Alfred Escher

Alfred Escher

male, deceased (1882)
Alfred Escher was a Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur. Member of the Swiss National Council from 1848 to his death 1882, he presided the...
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

male, deceased (1898)
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, a poet and, as he was born in Zürich, Switzerland, is a fellow-townsman of Gottfried Keller. Meyer is a master of the n...
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

male, deceased (1827) (New Harmony, United States)
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer. He was born in Zürich. His father died when he was young, and he was b...
Andreas Vollenweider

Andreas Vollenweider

male, 56 years old
Andreas Vollenweider (born October 4 1953) is a Swiss musician. His music has been categorized as World Music, Jazz, New Age or even Classical; two...
Emil Brunner

Emil Brunner

male, deceased (1966)
Emil Brunner (December 23, 1889 - April 6, 1966) was an eminent and highly influential Swiss theologian. Along with Karl Barth (see Relationship...
Dieter Meier

Dieter Meier

male, 64 years old
Dieter Meier is a Swiss musician and conceptual artist who is probably best known for the electronic music group Yello he formed with music...
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Johann Kaspar Lavater

male, deceased (1801)
Johann Kaspar Lavater (November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801) was a Swiss poet and physiognomist.
Hugo Koblet

Hugo Koblet

male, deceased (1964)
Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. Born in Zürich, Switzerland, his professional cycling career began in 1946. He initially made his name o...

Hugo von Hohenlandenberg

male, deceased (1532)
Hugo von Hohenlandenberg (c. 1457 in Schloss Hegi bei Winterthur <nowiki>[</nowiki>Zurich<nowiki>]</nowiki> - 7 January 1532 in Meersburg, Germany)...
Conrad Gessner

Conrad Gessner

male, deceased (1565)
Konrad Gessner (26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His three-volume "Historiae Animalium" (1551-1558) is co...