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Canton

Celebrities from Zurich

33 memorials
10 Funeral Homes
1 cemetery
9 Districts
Celebrities28

Zurich: 28 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here

Memorial page of Mario Adorf
Family Tree
MA
Portrait of Mario Adorf (1930–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Mario Adorf

09/08/1930 – 04/08/2026

95 years

German actor

Paris
5181
GY
Portrait of Gazi Yaşargil (1925–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Gazi Yaşargil

07/06/1925 – 06/10/2025

99 years

Turkish-Swiss neurosurgeon

Stäfa
1
NW
Portrait of Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Niklaus Wirth

02/15/1934 – 01/01/2024

89 years

Swiss computer scientist

Zürich
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Memorial page of Tina Turner
Family Tree
TT
Portrait of Tina Turner (1939–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Tina Turner

née Anna Mae Bullock

11/26/1939 – 05/24/2023

83 years

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter

Küsnacht
195
JH
Portrait of James Hartle (1939–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

James Hartle

08/20/1939 – 05/17/2023

83 years

American physicist

Zürich
1
KA
Portrait of Karl Alexander Müller (1927–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Karl Alexander Müller

04/20/1927 – 01/09/2023

95 years

Swiss physicist

Zürich
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EG
Portrait of Edita Gruberová (1946–2021) – memorial page

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

04/24/1938 – 03/05/2025

86 years

bobsledder

Breitenbrunn
1
JD
Portrait of Justus Dahinden (1925–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Justus Dahinden

05/18/1925 – 04/11/2020

94 years

Swiss architect

Zürich
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KK
Portrait of Köbi Kuhn (1943–2019) – memorial page

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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Memorial page of Niki Lauda
Family Tree
NL
Portrait of Niki Lauda (1949–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Niki Lauda

02/22/1949 – 05/20/2019

70 years

Austrian former Formula 1 driver

Zürich
1464
BG
Portrait of Bruno Ganz (1941–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Bruno Ganz

03/22/1941 – 02/16/2019

77 years

Swiss actor

Zürich
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SM
Portrait of Sergio Marchionne (1952–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Sergio Marchionne

06/17/1952 – 07/25/2018

66 years

Italian businessman

Zürich
1
LA
Portrait of Lys Assia (1924–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Lys Assia

née Rosa Mina Schärer

03/03/1924 – 03/24/2018

94 years

Swiss singer

Zollikon
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LT
Portrait of Luigi Taveri (1929–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Luigi Taveri

09/19/1929 – 03/01/2018

88 years

Swiss motorcycle rider

Switzerland
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AR
Portrait of A. R. Penck (1939–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

A. R. Penck

née Ralf Winkler

10/05/1939 – 05/02/2017

77 years

German artist

Zürich
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FK
Portrait of Ferdy Kübler (1919–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Ferdy Kübler

07/24/1919 – 12/29/2016

97 years

Swiss racing cyclist

Zürich
1
WB

Memorial

Walter Burkert

02/02/1931 – 03/11/2015

84 years

German classical philologist and religious scholar

Uster
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JW
Portrait of Johnny Winter (1944–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Johnny Winter

02/23/1944 – 07/16/2014

70 years

American blues guitarist and singer

Bezirk Bülach
1
PW
Portrait of Paul Wild (1925–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Paul Wild

10/05/1925 – 07/02/2014

88 years

Swiss astronomer

Bern
1
HG
Portrait of HR Giger (1940–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

HR Giger

02/05/1940 – 05/12/2014

74 years

Swiss artist

Zürich
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Family Tree
UW
Portrait of Urs Widmer (1938–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Urs Widmer

05/21/1938 – 04/02/2014

75 years

Swiss novelist, playwright

Zürich
21
RB
Portrait of Robert Ballaman (1926–2011) – memorial page

Memorial

Robert Ballaman

06/21/1926 – 09/05/2011

85 years

Swiss footballer

Zürich
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