100 Notable alumni of
University of Lausanne

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The University of Lausanne is 370th in the world, 130th in Europe, and 4th in Switzerland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Lausanne sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Lausanne won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.

  1. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-2016 (aged 89)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1945-1951
    Occupations
    military officersocial workersaxophonistpainterjazz musician
    Biography

    Bhumibol Adulyadej, conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great (officially conferred by King Vajiralongkorn in 2019), was the ninth King of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IX. Reigning from 1946 until his death in 2016, he is the third-longest verified reigning sovereign monarch in world history after King Louis XIV and Queen Elizabeth II, reigning for 70 years and 126 days. His reign of over 70 years is the longest reign of any Thai monarch, and the longest native rule of any Asian sovereign.

  2. Sepp Blatter

    Sepp Blatter
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    In 1958 graduated with Diplom in general economics
    In 1959 graduated with bachelor's degree
    Occupations
    economistice hockey playerpoliticiansports official
    Biography

    Joseph Sepp Blatter is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of the FIFA corruption case made public that year, and will remain banned until 2027.

  3. Ananda Mahidol

    Ananda Mahidol
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1925-1946 (aged 21)
    Occupations
    monarchsocial workermilitary officer
    Biography

    Ananda Mahidol was the eighth King of Siam (later Thailand) from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in December 1945, but six months later, in June 1946, he was found shot dead in his bed. Although at first thought to have been an accident, his death was ruled a murder by medical examiners, and three royal aides were later executed following very irregular trials. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of much controversy.

  4. Beatrix von Storch

    Beatrix von Storch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika von Storch is a German politician and lawyer, who has been the Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany since July 2015 and a Member of the Bundestag since September 2017. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. From April 2016 to 2017 she was also a member of the right-wing populist Anti-EU group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy. She is part of the right-wing conservative wing of the parliamentary group of the AfD. She belongs ancestrally to the royal House of Oldenburg which reigned over the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg until 1918.

  5. Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

    Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1887-1977 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianmilitary personneleconomistjurist
    Biography

    Johann Ludwig "Lutz" Graf Schwerin von Krosigk was a German senior government official who served as the minister of finance of Germany from 1932 to 1945 and de facto chancellor of Germany during May 1945.

  6. Prince Bernhard, Prince Consort of the Netherlands

    Prince Bernhard, Prince Consort of the Netherlands
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1911-2004 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    military officerconservationistphotographermilitary commanderaircraft pilot
    Biography

    Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters together, including Beatrix, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013.

  7. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

    Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1934-2002 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    partisanpolitician
    Biography

    Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). UNITA waged a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule from 1966 to 1974, then confronted the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the Angolan Civil War. Savimbi was killed in a clash with government troops in 2002.

  8. Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh

    Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1892-1997 (aged 105)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterpoetlinguisthistorian
    Biography

    Mohammad-Ali Jamālzādeh Esfahani was one of the most prominent writers of Iran in the 20th century, best known for his unique style of humour. In view of his vast influence over Persian short story writing, he is often referred to as the father of this genre in Iran.

  9. Galyani Vadhana

    Galyani Vadhana
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1923-2008 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterlinguisthelicopter pilotsocial worker
    Biography

    Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas was a princess of Thailand and the elder sister of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). She was also a direct granddaughter of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), and aunt of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

  10. Bernhard von Bülow

    Bernhard von Bülow
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1849-1929 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    statespersonauthorpoliticiandiplomat
    Biography

    Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow was a German statesman who served as the chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1900 to 1909. A fervent supporter of Weltpolitik, Bülow devoted his chancellorship to transforming Germany into a global power. Despite presiding over sustained economic growth and major technological advancement, his government's foreign policy did much to antagonize France and Great Britain, which contributed significantly to Germany's defeat in the First World War.

  11. Bertrand Piccard

    Bertrand Piccard
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    balloonistpsychiatristexplorerinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Bertrand Piccard FRSGS is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight. In 2012 Piccard was awarded a Champions of the Earth award by the UN Environment Programme. He is the founder and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation.

  12. Alexandre Yersin

    Alexandre Yersin
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1863-1943 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    bacteriologistbiologistexplorerphysicianagronomist
    Biography

    Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis. Another bacteriologist, the Japanese physician Kitasato Shibasaburō, is often credited with independently identifying the bacterium a few days earlier. Yersin also demonstrated for the first time that the same bacillus was present in the rodent as well as in the human disease, thus underlining the possible means of transmission.

  13. Frank Wedekind

    Frank Wedekind
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1864-1918 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    stage actorplaywrightwriterscreenwriteractor
    Biography

    Benjamin Franklin Wedekind was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.

  14. Joachim Son-Forget

    Joachim Son-Forget
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    researcherpoliticianradiologist
    Biography

    Joachim Jean-Marie Forget, known as Joachim Son-Forget is a South Korean-born French politician. Holding a doctorate in neuroscience, he also works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland. He has held Kosovar citizenship since 2018.

  15. Hocine Aït Ahmed

    Hocine Aït Ahmed
    Born in
    Algeria Flag Algeria
    Years
    1926-2015 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hocine Aït Ahmed was an Algerian politician. He was founder and leader until 2009 of the historical political opposition in Algeria.

  16. Moritz Schlick

    Moritz Schlick
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1882-1936 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    physicistuniversity teacherphilosopherphilosopher of science
    Biography

    Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle.

  17. Frère Roger

    Frère Roger
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1915-2005 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    Roger Schutz, popularly known as Brother Roger (French: Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France, serving as its first prior until his murder in 2005. Towards the end of his life, the Taizé Community was attracting international attention, welcoming thousands of young pilgrims every week, which it has continued to do after his death.

  18. Juan Sartori

    Juan Sartori
    Born in
    Uruguay Flag Uruguay
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Juan José Sartori Piñeyro is a Uruguayan businessman, senator and co-owner of Sunderland. He is the president and founder of Union Group, a privately owned investment management and private equity firm that holds significant interests across an array of industries worldwide, including agriculture, technology, energy and real estate.

  19. Michel Mayor

    Michel Mayor
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    physicistastronomerastrophysicistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva. He is co-laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz, and the winner of the 2010 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize and the 2015 Kyoto Prize.

  20. Vera Gedroits

    Vera Gedroits
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1870-1932 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    writerphysician writersurgeonpoetphysician
    Biography

    Princess Vera Ignatievna Gedroits was a Russian doctor of medicine and author. She was the first woman military surgeon in Russia, the first woman professor of surgery, and the first woman to serve as a physician to the Imperial Court of Russia.

  21. Jean-Claude Biver

    Jean-Claude Biver
    Born in
    Luxembourg Flag Luxembourg
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    international forum participantbusinessperson
    Biography

    Jean-Claude Biver is a Luxembourg-born Swiss businessman, executive and cheesemaker. He previously served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of TAG Heuer. From 2014 until 2018, he was the president of LVMH's watchmaking division until his retirement after 43 years in the industry.

  22. Théophile Steinlen

    Théophile Steinlen
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1859-1923 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    poster artistarchitectural draftspersonlithographerdesignerprintmaker
    Biography

    Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. He was politically engaged and collaborated with anarchist and socialist press.

  23. Shaul Tchernichovsky

    Shaul Tchernichovsky
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1875-1943 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    writerpoetphysiciantranslatorIliad's translator
    Biography

    Shaul Tchernichovsky or Saul Gutmanovich Tchernichovsky (Russian: Саул Гутманович Черниховский; 20 August 1875 – 14 October 1943) was a Russian-born Hebrew poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece.

  24. Michel Pastoureau

    Michel Pastoureau
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    historianresearch fellow
    Biography

    Michel Pastoureau is a French professor of medieval history and an expert in Western symbology.

  25. İsmail Cem İpekçi

    İsmail Cem İpekçi
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1940-2007 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    diplomatwriterpoliticianphotographerjournalist
    Biography

    İsmail Cem was a Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture of Turkey from July 7 to October 26, 1995, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from June 30, 1997 to July 11, 2002.

  26. Hans Fischer

    Hans Fischer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1881-1945 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    internistuniversity teacherphysicianbiochemistchemist
    Biography

    Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."

  27. Philippe Jaccottet

    Philippe Jaccottet
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1925-2021 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterpoet
    Biography

    Philippe Jaccottet was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator.

  28. Hassan Emami

    Hassan Emami
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1903-1981 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Sayyid Hassan Emami was an Iranian Shia cleric and royalist politician. He worked as a judge in the Ministry of Justice and taught law at the University of Tehran.

  29. Leonard Jeffries

    Leonard Jeffries
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Leonard Jeffries Jr. is an American political scientist and academic. He was the departmental chair of Black Studies at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the uncle of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Ohio State University historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

  30. Jacques Dubochet

    Jacques Dubochet
    Awards
    Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    molecular biologist
    Biography

    Jacques Dubochet is a retired Swiss biophysicist. He is a former researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and an honorary professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

  31. Alexander Osterwalder

    Alexander Osterwalder
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacherpolitical scientistentrepreneurbusiness theorist
    Biography

    Alexander Osterwalder is a Swiss business theorist, author, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur, known for his work on business modeling and the development of the Business Model Canvas.

