List of Famous people born in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 5 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, an all-time record shared with Rafael Nadal. Federer has been No. 1 in the ATP rankings a record total of 310 weeks – including a record 237 consecutive weeks – and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Federer has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second-most all-time behind Jimmy Connors and including a record six ATP Finals.

Granit Xhaka is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and captains the Switzerland national team.

Murat Yakin is a Swiss football coach and former Switzerland national team player. He is currently the manager of FC Schaffhausen.

Marthe Keller is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon Man (1976), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Christian Kohlund is a Swiss actor and director.

Taulant Ragip Xhaka is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swiss club Basel and the Albania national team. During the beginning of his career he played as a right back but following his return to the Basel team after his loan to Grasshopper Club he was moved to his current position defensive midfielder which he played at Albania national team since his debut in 2014 and since the start of the 2016–17 season with Basel.

Sandra Speichert is a German film and TV actress. She performed in more than forty films since 1992, along with a number of theatrical performances. Speichert is mother to two children: Siena and Lino, whom she had with Bernd Böhlich.

Cedric Itten is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership and for the Switzerland national team.

Hakan Yakin is a Swiss former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder. He was a member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.

Paolo Macchiarini is a Swiss-born Italian thoracic surgeon and a former researcher on regenerative medicine, who became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior.