List of Famous people born in Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Gustave Ador
Gustave Ador was a Swiss politician. In 1919, he became President of the Confederation.
Robert Schultzberg
Klas Robert Schultzberg is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the original drummer for an English alternative rock band Placebo. Schultzberg had known Stefan Olsdal from a school band in Sweden in 1993 and joined Placebo when the band formed in September 1994. He played on their first studio demo in April 1995, which garnered much industry attention culminating in a deal with Virgin Records.
Germain Henri Hess
Germain Henri Hess was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess's law, an early principle of thermochemistry.
Jean-Daniel Colladon
Jean-Daniel Colladon was a Swiss physicist.
Mickaël Buffaz
Mickaël Buffaz is a former French professional road bicycle racer.
Abraham Trembley
Abraham Trembley was a Genevan naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology. His mastery of experimental method has led some historians of science to credit him as the "father of biology".
Marcel Raymond
Marcel Raymond was a Swiss literary critic who specialized in French literature. He is generally grouped with the so-called "Geneva School".
Osman Mayatepek
Henri Christiné
Henri Marius Christiné was a French composer of Swiss birth.
Émile Argand
Émile Argand was a Swiss geologist.