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Switzerland

Switzerland ranks 28th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Norway, Denmark, and Greece. Memorable people born in present day Switzerland include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leonhard Euler, and Le Corbusier. Memorable people who died in Switzerland include Charlie Chaplin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and James Joyce. Switzerland has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. The top cities in Switzerland by number of biographies are Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, and Bern.

Between 0 and 2003, present day Switzerland was the birth place of 1,198 globally memorable people, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leonhard Euler, and Le Corbusier. Additionaly, 798 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Switzerland including Charlie Chaplin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and James Joyce.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
PHILOSOPHER
1712 - 1778
HPI: 91.27
Rank: 1
Leonhard Euler
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 2
Le Corbusier
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1965
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 3
Carl Jung
PSYCHOLOGIST
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 4
Paracelsus
PHYSICIAN
1493 - 1541
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 5
Henry Dunant
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1828 - 1910
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 6
Jean Piaget
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 7
Ferdinand de Saussure
LINGUIST
1857 - 1913
HPI: 82.09
Rank: 8
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 9
Huldrych Zwingli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1484 - 1531
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 10
Sepp Blatter
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 11
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1746 - 1827
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 12

Sandra Studer
SINGER
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 322
Paul Hubschmid
ACTOR
1917 - 2002
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 506
Corinne Hofmann
WRITER
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 534
Ábrahám Ganz
ENGINEER
1814 - 1867
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 563
Martin Pfister
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 584
Nemo
SINGER
1999 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 586
Beat Jans
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 608
Vico Torriani
ACTOR
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 616
Aga Khan V
BUSINESSPERSON
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 653
Stephan Eicher
SINGER
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 659
Viktor Rossi
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 666
Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein
NOBLEMAN
1972 - 2023
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 697

Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1945 - 2024
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 328
Antoni Patek
INVENTOR
1812 - 1877
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 363
Ardeshir Zahedi
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2021
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 374
Jacqueline Sassard
ACTOR
1940 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 429
Carlotta Grisi
DANCER
1819 - 1899
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 471
Ita Wegman
PHYSICIAN
1876 - 1943
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 573
Ruth Maria Kubitschek
ACTOR
1931 - 2024
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 746
Norah Vincent
WRITER
1968 - 2022
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 751
Vico Torriani
ACTOR
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 752
Fatima Aziz
POLITICIAN
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 796