List of Famous people born in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Henri Dès is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.

Dominique Bosshart is a Canadian taekwondo athlete.

Ellen Sprunger is a Swiss track and field athlete.

Stéphane Chapuisat is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Thierry Mandon is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party, representative of the ninth district of Essonne from 1988 to 1993 and from 2012 to 2014, and speaker for the Socialist group at the National Assembly until his nomination in the government. He was also Mayor of Ris-Orangis between 1995 and 2012. On 3 June 2012, he was appointed Secretary of State for Public accounts and State reform in the First Valls Government. On 17 June 2015, he changed responsibilities, and became Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research in the Second Valls Government.

Mirwais Ahmadzaï, known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl. He met Madonna in the late 1990s, when he submitted a demo to her then record label, Maverick Records.

Mattia Binotto is a Swiss-born Italian engineer and team principal of Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One. He was appointed to the role on 7 January 2019, replacing Maurizio Arrivabene. His parents are Italian.

Charles Édouard Dutoit is a Swiss conductor. He is currently the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic and co-director of the MISA Festival in Shanghai. In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. Dutoit held previous positions with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Tokyo NHK Symphony and the Orchestre National de France. As of 2017, conductor emeritus of the Verbier Music Festival Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Ravel Foundation in France and the Stravinsky Foundation in Switzerland. In December 2017, following allegations of sexual harassment, the Boston and San Francisco Symphonies cancelled his engagements. In a statement, Dutoit denied the charges. No one has ever filed formal complaints.

Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, formerly Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen, is an art collector. She is the former wife of Karl von Habsburg, current head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Lise-Marie Morerod is a Swiss former slalom skier. In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.