List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 5 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, an all-time record shared with Rafael Nadal. Federer has been No. 1 in the ATP rankings a record total of 310 weeks – including a record 237 consecutive weeks – and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Federer has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second-most all-time behind Jimmy Connors and including a record six ATP Finals.
Enes Kanter Freedom
Enes Kanter Freedom is a Swiss-born Turkish American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was originally selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He represented the Turkish national team internationally.
Alexander Schallenberg
Alexander Schallenberg is an Austrian diplomat, jurist and independent politician who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since 2019.
Michelle Hunziker
Michelle Yvonne Hunziker is a Swiss naturalized Italian television hostess, actress, model and singer.
Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher is a German racing driver, who races for Haas in Formula One, and is also a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015. After winning the 2018 FIA F3 European Championship, Schumacher progressed to Formula 2 in 2019, and won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship the following year. He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and nephew of Ralf Schumacher.
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlights include three Grand Slam titles including the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, where he defeated the No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions, reaching the final of the 2017 French Open, winning an ATP Tour Masters 1000 title at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Masters, and reaching three other finals at 2008 Rome, 2013 Madrid and 2017 Indian Wells. As a competitor for Switzerland, Wawrinka won gold in doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with teammate Roger Federer, and was also pivotal in the Swiss team's victory at the 2014 Davis Cup.
Luuk de Jong
Luuk de Jong is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Sevilla and the Netherlands national team.
Katharina Böhm
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.
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir is a Swiss professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxing practitioner competing in the Light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2010, Oezdemir formerly competed for Bellator. As a kickboxing practitioner, he competed for Superkombat Fighting Championship in their heavyweight division. As of November 30, 2020, he is #7 in the UFC Light Heavyweight rankings.
Hardy Krüger Jr.
Hardy Krüger Jr. is a German actor. He is the son of the German actor-writer Hardy Krüger and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi.