The Most Famous
INVENTORS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Inventors. The pantheon dataset contains 354 Inventors, 3 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 21st most number of Inventors behind Netherlands and Romania.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Inventors of all time. This list of famous Swiss Inventors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823)
With an HPI of 61.91, Abraham-Louis Breguet is the most famous Swiss Inventor. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry. He was the founder of the Breguet company, which is now the luxury watch division of the Swiss Swatch Group. In his lifetime he was considered the leading watchmaker of his day, and he built up a clientele that included many leading public figures and members of the European nobility. Alongside his friend and contemporary John Arnold, Breguet is now widely acknowledged as one of the greatest horologists of all time. One of his famous ancestors was Jean Breguet (who died in 1593) a Protestant pastor in Neuchâtel very much influenced by the ideas of John Calvin.
2. George de Mestral (1907 - 1990)
With an HPI of 53.58, George de Mestral is the 2nd most famous Swiss Inventor. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
George de Mestral ((1907-06-19)19 June 1907 – (1990-02-08)8 February 1990) was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro.
3. Georges Beuchat (1910 - 1992)
With an HPI of 46.36, Georges Beuchat is the 3rd most famous Swiss Inventor. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Georges Beuchat (11 February 1910 – 20 October 1991) was a French inventor, underwater diver, businessman and emblematic pioneer of underwater activities and founder of Beuchat. Throughout his lifetime, Beuchat never ceased developing products which have significantly enhanced underwater activity as we know it today. Many of his inventions and innovations have gone down in history, including the surface buoy in 1948, the first underwater camera housing in 1950, and the first vented fins (the Jetfins in 1964).
Pantheon has 3 people classified as inventors born between 1747 and 1910. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased inventors include Abraham-Louis Breguet, George de Mestral, and Georges Beuchat.
Deceased Inventors
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Abraham-Louis Breguet
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.91
George de Mestral
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Georges Beuchat
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Which Inventors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Inventors since 1700.
