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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.
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It contains the Italian enclave of Campione d’Italia in its territory. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2002, present day Switzerland was the birth place of 1,087 globally memorable people, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leonhard Euler, and Le Corbusier. Additionaly, 786 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Switzerland including Charlie Chaplin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and James Joyce.
People Born in Present Day Switzerland
Go to all RankingsJean-Jacques Rousseau
PHILOSOPHER
1712 - 1778
HPI: 91.27
Rank: 398
Leonhard Euler
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 305
Le Corbusier
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1965
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 252
Carl Jung
PSYCHOLOGIST
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 350
Paracelsus
PHYSICIAN
1493 - 1541
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 1
Henry Dunant
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1828 - 1910
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 402
Jean Piaget
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 73
Ferdinand de Saussure
LINGUIST
1857 - 1913
HPI: 82.09
Rank: 922
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 375
Huldrych Zwingli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1484 - 1531
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 427
Sepp Blatter
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 1,017
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1746 - 1827
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 1,087
People Deceased in Present Day Switzerland
Go to all RankingsCharlie Chaplin
ACTOR
1889 - 1977
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 561
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
COMPANION
1837 - 1898
HPI: 89.61
Rank: 598
James Joyce
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 89.38
Rank: 680
Erasmus
PHILOSOPHER
1466 - 1536
HPI: 88.33
Rank: 390
Carl Jung
PSYCHOLOGIST
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 616
John Calvin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1509 - 1564
HPI: 85.23
Rank: 373
Hermann Hesse
WRITER
1877 - 1962
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 291
Jorge Luis Borges
WRITER
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 563
Thomas Mann
WRITER
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 369
Henry Dunant
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1828 - 1910
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 696
Audrey Hepburn
ACTOR
1929 - 1993
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 759
Pierre de Coubertin
BUSINESSPERSON
1863 - 1937
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 558
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Switzerland were soccer players (194), athletes (121), politicians (121), skiers (62), and writers (55), while most who died were politicians (122), writers (104), soccer players (43), painters (32), and actors (30).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Switzerland, including Werner Leimgruber, Yann Sommer, and Ivan Rakitić. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Switzerland, including Werner Leimgruber, Yann Sommer, and Ivan Rakitić.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Switzerland since 1700.