List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Bligg
Marco Bliggensdorfer, professionally known as Bligg, is a Swiss rapper. His albums 0816 and Bart Aber Herzlich reached the spot on the Swiss charts; four of his other albums have peaked the Top 20. In 1999 and 2000, he was part of the duo Bligg'n'Lexx with rapper and producer Lexx, releasing one album together.
Ellen Sprunger
Ellen Sprunger is a Swiss track and field athlete.
Gölä
Marco Pfeuti, better known by his stage name Gölä, is a popular Swiss rock musician performing mainly in Bernese German.
Rolf Feltscher
Rolf Günther Feltscher Martínez is a Swiss-Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as defender for Würzburger Kickers and the Venezuela national team.
Stéphane Chapuisat
Stéphane Chapuisat is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Joël Gaspoz
Joël Gaspoz is a Swiss former alpine skier. He competed in the slalom and giant slalom at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in the giant slalom in 1980. He came close to winning the gold in the giant slalom at the 1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships on home snow at Crans Montana, holding a clear lead in the second run before crashing out with three gates to go.
Christoph Blocher
Christoph Blocher is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2007. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he headed the Federal Department of Justice and Police. As an industrialist, he became wealthy as CEO and majority shareholder in the EMS-Chemie corporation, now run by his daughter, Magdalena Martullo-Blocher.
Thierry Mandon
Thierry Mandon is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party, representative of the ninth district of Essonne from 1988 to 1993 and from 2012 to 2014, and speaker for the Socialist group at the National Assembly until his nomination in the government. He was also Mayor of Ris-Orangis between 1995 and 2012. On 3 June 2012, he was appointed Secretary of State for Public accounts and State reform in the First Valls Government. On 17 June 2015, he changed responsibilities, and became Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research in the Second Valls Government.
Bruno Berner
Bruno George Berner is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of SC Kriens in the Swiss Challenge League. Throughout his playing career, Berner played predominantly as a left back, but was also deployed in other roles, such as central defence, left wing and also in central midfield towards the end of his career at Leicester City.
Mirwais
Mirwais Ahmadzaï, known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl. He met Madonna in the late 1990s, when he submitted a demo to her then record label, Maverick Records.