List of people from Zürich

Many of notable people were either born or adopted in the Swiss city of Zürich.

Native people from Zürich

The following were born or adopted in Zürich. Some became famous after they moved away.

• Richard Avenarius (1843–1896), philosopher, died in Zürich
• Denise Biellman (born 1962), Swiss champion and Olympic figure skater who popularized the spin named after her
• Diego Benaglio (born 1983), footballer, born in Zürich
• Severin Blindenbacher (born 1983), ice hockey player, born in Zürich
• Felix Bloch (1905–1983), physicist, born in Zürich
• Alain de Botton (born 20 December 1969), philosoph
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), reformer and theologian, died in Zürich
• René Burri (9 April 1933 – 20 October 2014), photographer
• Elias Canetti (1905–1994), novelist, died in Zürich
• Monika Dettwiler (born 1948), journalist and author
• Gottlieb Duttweiler (15 August 1888 – 8 June 1962 in Rüschlikon), entrepreneur and politician (founder of Migros)
• Ulla E. Dydo (1925 -2017) writer, editor and noted Gertrude Stein expert, born in Zürich
• Jeanne Eder-Schwyzer (1894–1957) Swiss women's rights activist and President of the International Council of Women, died in Zürcih
• Alfred Escher (1819–1882), politician, business leader and railways pioneer, born and died in Zürich
• Lydia Escher (1858–1891), daughter of Alfred Escher, patron of the arts and founder of the Gottfried Keller Stiftung
• Wilhelm Filchner (1877–1957), explorer, died in Zürich
• Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952 in Zürich), artist, part of artistic duo Fischli and Weiss
• Robert Frank (born 9 November 1924), photographer
• Max Frisch (1911–1991), major Swiss playwright and novelist, born and died in Zürich
• Christoph Froschauer (c. 1490/1–1564), printer of the Froschauer Bible, died in Zürich
• Daniel Garbade (born 1957), painter, illustrator, art director and publisher, born in Zürich
• Bruno Ganz (born 1941), Swiss actor known for playing Adolf Hitler in the German film Downfall
• Patrick Geering (born 1990), ice hockey player, born in Zürich
• Ueli Gegenschatz (1971–2009), Swiss BASE jumper, died in Zürich after a failed jump from the Sunrise Tower
• Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), naturalist, born and died in Zürich
• HR Giger (5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014), artist, designer of the Alien aliens
• Marcel Grossmann (1878–1936), mathematician, died in Zürich
• Max Holzmann (1899–1994), cardiologist, born and died in Zürich
• Andy Hug (1964–2000), karateka and kickboxer, born in Zürich
• Otto Hunziker (1873–1959), pioneer in the international dairy industry, born in Zürich
• Philippe Jordan (born 1974), current Music Director of the Opéra National de Paris, and current chief conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
• James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist, died in Zürich (buried at Fluntern Cemetery in Zürich)
• Carl Jung (1875–1961), psychiatrist, lived and died in Zürich
• Raynold Kaufgetz (1797–1869), economist, born and died in Zürich
• Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), poet, born and died in Zürich
• Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), German conductor, died in Zürich (buried at Israelitischer Friedhof Oberer Friesenberg)
• Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), cycling champion, born in Zürich
• Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
• Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), poet and physiognomist, born in Zürich
• Antonio Ligabue (1899–1965), Italian painter, born in Zürich
• Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), writer, born and died in Zürich
• Rolf Lyssy (born 25 February 1936), movie director
• Erika Mann (9 November 1905 in München–27 August 1969 in Zurich), German actress, cabaretist and novelist
• Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 in Lübeck–1 August 1955 in Zurich), German novelist, exilant in Zürich during WWII
• Dieter Meier (born 1945), conceptual artist and musician with electronica group Yello, born in Zürich
• Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), poet, born in Zürich
• Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), actor and comedian, born in Zürich
• Harald Naegeli (born 4 December 1939), artist, renowned as "Sprayer von Zürich"
• Ernst Nobs (14 July 1886 – 15 March 1957), trade unionist, publicist, politician, Alt-Bundesrat (former Swiss president and member of the Swiss Federal Council), Social Party
• Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), physicist, died in Zürich
• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), educational reformer, born in Zürich
• James Sadleir (c. 1815–1881), fugitive swindler, murdered in Zürich
• Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733), scholar, born in Zürich
• Hanna Scheuring (1965), actress and theatre director, native in Zürich
• Roland Scholl (1865–1945), chemist, born in Zürich
• Trudi Schoop (1904–1999), comedy dancer and therapist
• Peter Schweri (1939–2016), artist, illustrator, musician, lived over 20 years in Villa Egli and died in Zürich
• Nadja Sieger (born 1967), comedian (Ursus & Nadeschkin), born and raised in Zürich
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), author of Heidi, died in Zürich
• Tobias Stephan (born 1984), ice hockey player, born in Zürich
• Stefi Talman (born 1958), Swiss shoe designer, born in Zürich
• King Tribhuvan Shah (1906–1955), King of Nepal, died in Zürich
• Shefqet Vërlaci (1877–1946), 12th Prime Minister of Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), Bulgarian composer, born in Zürich
• Max Weber (2 August 1897 – 2 December 1974), trade unionist and politician, Alt-Bundesrat (former Swiss president and member of the Swiss Federal Council), Social Party
• Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 25 June 1939 in Zurich), German politician and scientist
• Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955), mathematician
• Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach (born 1947), Swiss biologist and first women rector of ETH Zurich
• Katharina von Zimmern (1478–1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey
• Silvio Moser, (24 April 1941 in Zurich–26 May 1974 in Locarno), following an accident during the 1,000 kilometer race in Monza, was a Swiss car driver
• Sandra Studer (10 February 1969), Swiss moderator and singer

