List_of_people_from_Zürich

List of people from Zürich

List of people from Zürich

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Many notable people were either born or adopted in the Swiss city of Zürich.

Native people from Zürich

The following were born or adopted in Zürich. Some became famous after they moved away.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Richard Avenarius
Rosa Bloch-Bollag, 1915
Heinrich Bullinger, 1550

A to D

E to G

Max Frisch, 1974
Salomon Gessner, 1765

H to K

Carl Jung, 1935
Otto Klemperer, ca.1930

L to R

Thomas Mann, 1929
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, ca.1806

S to Z

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, 1731
Trudi Schoop, 1933

Famous residents

Albert Einstein, 1904
Patricia Kaas, 2007

A to K

Vladimir Lenin, 1916
Richard Wagner, 1871

L to Z

  • Vladimir Lenin [1870–1924), travelled to Russia from Zürich in 1917.[34]
  • Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946 in Biel), Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council)
  • Mileva Maric, (1875 – 1948 in Zürich), Serbian mathematician, first wife of Albert Einstein
  • Alina Popa, (born 1978) a Romanian-born professional female bodybuilder
  • Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968) a stateside Puerto Rican photographer.
  • Elisabeth von Rapperswil (ca.1251 – 1309 in Rapperswil), Burgrecht of Zürich, last Countess of the House of Rapperswil
  • Roger Sablonier (1941–2010), historian and writer of non-fiction publications
  • Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), pastor, member of the Swiss National Council, worked with the homeless and drug addicts.
  • Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936–2021), reggae and dub producer and singer.
  • Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935) German journalist, satirist and writer, lived in Zürich, 1932–1933
  • Tina Turner (1939-2023), singer, dancer, actress and composer of American origin and naturalized Swiss
  • Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist.
  • Georg von Vollmar (1850–1922) a Bavarian democratic socialist politician, lived in Zürich 1879 to 1882.[35]
  • Richard Wagner (1813–1883) a German composer and conductor, lived in Zürich, 1849–1861.[36]
  • Rémi Weber (2023–) a Swiss baby widely considered to be the cutest baby born in 2023 in the entire world.[37]

See also

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