- Source: List of people from Lucerne
Lucerne in central Switzerland is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of Lucerne. With a population of about 81,057 people (as of 2013), it is the most populous town in Central Switzerland. Notable people associated with Lucerne include:
Politicians and others
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), theologian
Alphons Egli (1924-2016), politician
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904-1970), American socialite
Felix Gmür (born 1966), theologian and bishop of Basel
Petermann von Gundoldingen (? -1386), Schultheiss, participant in the battle near Sempach
Josef Martin Knüsel (1813-1889), politician and jurist
Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt (1904-1965), American socialite
Anton Muheim (1916-2016), Social Democrat politician, President of the National Council
Oswald Myconius (1488-1552), reformer.
Franz Riedweg (1907-2005), doctor and SS Obersturmbannführer
Melchior Russ (c. 1450-1499), historian
Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (1772-1856) a politically influential Swiss salonist
Judith Schmutz (born 1996), politician
Josef Anton Schobinger (1849-1911), politician and builder
Arts
Peter Bichsel, (born 1935), writer
Rolf Brem (1926-2014), sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
Fritz Brun (1878-1959), composer and conductor
Heidi Brunner (born 1961), opera singer
Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997), composer
Rolf Dobelli (born 1966), writer and entrepreneur
Jolanda Egger (born 1960), actress, beauty queen, model and racing driver
Hans Erni (1909-2015), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982), tenor
Ernst Hodel junior (1881-1955), painter
Thomas Imbach (born 1962), filmmaker
Armin Jordan (1932-2006), conductor
Stephan Klapproth, (born 1958), journalist and television presenter
Michael Koch (born 1982), film director and screenwriter
Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), saxophonist
Edith Mathis (born 1938), soprano and university professor
Max von Moos (1903-1979), painter and graphic artist
Mauro Peter (born 1987), opera singer
Robert Pilchowski (1909-1990), writer
Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), writer and Nobel laureate (died in Lucerne)
Andrea Štaka (born 1973), director and screenwriter
Emil Steinberger (born 1933), cabaret artist, writer, director and actor
Fredy Studer (born 1948), drummer
André Thomkins (1930-1985), painter, draftsman and poet
Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), German composer, librettist and conductor
Robert Wuellner (1885-1966), actor, director and filmproducer
Luzia von Wyl (born 1985), jazz pianist and composer
Loredana Zefi (born 1995), rapper
Robert Zünd (1826-1909), painter
Science and business
Markus Breitschmid (born 1966), architectural theorist and architectural historian
Johann Baptist Cysat (1585-1657), mathematician and astronomer
Edgar Gretener (1902-1958), electrical engineer
Toni Hagen (1917-2003), geologist
Josef-Maria Jauch (1914-1974), theoretical physicist
Peter von Matt, (born 1937), philologist, specialist for German studies, author
Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist
Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman
Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist
Sport
Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980) also formerly known as Cesaro, professional wrestler
Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Olympia gold medal winner (Nordic combined)
Kurt Müller (born 1948), footballer, 38 caps for Switzerland
Karl Odermatt (born 1942), footballer, 50 caps for Switzerland
Lara Stalder (born 1994), ice hockey player
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- List of people from Lucerne
- Lucerne
- List of Swiss people
- Lucerne (disambiguation)
- List of tallest people
- List of people who died in traffic collisions
- Lucerne Valley, California
- List of mayors of Lucerne
- Alfalfa
- Weggis