List of Famous people born in Grisons, Switzerland
Ursina Lardi
Ursina Lardi is a Swiss actress, best known for playing the baroness, Marie-Louise in The White Ribbon. Lardi studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin and played at various theatres in Germany, and movies, among them Akte Grüninger and Marmorera.
Arno del Curto
Arno Del Curto is a former Swiss ice hockey player and coach. From 1996-2018 he was head coach of HC Davos.
Mario Frick
Mario Frick is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner retired professional footballer who is currently a manager for FC Vaduz. He has earned 125 caps and scored a national record 16 goals for his country from his international debut in 1993 until his retirement in 2015. Mainly a striker, Frick was also deployed as a centre-back on occasion.
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art.
Dario Cologna
Dario Cologna is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has four overall World Cup victories, four Olympic gold medals, one World Championships gold medal and four Tour de Ski victories in his career.
Michelle Gisin
Michelle Gisin is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines. She became an Olympic gold medalist having won the women's combined event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea. Michelle is the younger sister of alpine ski racers Marc and Dominique Gisin.
Gion A. Caminada
Gion Antoni Caminada is a Swiss architect and professor of architecture at the ETH Zurich. He is known for his works in and around the Swiss village of Vrin, including the Stiva da morts mortuary. Many of Caminada's projects are built of wood in a minimalist style mixing modern design with traditional Swiss methods and materials.
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) until 2008, she has since then been a member of the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD). Widmer-Schlumpf was the head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police from 2008 to 2010, when she became head of the Federal Department of Finance. She served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2012.
Nino Schurter
Nino Schurter is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team.
Ursina Haller
Ursina Haller is a snowboarder from Switzerland. She competed for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in halfpipe, finishing ninth; and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the same event, finishing twelfth. Haller captured a silver medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.