List of Famous people born in Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Ariella Kaeslin
Ariella Käslin is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. She won all five gold medals at the 2007 Swiss National Championships, and has represented Switzerland at the World Championships in 2007, 2006 and 2005, and was a medalist on the World Cup circuit. Käslin represented Switzerland at the 2008 Olympics, where she placed 18th in the individual all-around final and 5th in the vault event final.
Jonas Hiller
Jonas Hiller is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. Hiller played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames and the Anaheim Ducks, the latter with which he began his NHL career with in 2007 after going undrafted in any NHL Entry Draft. Hiller also played in the National League (NL) with HC Davos and EHC Biel.
Karin Thürig
Karin Thürig is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial. In 2011, she took second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
Eric Blum
Eric Blum is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who currently plays for and is an alternate captain of SC Bern of the National League (NL).
Manuela Pfrunder
Manuela Pfrunder is a Swiss graphic designer. She was chosen by the Swiss National Bank to design the ninth series of Swiss franc banknotes.
Valentin Stocker
Valentin Stocker is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for FC Basel. He has played for the Switzerland national team.
Simone Erni
Peter von Matt
Peter von Matt is a Swiss philologist and author.
Ruedi Imbach
Nicole Brändli
Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She is a three-time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile. She was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.