Christoph von Graffenried

Christoph von Graffenried

male, deceased (1743)
Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) led a group of Swiss and Palatine Germans to North Carolina in 1710, and later authored "Relation of My...
Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress

female, 73 years old
Ursula Andress (born 19 March, 1936) is a Golden Globe award winning Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her...
Kurt Wüthrich

Kurt Wüthrich

male, 71 years old
Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate. Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics, and mathematics at...
Adolf Ogi

Adolf Ogi

male, 67 years old
Adolf Ogi (born July 18, 1942) is a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 9, 1987, as member of the Swiss...
Adrian Frutiger

Adrian Frutiger

male, 81 years old
Adrian Frutiger (born March 24, 1928) is one of the twentieth century's most prominent typeface designers and continues to influence the direction...

Adolf Wölfli

male, deceased (1930)
Adolf Wölfli (occasionally spelt Adolf Woelfli or Adolf Wolfli) was a prolific Swiss artist who is regarded as one of the foremost artists in the A...
Johann David Wyss

Johann David Wyss

male, deceased (1818)
Johann David Wyss (Bern, March 4, 1743 - January 11, 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book "The Swiss Family Robinson" (1812),...
Raphael Urweider

Raphael Urweider

male
Raphael Bendicht Urweider was born in 1974 in Bern, Switzerland. He studied German literature and philosophy in Fribourg, and sees himself as a...
Albert Anker

Albert Anker

male, deceased (1910)
Albert Samuel Anker (April 1, 1831 - July 16, 1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator noted for his portraits of children. After taking early...
Emil Theodor Kocher

Emil Theodor Kocher

male, deceased (1917)
Emil Theodor Kocher (August 25, 1841 - July 27, 1917), Nobel Prize winner in 1909 for "his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the...