List of Famous people born in Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Admiral Robert Coote was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Sacha Pitoëff was a Swiss film actor and theatre director.

Marina Ricolfi-Doria is a Swiss former water skier. She is the wife of Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, the son of the last king and queen of Italy, Umberto II and Marie José, sometimes described as the Prince of Naples.

Raymond de Saussure was a Swiss psychoanalyst, the first president of the European Psychoanalytical Federation.

Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist, the son of Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.

François Paul Lachenal, was a Swiss publisher and diplomat, who since 1940 played a significant role in publishing the writings of the French authors during the occupation of France by Germany. He was member of the Swiss delegation in Vichy till 1944 and later till 1945 at the Swiss embassy in Berlin. Publisher of the magazine Traits he was son of Genevan politician Paul Lachenal, nephew of The president of the Swiss Confederation Adrien Lachenal and married to Johanna Bertha Caroline Otken. He is buried at the Cimetière des Rois in Geneva.

Darius Rochebin, born Darius Khoshbin on 25 December 1966 in Geneva, is a Swiss journalist of Iranian origin. From 1998 to 2020, he presented the newscast of the national broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) as well as the RTS program Pardonnez-moi, which interviews Swiss and international personalities. In August 2020, he left RTS and joined the French channel LCI to carry out daily interviews.

Clarence Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Meric Casaubon, son of Isaac Casaubon, was a French-English classical scholar. He was the first to translate Meditations by Marcus Aurelius into English.