Max Weber

Max Weber

male, deceased (1974)
Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Swiss, politician, From Zurich, Department of Finance, Social Democratic Party…Swiss Federal Council
Max Weber was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 13, 1951 and handed over office on January 31, 1954. He...
Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

male, deceased (1783)
blind, mathematician, most prolific mathematician, number theory, oiler, mathematical analysis…Swiss music theorist, Swiss, swiss franc
Leonhard Euler , the most prolific mathematician of all time, wrote more than 500 books and papers during his lifetime about 800 pages per year...
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

male, deceased (1962)
nobel prize in literature, The Glass Bead Game, Western mystic, Nobel Laureate, bipolar disorder, Magister Ludi…Swiss
Hermann Hesse (pronounced) (2 July 1877 - 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in...
Didier Cuche

Didier Cuche

male, 35 years old
Alpine skier at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Super Giant Slalom skiing, At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup, Bormio…Swiss
Didier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a Swiss alpine skier. He is generally seen as a specialist in the high speed disciplines like the Downhill...
Marcel Rohner

Marcel Rohner

male, 45 years old
bobsledder at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Swiss, Competitor at the 1998 Winter Olympics, bobsleigh, bobsledder, Olympic competitor for Switzerland
Marcel Rohner is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Rohner won a silver medal in...
Martin Gerber

Martin Gerber

male, 35 years old
Ice hockey player at the 2006 Winter Olympics, expatriate in the United States, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim draft pick, 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim player…Swiss
Martin Gerber (born September 3, 1974) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as their...
Klaus Schwab

Klaus Schwab

male, 71 years old
Business Person, World Economic Forum, hilde, philanthropist, economics, Klaus Martin Schwab…Swiss, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Klaus Martin Schwab (born March 30 1938) is a Swiss economist and businessman, best known as the president and founder of the World Economic Forum....
Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely

male, deceased (1991)
Homage to New York, Study for an End of the World, New realism, museum of modern art, Nouveau Réalisme, From Freiburg…Swiss
Jean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known...
Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

male, 79 years old
Film theorist, nouvelle vague, film history, Marxist philosophy, film director, From Paris…Swiss
Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December, 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the "Nouvelle Vague", or "French New...
Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri

female, deceased (1901)
German-language writer, Chur, zurich, heidi, children's writer, From Zurich…Swiss
Johanna Spyri (June 12, 1827 - July 7, 1901) was an author of children's stories, and is best known for "Heidi". Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the...