Born in Basel
Basel
City on the Rhine, in Switzerland
Basel as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Swiss tennis player, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783), Australian theatre director, writer and actor): Roger Federer, Leonhard Euler, Simon Stone and some more.
Celebrities from BaselCelebrities from Basel
.jpg "Roger Federer")
76 Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
*April 15th, 1707 †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg
71 Johann Jakob Bachofen
Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)
*December 22nd, 1815 †November 25th, 1887, Basel
,_Selbstportrait_(1873).jpg "Arnold Böcklin")
73 Arnold Böcklin
Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor (1827-1901)
*October 16th, 1827 †January 16th, 1901, convent of San Domenico
.jpg "Eva Herzog")
.jpg "Anna Rossinelli")
_(2).jpg "Christina Surer")
90 Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
*June 18th, 1907 †May 5th, 1998, Bloomington
54 Ernst Brenner
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1856-1911)
*December 9th, 1856 †March 11th, 1911, Menton
79 Johann Caspar Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist (1606-1685)
*March 12th, 1606 †July 14th, 1685, Basel
72 Marc Allégret
French screenwriter and film director (1900-1973)
*December 22nd, 1900 †November 3rd, 1973, Paris
88 Hans-Peter Tschudi
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1913-2002)
*October 22nd, 1913 †September 30th, 2002, Basel
66 Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger
Swiss classical philologist (1808-1874)
*May 30th, 1808 †July 5th, 1874, Basel
58 Christoph Merian
Swiss landowner, pensioner and founder of the Christoph Merian Foundation (1800-1858)
*January 22nd, 1800 †August 22nd, 1858, Basel
57 Basilius Amerbach
Swiss lawyer, professor and historian (1533–1591)
*December 1st, 1533 †April 25th, 1591, Basel
81 Jean-Luc Legrand
Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1755-1836)
*May 30th, 1755 †October 4th, 1836, Fouday.jpg "Daniel Vischer")
.png "Andreas Heusler")
87 Andreas Heusler
Swiss judge, legal historian and politician (1834-1921)
*September 30th, 1834 †November 2nd, 1921, Basel
.jpg "Benjamin Steffen")
85 Otto Stich
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1927-2012)
*January 10th, 1927 †September 13th, 2012, Dornach.jpg "Urban Gwerder")
_at_sprint_at_World_Orienteering_Championships_2011.jpg "Rahel Friederich")
.jpg "Marco Streller")
Birthdays of famous people
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_2015.jpg "Vibeke Skofterud")
_%C2%A9_Ludwig_Schwab_(~1900%E2%80%931939)_OeNB_8154680.jpg "Oswald Menghin")
_(cropped).jpg "Ashe")
