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Celebrities from Zurich
5,737 Memorials
10 Funeral Homes
46 Cemeteries
12 Districts
Zurich: 29 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here
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MA
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Mario Adorf
09/08/1930 – 04/08/2026
95 years
German actor
Paris
5181
GY
Memorial
Gazi Yaşargil
07/06/1925 – 06/10/2025
99 years
Turkish-Swiss neurosurgeon
Stäfa
1
NW
Memorial
Niklaus Wirth
02/15/1934 – 01/01/2024
89 years
Swiss computer scientist
Zürich
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Family Tree
TT
Memorial
Tina Turner
11/26/1939 – 05/24/2023
83 years
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter
Küsnacht
195
JH
Memorial
James Hartle
08/20/1939 – 05/17/2023
83 years
American physicist
Zürich
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KA
Memorial
Karl Alexander Müller
04/20/1927 – 01/09/2023
95 years
Swiss physicist
Zürich
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EG
Memorial
Edita Gruberová
12/23/1946 – 10/18/2021
74 years
(1946–2021) Slovakia-born Austrian opera singer
Zürich
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JB
Memorial
Josef Benz
04/23/1938 – 03/04/2025
86 years
bobsledder
Breitenbrunn
1
JD
Memorial
Justus Dahinden
05/18/1925 – 04/11/2020
94 years
Swiss architect
Zürich
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KK
Memorial
Köbi Kuhn
10/12/1943 – 11/26/2019
76 years
Swiss association football player and manager
Zollikerberg
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RF
Memorial
Robert Frank
11/09/1924 – 09/09/2019
94 years
Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker
Inverness
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NL
Memorial
Niki Lauda
02/22/1949 – 05/20/2019
70 years
Austrian former Formula 1 driver
Zürich
1464
BG
Memorial
Bruno Ganz
03/22/1941 – 02/16/2019
77 years
Swiss actor
Zürich
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SM
Memorial
Sergio Marchionne
06/17/1952 – 07/25/2018
66 years
Italian businessman
Zürich
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LA
Memorial
Lys Assia
03/03/1924 – 03/24/2018
94 years
Swiss singer
Zollikon
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LT
Memorial
Luigi Taveri
09/19/1929 – 03/01/2018
88 years
Swiss motorcycle rider
Switzerland
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AR
Memorial
A. R. Penck
10/05/1939 – 05/02/2017
77 years
German artist
Zürich
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FK
Memorial
Ferdy Kübler
07/24/1919 – 12/29/2016
97 years
Swiss racing cyclist
Zürich
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WB
Memorial
Walter Burkert
02/02/1931 – 03/11/2015
84 years
German classical philologist and religious scholar
Uster
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JW
Memorial
Johnny Winter
02/23/1944 – 07/16/2014
70 years
American blues guitarist and singer
Bezirk Bülach
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PW
Memorial
Paul Wild
10/05/1925 – 07/02/2014
88 years
Swiss astronomer
Bern
1
HG
Memorial
HR Giger
02/05/1940 – 05/12/2014
74 years
Swiss artist
Zürich
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UW
Memorial
Urs Widmer
05/21/1938 – 04/02/2014
75 years
Swiss novelist, playwright
Zürich
21
RB
Memorial
Robert Ballaman
06/21/1926 – 09/05/2011
85 years
Swiss footballer
Zürich
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