Numa Droz

Numa Droz

male, deceased (1899)
Numa Droz was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875-1892). Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he was elected to cantonal...
Robert Comtesse

Robert Comtesse

male, deceased (1922) (Houston, Texas, United States)
Robert Comtesse (August 14, 1847 - November 17, 1922) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912). He was elected to...
John Howe

John Howe

male, 52 years old
John Howe is a book illustrator, living in Neuchatel, Switzerland. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in...
Abraham Louis Breguet

Abraham Louis Breguet

male, deceased (1823)
Abraham-Louis Breguet or Bréguet, born in Neuchâtel in Switzerland, made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking in France. He st...
Louis Chevrolet

Louis Chevrolet

male, deceased (1941)
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (December 25, 1878, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel, Switzerland - June 6, 1941, Detroit, Michigan) was a racing driver and the...
Juste Olivier

Juste Olivier

male, deceased (1876)
Juste Daniel Olivier, Swiss poet, was born near Nyon in the canton of Vaud; he was brought up as a peasant, but studied at the college of Nyon, and...
Pierre Graber

Pierre Graber

male, deceased (2003) (Switzerland)
Pierre Graber was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970-1978). He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after...
Ferdinand Berthoud

Ferdinand Berthoud

male, deceased (1807)
Ferdinand Berthoud, Swiss chronometer-maker, was born at Plancemont, Neuchâtel. Settling in Paris in 1745, he gained a great reputation for the e...
Louis Perrier

Louis Perrier

male, deceased (1913)
Louis Perrier was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912-1913). As of 2007, he is the member with the shortest time in...
Emerich de Vattel

Emerich de Vattel

male, deceased (1767)
Emer(Emerich) de Vattel was a Swiss philosopher, diplomat, and legal expert whose theories laid the foundation of modern international law and...