List of Famous people born in Canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Felice Puttini is a Swiss former cyclist. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1994 and 1995. He also competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Patrick Calcagni is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.

Rubens Bertogliati is a Swiss retired road racing cyclist, whose breakthrough came in the 2002 Tour de France, when he was riding for the Italian Lampre–Daikin team. In 2012, he rode for Team Novo Nordisk, and ended his career at the end of the season.

Jean Soldini is a Swiss and French philosopher, art historian and poet.

Giorgio Giudici is a Swiss architect and politician. He was mayor of Lugano from 1984 to 2013. His political party is the Partito liberale radicale svizzero (PLR).

Claudio Sulser is a retired football striker.

Massimo Busacca is a Swiss former football referee. He lives in Monte Carasso, Ticino, near Bellinzona.

Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, O.Cist., born 1959 is since 2010 the current General Abbot of the Cistercian order.