List of Famous people born in Canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Michelle Yvonne Hunziker is a Swiss naturalized Italian television hostess, actress, model and singer.

Katharina Böhm is a Swiss-born Austrian actress. Between 1999 and 2002 she played the role of Livia Burlando in the Italian TV series Il commissario Montalbano, based on the character Salvo Montalbano from the novels created by Andrea Camilleri.

Hardy Krüger Jr. is a German actor. He is the son of the German actor-writer Hardy Krüger and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi.

Lara Gut-Behrami, née Gut (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlaːra ˈɡuːt], is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Mario Gavranović is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb and the Switzerland national team.

Daniele Ganser is a Swiss author. He is best known for his 2005 book NATO's Secret Armies, an adaption of his 2001 dissertation.

Aurelio Galfetti is a Swiss architect.

Marco Giampaolo is an Italian manager, and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was most recently in charge of Torino.

Carla Del Ponte is a former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999, replacing Louise Arbour.

Marco Borradori is a Swiss lawyer and politician. Since 2013, he has been mayor of Lugano. His political party is the Lega dei Ticinesi.