Famous residents:

• Geza Anda, Swiss-Hungarian classical pianist
• Elisabeth von Rapperswil (c. 1251 or 1261–1309 probably in Rapperswil, Burgrecht of Zürich), last Countess of the House of Rapperswil
• Sibylle Berg (born 2 June 1962 in Weimar), German novelist and essayist
• Max Bill (22 December 1908 in Winterthur–9 December 1994 in Berlin), Swiss architect, designer and member of the Swiss National Council
• Anne-Marie Blanc (2 September 1919 in Vevey–5 February 2009 in Zurich), Swiss actress
• Boris Blank, musician with Yello
• Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 in Goddelau–19 February 1837 in Zurich), German revolutionary, dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, and physician
• Albert Einstein (1896–1900, 1909–1911, 1912–1914)
• James Joyce (1915–1919)
• Stephanie Glaser (22 February 1920 in Neuchâtel–14 January 2011 in Zollikerberg), Swiss actress, lived in Zürich-Witikon
• Hermann Greulich (9 April 1842 in Breslau–8 November 1925 in Zurich), politician, founder of the first Social Party in Switzerland
• Franz Hohler (born 1 March 1943 in Biel), Swiss novelist, cabaretist and songwriter
• Adolf Keller (1872–1963) Swiss Protestant theologian and writer
• Tina Keller-Jenny (1887–1985) Swiss physician and Jungian psychotherapist
• Erich Kleiber (1890–1956), conductor, died in Zürich
• Vladimir Lenin (1917)
• Moritz Leuenberger (born 21 September 1946 in Biel), Swiss politician, Alt-Bundesrat (former Swiss president and member of the Swiss Federal Council), Social Party
• Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (1853–1920), Duchess of Edinburgh, died in Zürich
• Tina Turner (1939), singer, dancer, actress and composer of American origin and naturalized Swiss
• Udo Jürgens, German singer
• Patricia Kaas, singer
• Jonas Kaufmann, opera singer
• Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
• Richard Wagner (1849–1861)
• Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), pastor, member of the Swiss National Council, worked with homeless and drug addicts
• Kurt Tucholsky (1932–1933)
• Mileva Maric, Serbian mathematician and the first wife of Albert Einstein
• Alina Popa, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
• Thomas Mann (1933–1942)
• Roger Sablonier (1941–2010)
• Urs Widmer (21 May 1938 in Basel–2 April 2014 in Zurich), Swiss novelist

See also

• List of mayors of Zürich

References

External links

• Prominente Verstorbene on stadt-zuerich.ch (in German)