List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Carlos Leal
Carlos Leal is a Swiss rapper and actor.
Didier Pittet
Didier Pittet is an infectious diseases expert and the director of the Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2005, Pittet is also the External Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care" and African Partnerships for Patient Safety.
DJ Antoine
Antoine Konrad, better known as DJ Antoine, is a Swiss House DJ, record producer and lifestyle entrepreneur from Basel, Switzerland. He has a number of successful single and album releases in Western Europe, in particular Switzerland, Germany and France.
René Felber
René Felber was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, he served as the President of Switzerland.
Philippe Rebord
Philippe Rebord is a Swiss Lieutenant General. He served as the Chief of the Armed Forces beginning on 1 January 2017, succeeding André Blattmann. Rebord retired at the end of 2019 and was succeeded by Thomas Süssli.
Lise-Marie Morerod
Lise-Marie Morerod is a Swiss former slalom skier. In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.
Urs Jaeggi
Urs Jaeggi is a Swiss sociologist, painter, and author. From 1964 to 1993, he was a Professor of Sociology and Social Philosophy in Bern, Bochum, New York, and Berlin. He published numerous novels, short stories, essays as well as scientific books. He won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1981. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1985. Presently he lives in Berlin and Mexico City.
Vreni Schneider
Verena "Vreni" Schneider is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever and was voted "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
Aleksandar Prijović
Aleksandar Prijović is a Serbian footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad and for the Serbian national team. Prijović had also played for both Serbia and Switzerland in youth levels.
Silvan Dillier
Silvan Dillier is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix.