Fribourg, Switzerland

1. Volkan Oezdemir (1989)

Mma Fighter

Light heavyweight MMA fighter who has earned fame for his career in the UFC. In March 2019, he was named the #7 light heavyweight within the UFC's overall rankings, and...

2. Sandra Kolly (1974)

Olympic Pistol Shooter

Sandra Kolly is a Swiss sport shooter. She won two medals gold and bronze in both air and sport pistol at the 2008 ISSF World Cup series in Rio de...

3. Tristan Scherwey (1991)

Swiss Ice Hockey Player

Tristan Scherwey is a Swiss professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the SC Bern of Switzerland's National League A.

4. Joseph Deiss (1946)

Swiss Economist

Joseph Deiss is an economist Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party. From 1999 to 2006 he was a member of the Swiss Federal Council heading...

5. Jacques Deschenaux (1945)

Swiss Television Journalist

Jacques Deschenaux is a Swiss journalist and television personality. He has worked for many years with the sports programming at the French branch of Swiss television. Among his journalistic works...

6. Daniel Vasella (1953)

Swiss Businessman

Daniel Lucius Vasella M. D. is a medical doctor author and executive who served as CEO and chairman of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG the world's fifth largest...

7. Arlette Zola (Unknow)

Swiss Singer

Arlette Zola is a singer who represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. She was born Arlette Jaquet in the city of Fribourg on 29 April 1949. Her song...

8. Patrick Aebischer (1954)

Neuroscientist

Patrick Aebischer has been the president of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since March 17 2000. He is also a professor in neurosciences and head of the Neurodegenerative Disease...

9. Christophe Jaquet (1976)

Footballer

Christophe Jaquet is a Swiss footballer who plays for Fribourg at 1. Liga. He did not play any match in 2007–08 season since followed Neuchâtel Xamax promoted back to Swiss...

10. Mia Aegerter (1976)

Musician Singer Dancer

Mia Aegerter is a Swiss musician model and stage and film actor.

11. René Fasel (1950)

Swiss Ice Hockey Player

René Fasel DMD is a Swiss dentist and ice hockey official. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in 1960 and became a referee in...

12. Jean Bourgknecht (1902)

Swiss Politician

Jean Bourgknecht was a Swiss politician mayor of Fribourg and member of the Swiss Federal Council. Jean Bourgknecht was born to Louis and Eugénie-Louise Bourgknecht in Fribourg. After getting his...

13. Reymond Clavel (1950)

Swiss Roboticist

Reymond Clavel is director of the Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques 2 at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He is one of the pioneers in the development of...

14. Liliane Chappuis (1955)

Swiss Politician

Liliane Chappuis was a Swiss politician from the Canton of Fribourg and member of the Swiss National Council. Chappuis was elected to the executive of the municipality of Corpataux-Magnedens in...

15. Urs Schwaller (1952)

Swiss Politician

Urs Schwaller is a Swiss politician member of the Swiss Council of States for the Canton of Fribourg. Elected to the Council in 2003 Schwaller currently presides the caucus of...

16. Patrice Brasey (1964)

Swiss Ice Hockey Player

Patrice Brasey is a former Swiss ice hockey player who played for Genève-Servette HC in the National League A. He also played for the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team...

17. Simon Grether (1992)

Footballer

Simon Grether is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as defender and/or midfielder. He is under contract with FC Basel in the Swiss Super League but currently playing out on...

18. Daniele Buetti (1955)

Swiss Artist

Daniele Buetti is a Swiss visual artist working in various media principally installation and intervention. His work includes photography video sound drawing sculpture and digitally assisted work. Since 2004 he...

19. Olivier Carrard (1956)

Fencer

Olivier Carrard is a Swiss fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

20. Thomas Baumer (1960)

Swiss Psychologist

Thomas Baumer is a Swiss economist and expert for Intercultural competence and Personality assessment. He developed parts of the prognostic personality and abilities assessment and coined this term especially within...

21. Claude Longchamp (1957)

Swiss Political Scientist And Hi

Claude Longchamp is a Swiss historian and political scientist.

22. Karl Moor (Swiss banker) (1853)

unknow

Karl Moor was a Swiss Communist and a channel for German financing of the 19th-century European Bolshevik movement. He was the illegitimate son of Swiss citizen Mary Moor of Vordemwald...

23. Carlos Leal (1969)

Swiss Actor And Rapper

Carlos Leal is a Swiss rapper and actor. Leal was born in Lausanne to Galician immigrants. In 1990 he co-founded Sens Unik. The group produced four gold records and contributed...

24. Jean-François Rime (1950)

Swiss Politician

Jean-François Rime is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician from the Canton of Fribourg representing the Swiss People's Party in the National Council. Rime owns a sawmill in Bulle. As a...

25. David Papaux (1981)

Swiss Judoka

David Papaux is a Swiss judoka.

26. Alain Gaspoz (1970)

Footballer

Alain Gaspoz is a Swiss-Beninese football player who is playing for FC Bagnes.

27. David Aebischer (1978)

Ice Hockey Player

David Aebischer is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A. Before returning to North America in 2011 Aebischer had spent four...

28. Pascal Mancini (1989)

Swiss Sprinter

Pascal Mancini is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Fribourg. He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships the 2009 European Indoor Championships...

29. Caroline Kilchenmann (1984)

Swiss Biathlete And Ski Mountain

Caroline Kilchenmann is a Swiss biathlete and ski mountaineer. Kilchenmann member of the Sci Club Hochmatt im Fang became a member of the national biathlon team in 2007. She studies...

30. Dominik Perler (1965)

Swiss Philosopher

Dominik Perler is a Swiss philosopher. He was born in Freiburg im Üechtland. Perler studied philosophy at the University of Fribourg University of Bern and University of Göttingen. After finishing...

31. Alain Berset (1972)

Swiss Politician

Alain Berset is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. Since 1 January 2012 he is a member of the Swiss Federal Council the seven member Swiss government and...

32. Valentin Wirz (1981)

Swiss Ice Hockey Player

Valentin Wirz is a Swiss professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the SC Bern of Switzerland's National League A.

33. Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (1967)

Swiss Businessman

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais is an internationally active Swiss entrepreneur and investor and has founded and led numerous businesses over the course of his career. Among these are Quantum Global...

34. Emmanuel Siffert (1967)

Swiss Conductor

Emmanuel Siffert is a Swiss conductor.

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