List of Famous people born in Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Robert Miles
Roberto Concina, known professionally as Robert Miles, was a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topped the charts in many countries.
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a French political theorist, physician and scientist. He was a journalist and politician during the French Revolution. He was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes and seen as a radical voice. He published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers. His periodical L'Ami du peuple made him an unofficial link with the radical Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793.
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, and he designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America.
Jean-François Balmer
Jean-François Balmer is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s.
Blaise Cendrars
Frédéric-Louis Sauser, better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European modernist movement.
Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911, and a founder in 1916 of the Frontenac Motor Corporation.
Bernard Challandes
Bernard Challandes is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team.
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
Elise Hensler
Elise, Countess of Edla, was a Swiss-born American actress and singer, and the morganatic second wife of the former King Ferdinand II of Portugal.
Pierre Aubert
Pierre Aubert was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1978–1987).