Grisons
Grisons ranks 12,294th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Thane, Chaeronea, and Transkei. Memorable people born in Grisons include Sandro Viletta. Grisons has been the birth place of many skiers. Grisons is located in Switzerland.
The Grisons or Graubünden, more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts, and its capital is Chur. The German name of the canton, Graubünden, translates as the "Grey Leagues", referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the Three Leagues. The other native names also refer to the Grey League: Grischùn in Sutsilvan, Grischun in the other forms of Romansh, and Grigioni in Italian. Rhaetia is the Latin name for the area. The Alpine ibex is the canton's heraldic symbol. Read more on Wikipedia
In 1986, Grisons was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Sandro Viletta.
People Born in Grisons
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Most individuals born in present day Grisons were skiers (1), while most who died were .
