List of Famous people born in Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Josip Drmić
Josip Drmić is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Norwich City and the Switzerland national team.
Wendy Holdener
Wendy Holdener is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer.
Corinne Suter
Corinne Suter is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in November 2011, won two medals at the World Championships in 2019, and won World Cup season titles in downhill and super-G in 2020.
Monika Kaelin
Monika Kaelin is a model and actress. She was Penthouse Pet of the Month in May 1980.
Andrea Dettling
Andrea Dettling is a Swiss Alpine skier. She was fifth in Super-G at the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup. She represented Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Lars Weibel
Lars Weibel is a retired Swiss ice hockey goaltender who played for several teams in the Swiss National League A. He also represented the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team on several occasions in the World Junior Championships, World Championships and Olympics.
Nadja Kamer
Nadja Kamer is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. From Schwyz, Kamer specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super G and has made five World Cup podiums, all in downhill.
Othmar Keel
Oscar Camenzind
Oscar Camenzind is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He is national road champion of 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 he won the Tour de Suisse and he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cycling after a positive doping test in July 2004 for erythropoietin, leading into the Athens Olympics. After confessing to the use, in 2005 he was sued in Swiss court in order to name his supplier, which he refused to do fearing retribution.
Xavier Koller
Xavier Koller is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.