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 "Karl Bodmer")
.jpg "Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi")
81 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
*January 12th, 1746 †February 17th, 1827, Brugg
_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg "René Burri")
73 Gottlieb Duttweiler
Swiss businessman and politician (1888-1962)
*August 15th, 1888 †June 8th, 1962, Zürich
.jpg "Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker")
.jpg "Enes Kanter Freedom")
74 Achille Casanova
Swiss journalist and vice-chancellor (1941-2016)
*October 2nd, 1941 †July 17th, 2016, Bern 34
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Swiss writer, journalist and photographer
*May 23rd, 1908 †November 15th, 1942, Sils im Engadin/Segl.jpg "Jacqueline de Quattro")
37 Hermann Rorschach
Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
*November 8th, 1884 †April 2nd, 1922, Herisau 38
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer and photojournalist
*April 26th, 1916 †May 16th, 1954, Trujillo
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Jörg Schneider
Swiss actor, stage actor, voice actor and writer (1935-2015)
*February 7th, 1935 †August 22nd, 2015, Wetzikon
.jpg "Daniel Jositsch")
.jpg "Suzanne Baumann")
77 Marianne Pletscher
Swiss film director, television presenter, film producer, journalist, translator and screenwriter
*June 25th, 1946
35 Andy Hug
Swiss karateka and kickboxer (1964-2000)
*September 7th, 1964 †August 24th, 2000, Bunkyo
.png "Shkëlzen Gashi")
.jpg "Melanie Winiger")
.jpg "Christine Goll")
.jpg "Lisa Fitz")
.jpg "Mario Fehr")
.jpg "Walter Ackermann")
.png "Gottfried Honegger")
86 Elisabeth Kopp
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
*December 16th, 1936 †April 7th, 2023, Zumikon
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Verena Grendelmeier
Swiss actor, television presenter and politician (1939-2018)
*February 16th, 1939 †March 27th, 2018, Zürich
85 Max Huber
Swiss lawyer, President of the International Committees of the Red Cross (1874-1960)
*December 28th, 1874 †January 1st, 1960, Zürich
Birthdays of famous people
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