  32. Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

    Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1878-1947 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    librettistwriterpoet
    Biography

    Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.

  33. Claude Nicollier

    Claude Nicollier
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    physicistastronautastrophysicistaircraft pilot
    Biography

    Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (called STS-61 and STS-103). During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Space Shuttle mission (previous ESA astronauts conducted spacewalks aboard Mir, see List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999). In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston. Nicollier retired from ESA in April 2007.

  34. Michael Piazolo

    Michael Piazolo
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    juristpoliticianuniversity teacherpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Michael Piazolo is a German Free Voter politician, lawyer and political scientist. In 2018 he was appointed as the Bavarian State Minister for Culture and Education in Minister President Söder's second Cabinet.

  35. Gaston Thorn

    Gaston Thorn
    Born in
    Luxembourg Flag Luxembourg
    Years
    1928-2007 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    diplomatlawyerpoliticianbankerresistance fighter
    Biography

    Gaston Egmond Thorn was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were the 20th prime minister of Luxembourg (1974–1979), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1975), and the seventh president of the European Commission (1981–1985).

  36. Karl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach

    Karl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1679-1738 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    margrave
    Biography

    Charles III William was Margrave of Baden-Durlach between 1709 and 1738. He was the son of Margrave Frederick Magnus of Baden-Durlach and Augusta Maria of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. In 1715, he established Karlsruhe (Charles' repose), where he built his residence. Karlsruhe has since grown to a large city. With the consolidation of public finances and the creation of a reliable administration, he laid the foundations for the reform policies of his grandson, Charles Frederick.

  37. Ernest Ansermet

    Ernest Ansermet
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1883-1969 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    musicologistconductorcomposermusician
    Biography

    Ernest Alexandre Ansermet was a Swiss conductor.

  38. Şemsettin Günaltay

    Şemsettin Günaltay
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1883-1961 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    academichistorianpoliticianprofessor
    Biography

    Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950.

  39. Marcel Bezençon

    Marcel Bezençon
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1907-1981 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Marcel Bezençon was a Swiss journalist, media executive and the director of the European Broadcasting Union between 1954 and 1970. In 1955, he conceived the idea of the Eurovision Song Contest, based on the famous Sanremo Music Festival.

  40. Pascal Couchepin

    Pascal Couchepin
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Pascal Couchepin is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008. Couchepin headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and Federal Department of Home Affairs from 2003 until 2009.

  41. Johannes Popitz

    Johannes Popitz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1884-1945 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    juristeconomistpoliticianresistance fighter
    Biography

    Johannes Popitz was a Prussian lawyer, finance minister and a member of the German Resistance against the government of Nazi Germany. He was the father of Heinrich Popitz, an important German sociologist.

  42. Lauriane Gilliéron

    Lauriane Gilliéron
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
    Biography

    Lauriane Gilliéron is a Swiss actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Switzerland 2005 on 21 September 2005 and represented Switzerland at Miss World 2005 in China but unplaced, she also competed at Miss Universe 2006 in United States where she placed 2nd runner-up.

  43. Jean Piccard

    Jean Piccard
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1884-1963 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    balloonistuniversity teacherchemistengineeraircraft pilot
    Biography

    Jean Felix Piccard, also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented clustered high-altitude balloons, and with his wife Jeannette, the plastic balloon. Piccard's inventions and co-inventions are used in balloon flight, aircraft and spacecraft.

  44. Patrick Baumann

    Patrick Baumann
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1967-2018 (aged 51)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball officialbasketball coachjuristsports official
    Biography

    Patrick Baumann was a Swiss basketball executive, player and coach. He was the President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.

  45. Jacques Chessex

    Jacques Chessex
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1934-2009 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    painterwriterpoet
    Biography

    Jacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.

  46. Mohammad Sa'ed

    Mohammad Sa'ed
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1881-1973 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei was the 27th Prime Minister of Iran.

  47. Alp Yalman

    Alp Yalman
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Alp Yalman is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.

  48. Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

    Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1936-1998 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jean-Pascal Delamuraz was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–1998).

