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
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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
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_(2).jpg "Christina Surer")
.jpg "Anita Fetz")
.jpg "Marco Streller")
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90 Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
*June 18th, 1907 †May 5th, 1998, Bloomington
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,_ETH_Com_LC1501-SCH-032-001.jpg "Jörg Schild")
.JPG "Silvio Denz")
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58 Christoph Merian
Swiss landowner, pensioner and founder of the Christoph Merian Foundation (1800-1858)
*January 22nd, 1800 †August 22nd, 1858, Basel.jpg "Carl Albrecht Bernoulli")
69 Carl Albrecht Bernoulli
Swiss theologian (1868-1937)
*January 10th, 1868 †February 13th, 1937, Arlesheim
69 Emilie Linder
Swiss painter and art patron (1797-1867)
*October 11th, 1797 †February 12th, 1867, Munich
61 Carl Christoph Bernoulli
Swiss librarian (1861-1923)
*February 21st, 1861 †January 20th, 1923, Basel
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50 Bruno Manser
Swiss environmentalist (1954-missing since 2000)
*August 25th, 1954 †March 10th, 2005, Borneo
66 Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger
Swiss classical philologist (1808-1874)
*May 30th, 1808 †July 5th, 1874, Basel
79 Jean Piccard
Chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist (1884-1963)
*January 28th, 1884 †January 28th, 1963, Minneapolis
88 Johann Jakob Bernoulli
Swiss art historian and archaeologist (1831-1919)
*January 18th, 1831 †July 22nd, 1919, Basel
81 Jean-Luc Legrand
Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1755-1836)
*May 30th, 1755 †October 4th, 1836, Fouday
88 Hans-Peter Tschudi
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1913-2002)
*October 22nd, 1913 †September 30th, 2002, Basel
_-_Dionys_Ganter_-_Augustiner_M_Freiburg.png "Philipp Merian")
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87 Andreas Heusler
Swiss judge, legal historian and politician (1834-1921)
*September 30th, 1834 †November 2nd, 1921, Basel
73 Edwin Fischer
Swiss conductor and classical pianist (1886-1960)
*October 6th, 1886 †January 24th, 1960, Zürich
77 Eduard Wölfflin
Swiss lexicographer and classical philologist (1831-1908)
*January 1st, 1831 †November 8th, 1908, Basel
85 Otto Stich
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1927-2012)
*January 10th, 1927 †September 13th, 2012, Dornach
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72 Marc Allégret
French screenwriter and film director (1900-1973)
*December 22nd, 1900 †November 3rd, 1973, 8th arrondissement of Paris
79 Johann Caspar Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist (1606-1685)
*March 12th, 1606 †July 14th, 1685, Basel_II._Line_engraving_by_P._Aubry._Wellcome_V0004695.jpg "Thomas Platter the Younger")
54 Thomas Platter the Younger
Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)
*July 24th, 1574 †December 4th, 1628, Basel
82 Carl Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss diplomat and historian (1891-1974)
*September 10th, 1891 †March 3rd, 1974, Vinzel
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