Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz

male, deceased (1873)
American ichthyologist, Harvard University faculty, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, Geologist, Swiss, Cornell University faculty…Swiss-American, American
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and...
Fritz Zwicky

Fritz Zwicky

male, deceased (1974)
Astronomer, Swiss, American, Astrophysicist, Swiss-American
Fritz Zwicky (February 14 1898 - February 8 1974) was an American-based Swiss astronomer. He was an original thinker, with many important...
Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin

male, deceased (1849)
linguistics, American, from Pennsylvania, American anti-war activist, Foreign-born American politician, United States Secretary of the Treasury…Swiss-American
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 - August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman,...
Edmond H. Fischer

Edmond H. Fischer

male, 89 years old
Tapernoux, Jewish person, Vevey, polysaccharides, Swiss-American, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine…Swiss, American
Dr Edmond H. Fischer is a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Robert Frank

Robert Frank

male, 85 years old
Jewish person, Swiss, Swiss-American, war, American, de tocqueville…Jewish American, The American
Robert Frank, born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American photography and film. His most notable work, the 1958 photographic b...
Victor Mature

Victor Mature

male, deceased (1999) (Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
From Louisville, Kentucky, Pasadena Playhouse, my darling clementine, tyrol, One Million B.C, coast guard…American, Swiss, Swiss-American
Victor Mature, an American film actor, was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Tyrolean father, Marcellus George Mature, a cutler, and a...
Felix Bloch

Felix Bloch

male, deceased (1983)
physicist, 1905-1983, Swiss, Jewish person, cern, Manhattan Project…Jewish American, American, Swiss-American
Felix Bloch (October 23, 1905 - September 10, 1983) was a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the USA.
Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff

male, deceased (1893)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, Swiss-American, German, Academic, American, Theologian
Philip Schaff, was professor of church history in Lane Theological Seminary from 1897 to 1903, and after 1903 in Western Theological Seminary at...
Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

male, deceased (1964)
President of the United States, Mining engineer, Bohemian Club Member, Prohibition, Prohibition in the United States, warren harding…Swiss-American, American
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st United States President. His acts of philanthropy ranged from monetary donations to volunteerism. Hoover...
Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer

male, 53 years old (Hunts Point, Washington, United States)
Microsoft, billionaire, Microsoft employee, CEO, Microsoft Corporation, chief executive officer…Jewish American, American businessman, American, American Chamber of Commerce, Swiss-American
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business...