Country
Celebrities from Switzerland
34,017 Memorials
302 Funeral Homes
280 Cemeteries
26 Cantons
Switzerland: 161 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, were laid to rest here, or came from Switzerland
JZ
Memorial
Jean Ziegler
04/19/1934 – 06/10/2026
92 years
Swiss sociologist
Geneva
117
EP
Memorial
Emil Paul Tscherrig
02/03/1947 – 05/12/2026
79 years
Swiss Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat from Switzerland
Switzerland
111
Family Tree
MA
Memorial
Mario Adorf
09/08/1930 – 04/08/2026
95 years
German actor
Paris
5181
EV
Memorial
Erich von Däniken
04/14/1935 – 01/10/2026
90 years
Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist
Interlaken
1
AC
Memorial
Arthur Cohn
02/04/1927 – 12/12/2025
98 years
Swiss film producer
Jerusalem
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GY
Memorial
Gazi Yaşargil
07/06/1925 – 06/10/2025
99 years
Turkish-Swiss neurosurgeon
Stäfa
—
PB
Memorial
Peter Bichsel
03/24/1935 – 03/15/2025
89 years
Swiss writer and journalist
Zuchwil
1
Family Tree
KA
Memorial
Karim Aga Khan IV.
12/13/1936 – 02/04/2025
88 years
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
Lisbon
468
Family Tree
BT
Memorial
Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
09/14/1945 – 10/08/2024
79 years
French Traditionalist Catholic bishop
Sion
2
Family Tree
CV
Memorial
Caterina Valente
01/14/1931 – 09/09/2024
93 years
Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress
Lugano
3
Family Tree
AD
Memorial
Alain Delon
11/08/1935 – 08/18/2024
88 years
French actor
Douchy-Montcorbon
2
DK
Memorial
Daniel Kahneman
03/05/1934 – 03/27/2024
90 years
Israeli-American psychologist and economist
Nunningen
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PV
Memorial
Prinz Viktor Emanuel, Prinz von Naple
02/12/1937 – 02/03/2024
86 years
disputed Head of the House of Savoy from 1983 to 2024
Geneva
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NW
Memorial
Niklaus Wirth
02/15/1934 – 01/01/2024
89 years
Swiss computer scientist
Zürich
—
Family Tree
KZ
Memorial
Karl zu Schwarzenberg
12/10/1937 – 11/12/2023
85 years
Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister
Vienna
1152
OA
Memorial
Oleg Alexejewitsch Protopopow
07/16/1932 – 10/31/2023
91 years
Soviet figure skater
Interlaken
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PB
Memorial
Peter Bieri
06/23/1944 – 06/27/2023
79 years
Swiss philosopher and writer
Berlin
2
GM
Memorial
Gino Mäder
01/04/1997 – 06/16/2023
26 years
Swiss cyclist
Chur
2
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
—
Family Tree
EK
Memorial
Elisabeth Kopp
01/14/1952 – 01/15/2026
74 years
member of the Swiss Federal Council
Kronach
3
KA
Memorial
Karl Alexander Müller
04/20/1927 – 01/09/2023
95 years
Swiss physicist
Zürich
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RC
Memorial
Renée Colliard
12/24/1933 – 12/15/2022
88 years
alpine skier
Geneva
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Family Tree
JG
Memorial
Jean-Luc Godard
12/03/1930 – 09/13/2022
91 years
French and Swiss film director
Rolle
11
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