This is a list of famous Swiss and notable people from or resident in Switzerland and cantons forming present-day Switzerland.

Table of contents
1 Architecture
2 Art
3 Aviation
4 Linguistics
5 Mathematics
6 Military
7 Music
8 Politics
9 Religion
10 Science
11 Sports
12 Writers
13 Others
14 People named Swiss

Architecture

  • Francesco Borromini (1599-1667), architect in Italy
  • Mario Botta (born 1943), architect
  • Le Corbusier (1887-1965), (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)
  • Jacques Herzog (born 1950), architect
  • William Lescaze (1896-1969)
  • Pierre de Meuron (born 1950), architect

Art

Aviation

  • Oskar Bider (1891-1919)
  • Henri Dufaux (1879-1980)
  • Armand Dufaux (1883-1941)
  • Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937), pilot, director Ad Astra, Swissair
  • Bertrand Piccard (born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist
  • Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931), balloonist

Linguistics

Mathematics

Military

  • Pierre Victor Besenval_de_Bronstatt (1721-1791)
  • Guillaume-Henri Dufour (1787-1875), General, geographer
  • Joachim Forrer (1782-1833)
  • Henri Guisan (1874-1960), General during WWII
  • Hans Herzog (1819-1894), General 1870-1871
  • Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher (1716-1802)
  • Pius Segmüller (born 1944), commander Swiss Guard
  • Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg (1850-1927)
  • Ulrich Wille (1848-1925), General during WWI

Music

Politics

Religion

Science

Sports

Writers

Others

People named Swiss


See list of people by nationality  for other lists of people by nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location.