List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Erik Truffaz
Erik Truffaz is a French jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into his compositions.
Wendy Holdener
Wendy Holdener is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer.
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a Swiss retired tennis player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over former number ones Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki.
Corinne Suter
Corinne Suter is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in November 2011, won two medals at the World Championships in 2019, and won World Cup season titles in downhill and super-G in 2020.
Marc Hirschi
Marc Hirschi is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Arijanet Muric
Arijanet Anan Murić is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Willem II, on loan from English club Manchester City, and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Montenegro at under-21 international level.
Karin Keller-Sutter
Karin Keller-Sutter is a Swiss politician serving as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019. A member of FDP.The Liberals, she is the head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
Marcel Koller
Marcel Koller is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who last managed Swiss Super League club FC Basel.
Martin Hairer
Sir Martin Hairer is an Austrian-British mathematician working in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular stochastic partial differential equations. He is Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London, having previously held appointments at the University of Warwick and the Courant Institute of New York University. In 2014 he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honours a mathematician can achieve. In 2020 he won the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
Stefan Frei
Stefan Frei is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He has played his entire professional career in Major League Soccer. He currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC.