Saint Gall

Saint Gall

male
Saint, Hiberno-Scottish mission, mission from Ireland, Irish, Abbey of St. Gall, Cantonof St. Gallen…bishop of Constance, gallen
Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus (c. 550 - c. 646) was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his...
Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli

male, deceased (1531)
Ulricus Zuinglius, Calvinist ministers and theologian, Killed in action, Renaissance humanism, St. Gallen, cantons of Switzerland…Cantonof St. Gallen, canton
Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli or Ulricus Zuinglius (January 1, 1484 - October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland,...
Josef Ackermann

Josef Ackermann

male, 61 years old (Zurich, Frankfurt, New York, London,, Switzerland)
banker, Deutsche Bank, University of St. Gallen, Cantonof St. Gallen, Dr. Josef Ackermann, CEO
Dr. Josef Ackermann (born February 7, 1948) is a Swiss banker. He has been Board Member of Deutsche Bank since 1996 and its CEO and Chairman of the...

Paul Grüninger

male, deceased (1972)
Israeli, Holocaust, Refugee, yad vashem, canton, gentile…St. Gallen, cantons of Switzerland, Cantonof St. Gallen
Paul Grüninger was the commander of police in the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In August and September, 1938, following the Austrian A...
Emil Abderhalden

Emil Abderhalden

male, deceased (1950)
Medical ethics, Physiologist, World War I, physiology, Biochemist, Scientific misconduct…University of Zurich, University of Basel, University of Berlin, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina, Cantonof St. Gallen
Emil Abderhalden (March 9 1877 - August 5 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. He was born in Oberuzwil in the Canton of St. Gallen in...
Hans A. Pestalozzi

Hans A. Pestalozzi

male, deceased (2004)
Swiss, zurich, freelance writer, capitalism, migros, consumer…St. Gallen, Cantonof St. Gallen
Hans A. Pestalozzi was a Swiss social critic who, in the prime of life, broke free from the Establishment and started a new life explaining and...
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

male, deceased (1881)
Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Swiss, Department of Finance, President of the Confederation, Swiss Federal Council, Free Democratic Party of Switzerland…Department of Posts, St. Gallen, Department of Trade and Customs, Department of Posts and Construction, Cantonof St. Gallen
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff was a Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848-1875). Naeff was born into a...
Oswald Heer

Oswald Heer

male, deceased (1883)
Geologist, Swiss, Naturalist, zurich, botany, entomology…University of Zurich, Doctor of Philosophy, Geological Society of London, Cantonof St. Gallen
Oswald Heer (August 31, 1809 - September 27, 1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Niederuzwil in Canton of St. Gallen. He was...

Thomas Holenstein

male, deceased (1962)
Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Department of Economic Affairs, National Council of Switzerland, St. Gallen, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, Federal Council of Switzerland…President of the Confederation, University of Bern, Cantonof St. Gallen
Thomas Holenstein (February 7, 1896 - October 31, 1962) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1955-1959). Holenstein...
Hans Beat Wieland

Hans Beat Wieland

male, deceased (1945)
Alpine, painter, Swiss, World War I, realism, basel…Academy of Fine Arts, S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Cantonof St. Gallen
Hans Beat Wieland was a Swiss painter, best known for his realist paintings of Alpine sceneries. Wieland was born in Gallusberg, Mörschwil, canton o...