List of Famous people born in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Urs Eggli

First Name Urs
Born on February 11, 1959 (age 67)
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Johann Heinrich Waser

First Name Johann
Last Name Waser
Born on March 25, 1600
Died on February 10, 1669 (aged 68)
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Willy Spühler

First Name Willy
Last Name Spühler
Born on January 31, 1902
Died on May 31, 1990 (aged 88)

Willy Spühler was a Swiss politician.

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Pancho Vladigerov

First Name Pancho
Last Name Vladigerov
Born on March 13, 1899
Died on September 8, 1978 (aged 79)

Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist.

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Sandra Hess

First Name Sandra
Last Name Hess
Born on March 27, 1968 (age 58)

Sandra Hess is a Swiss actress and fashion model. She is best known for her role as Sonya Blade in the film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, and Lieutenant Alexandra "Ice" Jensen on the television series Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

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Dante Andrea Franzetti

First Name Dante
Last Name Franzetti
Born on December 21, 1959
Died on November 5, 2015 (aged 55)
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Heinrich Escher

First Name Heinrich
Last Name Escher
Born on July 26, 1626
Died on April 20, 1710 (aged 83)

Heinrich Escher was mayor of the City and Republic of Zürich at the turn of the 18th Century. He is credited with introducing chocolate to Switzerland after learning about it in Brussels.

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Balthasar Glättli

First Name Balthasar
Born on February 12, 1972 (age 54)

Balthasar Glättli is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the National Council and, since June 2020, the president of the Green Party of Switzerland.

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Karl Brunner

First Name Karl
Last Name Brunner
Born on February 16, 1916
Died on May 9, 1989 (aged 73)

Karl Brunner was a Swiss economist.

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David Botstein

First Name David
Last Name Botstein

David Botstein is an American biologist serving as the chief scientific officer of Calico. He served as the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013, where he remains an Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics.

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