Fernández (* 1976), Spanish medium and long distance runner
• Cornel Frey (* 1977), opera singer
• Sabrina Frey (* 1978), flautist
• Sara Bachmann (* 1979), TV presenter
• Nicole Brändli (* 1979), racing cyclist
• Manuela Pfrunder (* 1979), graphic designer
• Giacomo Santiago Rogado (* 1979), painter
• Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), wrestler
• Ivo Gass (* 1981), horn player
• Michael Koch (* 1982), director and actor
• Yves Bossart (* 1983), philosopher
• Sarah Chaksad (* 1983), jazz musician
• Luzia von Wyl (* 1985), jazz pianist
• Fabian Schnyder (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Ariella Kaeslin (* 1987), artistic gymnast
• Claudio Lustenberger (* 1987), football player
• Mauro Peter (* 1987), opera singer
• Matthias Koch (* 1988), actor
• Valentin Stocker (* 1989), soccer player
• Lino Martschini (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Salomo Schweizer (* 1993), oboist
• Loredana (* 1995), Kosovar rapper