List of Famous people born in Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Pierre Bourquenoud is a Swiss former professional road cyclist. His sporting career began with VC Pedale Bulloise.

Musa Araz is a Swiss footballer who plays for Sion.

Arlette Zola is a singer who represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. She was born Arlette Jaquet in the city of Fribourg on 29 April 1949. Her song, "Amour on t'aime", was an upbeat number. Zola was placed third behind Germany and Israel. She made two further attempts at reaching the Eurovision finals. In 1984, she took third place in the Swiss final with Emporte-moi. 1985 also saw her in third spot, this time with Aime-moi, performed with Helder and the Heldernauts.

Oliver Schaller is a Swiss badminton player.

Géraldine Savary is a journalist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP), former member of the National Council and the Council of States and the current director of the Federal Commission of the Swiss postal services, PostCom.