List of Famous people born in Switzerland
Vincent Praplan
Vincent Praplan is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for SC Bern of the National League (NL).
Peter Stamm
Peter Stamm is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 2013, and in 2014 he won the prestigious Friedrich Hölderlin Prize.
Cédric Wermuth
Cédric Wermuth is a Swiss politician. From 2008 to 2011, he was President of the Young Socialists of Switzerland. Currently he is serving as Co-President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland together with Mattea Meyer. He was elected to the National Council of Switzerland as a representative of the canton of Aargau in 2011. He lives in Baden.
Rolf Knie
Rolf Knie is a Swiss painter.
Rolf Sachs
Rolf Sachs is a Swiss-born artist.
Alina Müller
Alina Müller is a Swiss ice hockey forward for the Northeastern Huskies and the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after scoring the game-winning goal defeating Sweden (4-3) in the bronze medal playoff, which resulted in her being noted for becoming the youngest ice hockey player to ever win an Olympic medal.
Pascale Bruderer
Pascale Bruderer Wyss is a Swiss politician. She was a member of the Council of States from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 2002 to 2011. She was the President of the National Council in 2009 and 2010. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Ambros Uchtenhagen
Ambros Uchtenhagen is a Swiss psychiatrist. He is the widower of politician Lilian Uchtenhagen, who died in 2016. He serves as a professor at the University of Zürich.
Pablo Brägger
Pablo Dominic Brägger is a Swiss male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Johnny Leoni
Johnny Leoni is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.