Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli

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

John Pell

male, deceased (1685)
rectory, Lord of the Manor, mathematician, Number theorist, British, Protestant…Fellow of the Royal Society, College of Physician, cantonsofSwitzerland
John Pell (March 1, 1611 - December 12, 1685), was an English mathematician. He was born at Southwick in Sussex, where his father was minister. He...
Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

male, deceased (1926)
lyric poetry, poet, lyric, Duino Elegies, Sonneteers, Valais…The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, cantonsofSwitzerland
Rainer Maria Rilke is considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of...

Hermann Müller

male, deceased (1927)
viticulturist, Botanist, botany, canton, grape, winemaking…cantonsofSwitzerland
Hermann Müller was a Swiss botanist and oenologist from the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. During his time working for the Geisenheim Grape B...
Hugo Ball

Hugo Ball

male, deceased (1927)
Catholic, poet, writer, German, zurich, Dada…cantonsofSwitzerland, Walk of Fame of Cabaret, Flight Out of Time A Dada Diary
Hugo Ball was a German author and poet. Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany and was raised in a Catholic family. He studied sociology and...

Theodor Ab Yberg

male, deceased (1869)
Swiss, alderman, basel, politician, constitution, Swiss Guard…cantonsofSwitzerland
Johann Theodor Kaspar Rudolph Ambros Alois Xaver Ab Yberg or more compactly Theodor Ab Yberg (8 December 1795, Schwyz - 30 November 1869) was a...
H. R. Giger

H. R. Giger

male, 69 years old
artist, painter, Swiss, alien, Fantastic art, Science fiction artist…cantonsofSwitzerland
Hans Ruedi Giger (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is an Academy Award-winning Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer best known...
Antoine-Henri Jomini

Antoine-Henri Jomini

male, deceased (1869)
Russian, commander of the Napoleonic Wars, Syndic, canton, General, clerk…cantonsofSwitzerland
Antoine-Henri, baron Jomini (March 6, 1779-March 24, 1869), general in the French and afterwards in the Russian service, and one of the most...
Christoph von Graffenried

Christoph von Graffenried

male, deceased (1743)
from North Carolina, Surveyor General of North Carolina, Yverdon, Yverdon, Switzerland, cantonsofSwitzerland, From Bern…Relation of My American Project
Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) led a group of Swiss and Palatine Germans to North Carolina in 1710, and later authored "Relation of My...
Franz von Werra

Franz von Werra

male, deceased (1941)
No. 603 Squadron, Basil Gerald 'Stapme' Stapleton, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, No. 603 Squadron RAF, Escapees, German…prisoner of war, battle of britain, World War II prisoner of war, cantonsofSwitzerland, Axis powers of World War II
Franz von Werra (1914-1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot who was shot down over England and captured. He is generally regarded as the...