List of Famous people born in Winterthur, Switzerland
Steven Zuber
Steven Zuber is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team.
Anton Graff
Anton Graff was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie Seyler, Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Moses Mendelssohn and Christian Felix Weiße. His pupils included Emma Körner, Philipp Otto Runge and Karl Ludwig Kaaz.
Moritz Bauer
Moritz Bauer is an Austrian footballer who plays as a right back for Russian Premier League club FC Ufa on loan from Championship club Stoke City.
René Weiler
René Weiler is a Swiss football coach and former player.
Hans Max Gamper-Haessig
Hans Max Gamper-Haessig, known in Catalonia as Joan Gamper, was a Swiss football pioneer, versatile athlete and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Barcelona and FC Zürich.
Carl Montag
Albert Büchi
Albert Büchi was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is mainly known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1931 Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1931.
Patrick Meier
Patrick Meier is a Swiss former competitive figure skater. He is the 1995 Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist and a seven-time Swiss national champion.
Philipp Schoch
Philipp Schoch is a Swiss snowboarder. He won a gold medal in the Parallel Giant Slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the next Olympics, he faced his brother Simon Schoch in the Parallel Giant Slalom Final. Philipp raced away to an unassailable 0.88 second lead in the first leg of the final, retaining his Olympic crown. He is the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in the Winter Olympics. At the world championships, he won two silver medals in the slalom events in 2007.
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann (HonRDI) was a Swiss graphic designer.