Zürich
Zürich ranks 102nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chiba Prefecture, Antwerp, and The Hague. Memorable people born in Zürich include Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Conrad Gessner. Memorable people who died in Zürich include James Joyce, Thomas Mann, and Niki Lauda. Zürich has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Zürich is located in Switzerland.
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of December 2024, the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Zürich was the birth place of 110 globally memorable people, including Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Conrad Gessner. Additionaly, 121 globally memorable people have passed away in Zürich including James Joyce, Thomas Mann, and Niki Lauda. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Zürich than were born there.
People Born in Zürich
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1746 - 1827
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 53
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 32
Conrad Gessner
BIOLOGIST
1516 - 1565
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 85
Bruno Ganz
ACTOR
1941 - 2019
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 59
Felix Bloch
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 58
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
PHYSICIAN
1926 - 2004
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 65
Henry Fuseli
PAINTER
1741 - 1825
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 56
Max Frisch
WRITER
1911 - 1991
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 92
Johann Kaspar Lavater
WRITER
1741 - 1801
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 66
Gottfried Keller
WRITER
1819 - 1890
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 55
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
WRITER
1908 - 1942
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 103
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1909
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 79
Newly Added People Born in Zürich
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Celeste Buckingham
SINGER
1995 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 74
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
TENNIS PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 73
People Deceased in Zürich
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James Joyce
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 89.38
Rank: 96
Thomas Mann
WRITER
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 50
Niki Lauda
RACING DRIVER
1949 - 2019
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 2
Elias Canetti
WRITER
1905 - 1994
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 100
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 13
Wolfgang Pauli
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 68
Mileva Marić
COMPANION
1875 - 1948
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 99
Paul Karrer
CHEMIST
1889 - 1971
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 98
Johanna Spyri
WRITER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 17
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 91
Amanullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1960
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 85
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 101
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Zürich were soccer players (25), writers (9), athletes (9), politicians (7), and painters (5), while most who died were writers (18), politicians (13), mathematicians (9), painters (8), and soccer players (7).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Zürich, including Marcel Koller, Heinz Hermann, and Kurt Armbruster. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Zürich, including Marcel Koller, Heinz Hermann, and Kurt Armbruster.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Zürich since 1700.
