Born in Zürich
Zürich
Capital of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Zürich as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918), Swiss association football player, Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890)): Hermann Hitzig, Ricardo Rodriguez, Gottfried Keller and some more.
Celebrities from ZürichCelebrities from Zürich
70 Gottfried Keller
Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890)
*July 19th, 1819 †July 15th, 1890, Zürich.jpg "Robert Frank")
94 Robert Frank
Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker (1924-2019)
*November 9th, 1924 †September 9th, 2019, Inverness.jpg "Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi")
81 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
*January 12th, 1746 †February 17th, 1827, Brugg.jpg "Karl Bodmer")
.jpg "Jacqueline de Quattro")
_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg "René Burri")
_(1899%E2%80%931926)_Maler,_Zeichner.jpg "Amédé Barth")
73 Gottlieb Duttweiler
Swiss businessman and politician (1888-1962)
*August 15th, 1888 †June 8th, 1962, Zurich
74 Achille Casanova
Swiss journalist and vice-chancellor (1941-2016)
*October 2nd, 1941 †July 17th, 2016, Bern
.jpg "Enes Kanter Freedom")
.jpg "Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker")
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Swiss writer, journalist and photographer
*May 23rd, 1908 †November 15th, 1942, Sils im Engadin/Segl 38
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer and photojournalist
*April 26th, 1916 †May 16th, 1954, Trujillo
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Gottfried Kottmann
Swiss rower and bobsledder (1932-1964)
*October 15th, 1932 †November 6th, 1964, Rüdlingen
37 Hermann Rorschach
Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885-1922)
*November 8th, 1884 †April 2nd, 1922, Herisau
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Jörg Schneider
Swiss actor, stage actor, voice actor and writer (1935-2015)
*February 7th, 1935 †August 22nd, 2015, Wetzikon_(cropped).jpg "Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein")
.jpg "Carlo Sommaruga")
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.jpg "Suzanne Baumann")
.jpg "Doris Fiala")
.jpg "Mauro Tuena")
.jpg "Andri Silberschmidt")
80 Marianne Pletscher
Swiss film director, television presenter, film producer, journalist, translator and screenwriter
*June 25th, 1946_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg "Peter-Lukas Graf")
_(cropped).jpg "Patrick Hässig")
.jpg "Daniel Jositsch")
.jpg "Priska Seiler Graf")
35 Andy Hug
Swiss karateka and kickboxer (1964-2000)
*September 7th, 1964 †August 24th, 2000, Bunkyo
_Heinz_G%C3%BCnthardt.jpg "Heinz Günthardt")
.jpg "Fabian Römer")
.jpg "Bruno Kneubühler")
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Conrad Gessner
Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
*March 26th, 1516 †December 13th, 1565, Zürich
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