List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Elia Zurbriggen
Elia Zurbriggen is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He is the son of former World Cup winner, World and Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen and nephew of fellow alpine skier Heidi Zurbriggen.
Christophe Darbellay
Christophe Darbellay is a Swiss politician. Since 2017, he is a member of the cantonal government of the Canton of Valais.
Bastian Baker
Bastien Kaltenbacher, better known as Bastian Baker, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, performer and ice hockey player. He is currently under contract with HCV Martigny of the MySports League.
Florence Schelling
Florence Isabelle Schelling is a Swiss retired ice hockey goaltender and current general manager (GM) of SC Bern of the Swiss National League. She is the first woman to be named GM of a professional men's team in the world.
Jörg Stiel
Jörg Stiel is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Binjamin Wilkomirski
Marco Wölfli
Marco Wölfli is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper who played for Young Boys in the Swiss Super League.
Monique Schwitter
Monique Schwitter is a Swiss writer and actress.
René Fasel
René Fasel is the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. He is also a dentist in Switzerland. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972. He became president of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation 1985, then was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1994. He later became an International Olympic Committee member and was elected to its executive board.
Tonia Maria Zindel
Tonia Maria Zindel is a Swiss actress. She is known for her roles as Maja Lüthi in Lüthi und Blanc and Giulia in Amur senza fin.