Hans Ruedi Giger (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is an Academy Award-winning Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer best known for his design work on the film "Alien".

Georg Jenatsch, commonly called Jürg or Jörg Jenatsch, was a Swiss political leader during the Thirty Years' War. One of the most striking figures in the troubled history of the Grisons in the 17th century, he was born in Samedan (capital of the Upper Engadine). He studied at Zürich and Basel, and in 1617 became the Protestant pastor of Scharans (near Thusis). But almost at once he plunged into active politics, …

Walo Lüönd is a Swiss movie actor, best known for his role in the movie "The Swissmakers" ("Die Schweizermacher") along with comedian Emil Steinberger. He is married with Eva-Maria Bendig since 1957; they have two children, Daniel (1957-1987) and Oliver (b. 1958). Lüönd currently resides in two places, in the Engadin Valley, in the canton of Grisons, and in the Maggia Valley, in Ticino, but is officially registered in Rothenthurm in the canton Schwyz.

Giorgio Biandrata or Blandrata (c. 1515 - 1588), Italian physician and polemic, who came of the De Biandrate family, powerful from the early part of the 13th century, was born at Saluzzo, the youngest son of Bernardino Biandrata. He graduated in arts and medicine at Montpellier in 1533, and specialized in the functional and nervous disorders of women.

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, field marshal of the Holy Roman Emperor in the Thirty Years' War, was born at the little town of Pappenheim on the Altmühl, in Bavaria, the seat of a free lordship of the empire, from which the ancient family to which he belonged derived its name. He was educated at Altdorf and at Tübingen, and subsequently travelled in southern and central Europe, mastering the various languages, and seeking knightly adventures.

Peter Kaiser (October 1, 1793 - February 23, 1864) was a historian and statesman from Liechtenstein. Kaiser was born in Mauren, in the Principality of Liechtenstein as one of eleven children. He studied languages and history in Feldkirch, Vienna and Freiburg/Breisgau. Kaiser became known as a proponent of the rights of the common people or serfs in his home country. In 1820 during the Congress of Vienna, he promoted German unification and rights issues.

Jerome de Salis, 2nd Count de Salis-Soglio (1709-1794), was sometime British Resident in the Grisons and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also known as: "Hieronimus" ; "Gerolamo" ; "Geronimo" ; "Harry" ; "Jerome the grandfather" ; and "Monsieur le Comte de Salis".

Philippe-Paul, comte de Ségur, French general and historian, son of Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur, was born in Paris. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1800, and forthwith obtained a commission. He served with General Macdonald in the Grisons in 1800-1801, and published an account of the campaign in 1802. By the influence of Colonel Duroc (afterwards duc de Frioul) he was attached to the personal staff of Napoleon.

Bertold of Regensburg (c. 1220-1272), the greatest German preacher of the later Middle Ages, was a native of Regensburg, and entered the Franciscan monastery there. He was a member of the Franciscan community founded at Regensburg in 1226. His novitiate was passed under the guidance of David of Augsburg; and by 1246 he is found in a position of responsibility. By 1250 at the latest, he had begun his career as an itinerant preacher, first in Bavaria, …

Don Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Toledo, Count of Fuentes was a Spanish general and statesman. He was page at the court of Philip II, partook in the campaign in Portugal under the duke of Alba and was given in 1582 the supreme command over the Spanish troops. Sent in 1591 by the king to the Netherlands, he assisted after the death of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma his successor Peter Ernst von Mansfeld and later Ernst of Austria, …

Peter De Salis, Esquire, of Hillingdon Park. "Nobile Signor Don Pietro Podesta di Salis" Born 28 June 1738, in the parish of St. James, Westminster. Died 19 November 1807, at Hillingdon, and buried in the family vault at Harlington, Middlesex. Salis was the second son of Jerome De Salis by his wife Mary, daughter of the first Viscount Fane. He was educated with his brothers, Charles and Henry, in the Grisons, in Chur where his tutor was Johann Heinrich Lambert, …

Giorgio Rocca (born August 6,1975, Chur, Switzerland) is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and Ingemar Stenmark, he is the sole skier to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slalom in a row, a result he scored in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) made better. He is currently the fifth all-time slalom winner, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup on January 6, 1996, …

Ernst Haefliger was a Swiss tenor. Haefliger was born in Davos, Switzerland and studied at the Zürich Conservatory. He studied with Fernando Capri in Geneva and Julius Patzak in Vienna. He had a lengthy and extensive international career and recorded many oratorios and operas. Starting in 1971, he taught at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany. Haefliger died from acute heart failure on Saturday, 17 March, 2007, in Davos.

Hans Gmür was a Swiss-German theatre author, director, composer and producer. He was born in Chur, Switzerland, and graduated from the University of Zürich. He died of complications of a back operation at Paraplegikerzentrum Nottwil in Nottwil, Switzerland. He leaves his wife, Erna, to whom he was married for 50 years.

Maria Anna Angelika/Angelica Katharina Kauffmann was a Swiss painter. She was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria. Her father, Johann Josef Kauffmann, was a poor man and mediocre painter, but apparently very successful in teaching his precocious daughter. She rapidly acquired several languages, read incessantly, and showed marked talents as a musician.

Born of wealthy parents, Fidelis was conspicuous from his early childhood for his remarkable talents. He was always to use these talents to the greater good and the expounding of truth even when it was to cost his life. After receiving doctor's laurels in philosophy and law at the University of Freeburgh, Fidelis travelled for six years through Europe with three companions. For some time he followed his profession as a lawyer.