List of Famous people born in Uri, Switzerland

Beat Arnold was a Swiss politician. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP), he served on the National Council from 2015 to 2019. He also served in the Landrat of Uri from 2006 to 2010.

Bernhard Russi is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Andermatt in the canton of Uri, he is an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event.

Linda Indergand is a Swiss racing cyclist. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. She was on the start list of the 2018 Cross Country European Championships and finished in tenth place. On 27 July 2021, she won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her teammates, Jolanda Neff and Sina Frei, won the gold and silver medals, marking the first time there had been a Swiss podium at the Olympics since 1936 and the first time a nation won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904.

Albert Jakob Eschenmoser (born 5 August 1925) is a Swiss organic chemist best known for his work on the synthesis of complex heterocyclic natural compounds, most notably vitamin B₁₂. In addition to his significant contributions to the field of organic synthesis, Eschenmoser pioneered work in the Origins of Life (OoL) field with work on the synthetic pathways of artificial nucleic acids. Before retiring in 2009, Eschenmoser held tenured teaching positions at the ETH Zurich and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California as well as visiting professorships at the University of Chicago, Cambridge University, and Harvard.

Emilie Lieberherr, was a Swiss politician.

Markus Zberg is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg. Zberg retired after a severe fall in the Tour de l'Ain. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2000 and 2008.

Beat Zberg is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Gerolsteiner.