List of Swiss people

This is a list of famous Swiss and notable people from or resident in Switzerland and cantons forming present-day Switzerland.

Politics

• Étienne Clavière (1735-1793)
• Élie Ducommun (1833-1906), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize
• Henri Dunant (1828-1910), Founder of the Red Cross 1901 Nobel Peace Prize
• Nicholas von der Flue (1417-1487), diplomat, hermit, Catholic saint
• Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), US Secretary of the Treasury, diplomat
• Albert Gobat (1843-1914), 1902 Nobel Peace Prize
• Jörg Jenatsch (1596-1639), pastor, Protestant politician
• Josef Leu (1800-1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne
• Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), revolutionary
• Napoleon III (1808-1873) (naturalized in 1832)
• Jacques Necker (1732-1804), statesman and finance minister of Louis XVI
• Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755-1824), statesman, diplomat
• Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg (1569-1621)
• Rudolf von Planta (died 1640), judge in lower Engadin
• Rudolf von Planta-Wildenberg (1603-1641)

See also:

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• List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland
• List of members of the Swiss Federal Council (since 1848)
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (since 1848)
• List of members of the Swiss National Council (current)
• List of Presidents of the Swiss National Council (since 1848)
• List of members of the Swiss Council of States (current)
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States (since 1848)
• List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (since 1803)
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet (before 1848)