List of Famous people born in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Rudolf Geigy was a Swiss biologist and a professor of embryology and genetics at the University of Basel. He established the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and studied tropical diseases.

Serkan Şahin is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for BSC Old Boys of the 1. Liga Promotion in Switzerland.

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz was a Swiss animalier sculptor and painter.

Gilles Tschudi is a Swiss actor. He is notable for his 2004 Swiss Film Prize for "Performance in a Supporting Role" as "Secretary Goltz" in Jagged Harmonies - Bach vs. Frederick II and for appearing in theatrical films Grounding (2006), Cargo (2009), and Clouds of Sils Maria (2014). For television he appeared in Lüthi und Blanc (1999–2006), Das Paar im Kahn (2004), Hunkeler macht Sachen (2008), and Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus (2012)

Remigius Faesch. was a Swiss jurist and rector of the University of Basel.

Miriam Cahn is a Swiss painter.