List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Ariella Kaeslin
Ariella Käslin is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. She won all five gold medals at the 2007 Swiss National Championships, and has represented Switzerland at the World Championships in 2007, 2006 and 2005, and was a medalist on the World Cup circuit. Käslin represented Switzerland at the 2008 Olympics, where she placed 18th in the individual all-around final and 5th in the vault event final.
Karim Ojjeh
Karim Ojjeh is a Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver. He is the younger brother of Mansour Ojjeh and son of Akram Ojjeh. He is a director of TAG Finance S.A.. In his spare time he races in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jonas Hiller
Jonas Hiller is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. Hiller played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames and the Anaheim Ducks, the latter with which he began his NHL career with in 2007 after going undrafted in any NHL Entry Draft. Hiller also played in the National League (NL) with HC Davos and EHC Biel.
Barbara Berlusconi
Barbara Berlusconi is one of the daughters of Silvio Berlusconi. She is a business executive, advisor to the board of Fininvest and previously sat on the board of directors of A.C. Milan as vice-chairman and CEO.
Karin Thürig
Karin Thürig is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial. In 2011, she took second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
Princess Elena of Romania
Princess Elena of Romania is the second daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania.
Daniel Risch
Daniel Risch is a Liechtensteiner politician, and the incumbent Prime Minister of Liechtenstein. He was previously Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Economic Affairs and Sports from 2017 to 2021, under the government of Adrian Hasler.
Hans Steinbichler
Hans Sebastian Steinbichler is a German film director and screenwriter.
Salomé Kora
Salomé Kora is a Swiss sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2017 World Championships in London.
Julien Wanders
Julien Wanders is a Swiss long-distance runner. He currently has the European record for the half marathon with a time of 59:13, which was set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2019 and the European record for the 10K run, with a time of 27:13 set in Valencia on January 12, 2020.