List of Famous people born in Switzerland

Franz Oesch

First Name Franz
Last Name Oesch
Born on November 14, 1938 (age 87)
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Emil Zopfi

First Name Emil
Born on January 4, 1943 (age 83)
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Thomas Wiesel

Thomas Matthieu Wiesel
First Name Thomas
Last Name Wiesel
Born on July 10, 1989 (age 36)
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Urs Allemann

First Name Urs
Born on April 1, 1948 (age 78)

Urs Allemann is a Swiss writer and journalist.

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Urs Eggli

First Name Urs
Born on February 11, 1959 (age 67)
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Daniel Vasella

First Name Daniel
Last Name Vasella
Born on August 15, 1953 (age 72)

Daniel Lucius Vasella is a Swiss medical doctor, author, and executive who served as CEO and chairman of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, the world's fifth largest drug company. During his tenure Novartis shares fell 10%, compared to the industry average. In February 2013 Vasella was awarded close to $78 million in a "golden handshake"

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Armin Hofmann

First Name Armin
Last Name Hofmann
Born on June 29, 1920
Died on December 18, 2020 (aged 100)

Armin Hofmann (HonRDI) was a Swiss graphic designer.

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Niki Reiser

First Name Niki
Last Name Reiser
Born on May 12, 1958 (age 68)

Niki Reiser is a Swiss film score composer and flautist. He is considered one of the most outstanding film composers of the German-speaking countries, winning the German Film Award five times. His debut was in 1986 the score for the film Du mich auch, directed by Dani Levy, for whom he has composed all further scores. He had his breakthrough with the music for the film Beyond Silence, directed by Caroline Link in 1996.

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Pasquale Camerlengo

First Name Pasquale
Last Name Camerlengo
Born on April 14, 1966 (age 60)

Pasquale Camerlengo is an Italian former competitive ice dancer who is now a coach and choreographer. With Stefania Calegari, he won gold medals at Skate America, Skate Canada, and the International de Paris, and placed fifth at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Camerlengo later competed with Diane Gerencser, placing 17th at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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Denis Duboule

First Name Denis
Last Name Duboule
Born on February 17, 1955 (age 71)

Denis Duboule is a Swiss-French biologist. He earned his PhD in Biology in 1984 and is currently Professor of Developmental Genetics and Genomics at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and at the Department of Genetics and Evolution of the University of Geneva. Since 2001, he is the Director of the Swiss National Research Center "Frontiers in Genetics" and since 2017, he is also a professor at the Collège de France. He has notably worked on Hox genes, a group of genes involved in the formation of the body plan and of the limbs.

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