The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 127 Journalists, 1 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 26th most number of Journalists behind Poland and Egypt.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Journalists of all time. This list of famous Swiss Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Marcel Bezençon (1907 - 1981)
With an HPI of 51.82, Marcel Bezençon is the most famous Swiss Journalist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Marcel Bezençon (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; 1 May 1907 – 17 February 1981) was a Swiss journalist, media executive and the director of the European Broadcasting Union between 1954 and 1970. In 1955, he conceived the idea of the Eurovision Song Contest, based on the famous Sanremo Music Festival. Bezençon graduated with a degree in art history from the University of Lausanne in 1932, and then started work as a freelance art and theater critic before becoming editor of the newspaper Feuille d'Avis. In 1939, he joined Radio suisse romande (RSR), where he served as its director until 1950 when he became Director-General of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), which he served until 1972. Bezençon also sat as a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (SDA ATS) between 1963 and 1972. In 2002, the Marcel Bezençon Awards were founded by Christer Björkman (Melodifestivalen winner and Swedish ESC participant in 1992) and Richard Herrey (Melodifestivalen and Swedish ESC winner in 1984 as part of the Herreys).
Pantheon has 1 people classified as journalists born between 1907 and 1907. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased journalists include Marcel Bezençon.
