List of Famous people born in Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

First Name Jean-Jacques
Born on June 28, 1712
Died on July 2, 1778 (aged 66)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought.

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Romain Grosjean

First Name Romain
Last Name Grosjean
Born on April 17, 1986 (age 38)

Romain Grosjean is a racing driver with French-Swiss nationality due to compete in the 2021 IndyCar Series with Dale Coyne Racing. Grosjean had previously spent nine season in Formula One for a variety of teams, picking up 10 podiums.

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Quentin Mosimann

First Name Quentin
Last Name Mosimann
Born on February 14, 1988 (age 36)

Quentin Mosimann is a Swiss DJ and music producer. He has been ranked in the top 100 of the best disc jockeys for four consecutive years by DJ Mag, ranking 93rd in 2015. Quentin Mosimann took up his DJ career in the south of France, in Saint-Tropez when he was only 14. At age of 20, he won the French TV reality show Star Academy, and gained success with 2 albums in Universal Music and a tour featuring a show at the famous Olympia of Paris. That was a stairway to his current international career of "DJ Singer".

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Fernando Schwartz

First Name Fernando
Last Name Schwartz
Born on November 15, 1937 (age 87)

Fernando Schwartz is a Spanish writer.

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Thomas Jouannet

First Name Thomas
Last Name Jouannet
Born on September 30, 1970 (age 54)

Thomas Jouannet is Swiss actor.

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Clint Capela

Clint N'Dumba Capela is a Swiss professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Tariq Ramadan

First Name Tariq
Last Name Ramadan
Born on August 26, 1962 (age 62)

Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher, and writer. He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, but as of 2018 is taking an agreed leave of absence. He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. He is also a senior research fellow at Doshisha University in Japan. He is the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha. He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief. He was elected by Time magazine in 2000 as one of the seven religious innovators of the 21st century and in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by Foreign Policy readers as one of the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world and Global Thinkers. Ramadan describes himself as a "Salafi reformist".

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Aga Khan IV

First Name Aga
Last Name IV

Prince Shāh Karim al-Husayni, known by the religious title Mawlana Hazar Imam within Ismaili Muslim circles and as Aga Khan IV elsewhere, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam. He has held this position of imam since 11 July 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. Aga Khan claims to be a direct lineal descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, considered the first Imam in Shia Islam, and Ali's wife Fatima az-Zahra, Muhammad's daughter from his first marriage.

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Kevin Mbabu

Melingo Kevin Mbabu
First Name Kevin
Last Name Mbabu
Born on April 19, 1995 (age 29)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Melingo Kevin Mbabu is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for VfL Wolfsburg and the Switzerland national team.

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Kat Graham

First Name Kat
Last Name Graham
Born on September 5, 1989 (age 35)

Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham is an American actress, singer, dancer and model. She is best known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries. Her film credits include The Parent Trap (1998), 17 Again (2009), The Roommate (2011), Honey 2 (2011), Addicted (2014), and All Eyez on Me (2017). In music, Graham was previously signed to A&M/Octone and Interscope Records, and has released two extended plays and two studio albums.

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