List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Frédéric Veseli
Frédéric Shtjefan Veseli, also known as Freddie Veseli, is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie B club Benevento and the Albania national team. His main position is centre back but he can also play at right-back and left-back.
Bernhard Russi
Bernhard Russi is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Andermatt in the canton of Uri, he is an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event.
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.
Daniel Albrecht
Daniel Albrecht is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. He was a world champion in super combined in 2007, but was severely injured in a training run in 2009.
Dani Levy
Dani Levy is a Swiss filmmaker, theatrical director, screenwriter and actor.
Bernard Challandes
Bernard Challandes is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team.
Josef Ackermann
Josef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
Conny Kissling
Conny Kissling is a Swiss freestyle skier, world champion and Olympic participant.
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
Ciriaco Sforza
Ciriaco Sforza is a Swiss football manager and former professional player. Sforza currently manages Swiss Super League club Basel. After beginning his career with Swiss clubs FC Aarau and Grasshopper Club Zürich, he most notably played for Internazionale in Italy, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and FC Bayern Munich in Germany. Sforza represented the Swiss national team 79 times, and represented his country at the international 1994 World Cup and Euro 96 tournaments.