List of people from Zurich

Many notable people were either born or adopted in the Swiss city of Zürich.

Native people from Zürich

The following were born or adopted in Zürich.

A to D

• Jost Amman (1539–1591), Swiss-German artist
• Hans Asper ( 1499–1571), Swiss painter
• Richard Avenarius (1843–1896), German-Swiss philosopher
• Hans J. Baer (1927–2011), Swiss banker
• Johann Georg Baiter (1801–1877), Swiss philologist and textual critic
• Daniel Barben (born 1961), Swiss professor
• Gianna Berger (born 1999), Swiss politician
• Denise Biellmann (born 1962), Swiss professional figure skater
• Diego Benaglio (born 1983), Swiss footballer
• Severin Blindenbacher (born 1983), Swiss ice hockey player
• Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss-American physicist
• Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783), Swiss author, academic and poet
• Rosa Bloch-Bollag (1880–1922), Swiss politician and activist
• Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808–1881), Swiss jurist and politician
• Alain de Botton (born 1969), Swiss-born British author and public speaker
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), Swiss reformer and theologian
• René Burri (1933–2014), Swiss photographer
• Monika Dettwiler (born 1948), Swiss-Italian journalist and author
• Gottlieb Duttweiler (1888–1962), Swiss businessman and politician
• Ulla Dydo (1925–2017), Swiss writer

E to G

• Jeanne Eder-Schwyzer (1894–1957), Swiss women's rights activist
• Nico Elvedi (born 1996), Swiss footballer
• Alfred Escher (1819–1882), Swiss politician, business leader and railways pioneer
• Lydia Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patron of the arts
• Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807–1872), Swiss geologist
• Mario Fehr (born 1958), politician
• Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 1963), Swiss musician, painter, and author
• Peter Fischli (born 1952), Swiss artist
• Robert Frank (1924–2019), Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker
• Max Frisch (1911–1991), Swiss playwright and novelist
• Christoph Froschauer ( 1490–1564), Swiss printer
• Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art
• Daniel Garbade (born 1957), Swiss Spanish artist
• Bruno Ganz (1941–2019), Swiss actor
• Ueli Gegenschatz (1971–2009), Swiss BASE jumper, paraglider and skydiver
• Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist
• HR Giger (1940–2014), Swiss artist
• Marcel Grossmann (1878–1936), Swiss mathematician

H to K

• Markus Hediger (born 1959), Swiss writer and translator
• Albert Heim (1849–1937), Swiss geologist
• Max Holzmann (1899–1994), Swiss cardiologist
• Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620–1667), Swiss philologist and theologian
• Andy Hug (1964–2000), Swiss karateka and kickboxer
• Christine Hug (1980–2023), Swiss military officer
• Tina Hausmann (born 2006), Swiss racing driver
• Klara Honegger (1860–1940), Swiss suffragist and pacifist activist.
• Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873–1959), Swiss American dairy educator
• Hans-Ulrich Indermaur (born 1939), Swiss magazine editor, television reporter and author
• Philippe Jordan (born 1974), Swiss conductor and pianist
• Leo Jud (1482–1542), Swiss reformer
• Carl Jung (1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist
• Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), Swiss poet
• Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss cyclist
• Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
• Albert von Kölliker (1817–1905), Swiss anatomist, physiologist and histologist
• Ernesto Korrodi (1870–1944), Swiss-born Portuguese architect

L to R

• Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian
• Antonio Ligabue (1899–1965), Swiss -born Italian painter
• Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), Swiss writer and essayist
• Rolf Lyssy (born 1936), Swiss screenwriter and film director
• Dieter Meier (born 1945), Swiss musician and conceptual artist
• Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), Swiss poet and historical novelist
• Ludwig Minelli (1932–2025), Swiss lawyer and euthanasia activist
• Silvio Moser (1941–1974), Swiss racing driver
• Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), Swiss actor
• Harald Naegeli (born 1939), Swiss artist
• Heinz Nigg (born 1949), Swiss visual anthropologist, community artist and video archivist
• Ernst Nobs (1886–1957), Swiss politician
• Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht (1845–1939), Swiss temperance activist
• Hans Konrad von Orelli (1846–1912), Swiss theologian
• Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787–1849), Swiss classical scholar
• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
• Joachim Raff (1822–1882), German-Swiss composer and pianist

S to Z

• Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733), Swiss physician and natural scientist
• Hanna Scheuring (born 1965), Swiss actress and theatre director
• Roland Scholl (1865–1945), Swiss chemist
• Trudi Schoop (1904–1999), Swiss dancer and therapist
• Peter Schweri (1939–2016), Swiss artist and musician
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss author
• Sandra Studer (born 1969), Swiss moderator and singer
• Stefi Talman (born 1958), Swiss shoe designer
• Bénédict Turrettini (1588–1631), Swiss pastor and professor of theology
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), Swiss-born Bulgarian composer, pedagogue and pianist
• Heini Waser (1913–2008), Swiss painter
• Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 1939), Swiss-born German politician and scientist
• Urs Widmer (1938–2014), Swiss novelist, playwright, and essayist
• Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach (born 1947), Swiss biologist

Famous residents

A to K

• Sibylle Berg (born 1962), German-Swiss contemporary author and essayist
• Max Bill (1908–1994), Swiss architect, artist and designer
• Anne-Marie Blanc (1919–2009), Swiss actress
• Boris Blank (born 1952), Swiss musician
• Georg Büchner (1813–1837), German dramatist
• Johann Gottfried Ebel (1764–1830), author of the first guidebook to Switzerland
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born theoretical physicist
• Stephanie Glaser (1920–2011), Swiss actress
• Hermann Greulich (1842–1925), Swiss politician
• Franz Hohler (born 1943), Swiss author and cabaret performer
• James Joyce (1915–1920), Irish author
• Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), Austrian composer and singer
• Patricia Kaas (born 1966), French singer and actress
• Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969), German-Austrian tenor opera singer
• Adolf Keller (1872–1963), Swiss Protestant theologian and writer
• Tina Keller-Jenny (1887–1985), Swiss physician and Jungian psychotherapist
• Erich Kleiber (1890–1956), Austrian Argentine conductor

L to Z

• Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist
• Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946), Swiss politician
• Mileva Marić, (1875–1948), Serbian physicist and mathematician
• Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), Puerto Rican photographer
• Elisabeth von Rapperswil ( 1251–1309), Countess of Grafschaft Rapperswil
• Roger Sablonier (1941–2010), Swiss historian and writer
• Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), Swiss pastor, social activist and politician
• Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936–2021), Jamaican record producer, composer and singer
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), German journalist, satirist and writer
• Tina Turner (1939–2023), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist
• Georg von Vollmar (1850–1922), Bavarian politician
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer and conductor
• Raphael Zuber (born 1973), Swiss architect

See also

• List of mayors of Zürich

References

External links

• Prominente Verstorbene on stadt-zuerich.ch