List of Famous people born in Switzerland

Louis Pfenninger is a former Swiss racing cyclist who won the Tour de Suisse in 1968 and 1972. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1964 Summer Olympics and rode the Tour de France in 1967. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1971.

Rolf Lyssy is a Swiss screenwriter and film director.

Andrea Štaka is a Swiss film director best known for winning the Golden Leopard at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival in 2006 for her film, Das Fräulein.

Caspar Baader is a Swiss politician, attorney and member of the Swiss National Council from the canton of Basel-Country. Elected in 1998, he is a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC).

Olivier Mosset is a Swiss visual artist. He lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.

Pierre-Yves Maillard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He is a member of the Council of State of Vaud since 2004.

Véronique Müller is a Swiss singer.

Marc Schneider is a Swiss professional football manager and a former player who played as defender and current manager of FC Thun. Schneider was captain of the Swiss Champion Team 2005-06 and part of the 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zürich. During his last spell at Zürich, he normally played at left back, with players such as Steve von Bergen and Hannu Tihinen preferred in the middle; since leaving the club, however, he has moved back to his original position in the centre of defence.

Liliane Maury Pasquier is a Swiss politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, elected to the Swiss Council of States for the canton of Geneva in 2007, and is currently a member of a delegation that cooperates with the French parliament to foster cooperation between the countries. In June 2018 she was elected as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Urs Odermatt is a Swiss film director and author.