  49. Isabelle Moret

    Isabelle Moret
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
    Biography

    Isabelle Moret is a Swiss politician who served as President of the National Council from 2019 to 2020. A member of FDP.The Liberals since its foundation in 2009, she first entered the National Council in 2006 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD). Moret is a resident of Yens-sur-Morges in the canton of Vaud.

  50. Ottmar Schreiner

    Ottmar Schreiner
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1946-2013 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Ottmar Schreiner was a German lawyer and left-wing politician. He was known as one of the leading leftists in his party, SPD.

  51. Yomi Denzel Olaniyi

    Yomi Denzel Olaniyi
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 2016-2019
    Occupations
    entrepreneurbusinesspersonYouTuber
    Biography

    Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, is a Swiss entrepreneur and YouTuber.

  52. Henri François Pittier

    Henri François Pittier
    Born in
    Venezuela Flag Venezuela
    Years
    1857-1950 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    botanical collectorengineernaturalistbotanist
    Biography

    Henri François Pittier de Fabrega was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist who started Venezuelan National Park history.

  53. Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

    Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politicianjurist
    Biography

    Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen is a German politician, lawyer and administrative officer. who served as State Minister of Culture and Science in the governments of Minister-Presidents Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023 she is managing director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich.

  54. Elisa Shua Dusapin

    Elisa Shua Dusapin
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Elisa Shua Dusapin, born 23 October 1992 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France, is a Franco-Korean writer currently living in Switzerland.

  55. Ruben Sevak

    Ruben Sevak
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1885-1915 (aged 30)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1911
    Occupations
    physicianwriterpoet
    Biography

    Rupen Chilingiryan was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor. He was sent to a concentration camp along with Siamanto and Daniel Varoujan during the Armenian Genocide.

  56. Georges de Rham

    Georges de Rham
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1903-1990 (aged 87)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1921-1925
    Occupations
    university teachertopologistmathematician
    Biography

    Georges de Rham was a Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology.

  57. Pierre-Yves Maillard

    Pierre-Yves Maillard
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politiciantrade unionist
    Biography

    Pierre-Yves Maillard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was successively a deputy for the canton of Vaud on the National Council (from the end of 1999 to the end of 2004), a member of the Council of State of Vaud at the head of the department of health and social action (from the end of 2004 to May 2019), again national advisor (from the end of 2019 to the end of 2023) and advisor to the states since the end of 2023.

  58. Konrad Fiedler

    Konrad Fiedler
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1841-1895 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    art collectorwriterart historianart theorist
    Biography

    Adolph Konrad Fiedler or Conrad Fiedler was a German art historian, art collector and writer. Fiedler was one of the most important German art theorist of the 19th century.

  59. Sabine Sütterlin-Waack

    Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Sabine Sütterlin-Waack is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She currently serves as State Minister of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sports in the State of Schleswig-Holstein.

  60. Ali Lutfi Mahmud

    Ali Lutfi Mahmud
    Born in
    Egypt Flag Egypt
    Years
    1935-2018 (aged 83)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Graduated with doctorate in economics
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Aly Lotfy Mahmoud was an Egyptian politician and prime minister.

  61. Avedis Aharonyan

    Avedis Aharonyan
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1866-1948 (aged 82)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1898-1901
    Occupations
    politicianwriterteacher
    Biography

    Avetis Aharonian was an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary, also part of the Armenian national movement.

  62. Cesla Amarelle

    Cesla Amarelle
    Born in
    Uruguay Flag Uruguay
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Cesla Virginia Amarelle is an Uruguayan-Swiss jurist and politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and a professor of law at University of Neuchâtel.

  63. Chrysostomos II of Athens

    Chrysostomos II of Athens
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1880-1968 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    Christian minister
    Biography

    Chrysostomos II was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 14 February 1962 to 11 May 1967.

  64. Ada Marra

    Ada Marra
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ada Marra is a Swiss political figure and a member of the Swiss Socialist Party.

  65. Max Huber

    Max Huber
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1874-1960 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    diplomatjudgeuniversity teacherpoliticianjurist
    Biography

    Hans Max Huber was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat who represented Switzerland at a series of international conferences and institutions.

  66. Géraldine Savary

    Géraldine Savary
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    journalistpoliticianeditor-in-chief
    Biography

    Géraldine Savary is a journalist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP), former member of the National Council and the Council of States and the current director of the Federal Commission of the Swiss postal services, PostCom.

  67. Erich Koch-Weser

    Erich Koch-Weser
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1875-1944 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Erich Koch-Weser was a German lawyer and liberal politician. One of the founders (1918) and later chairman (1924–1930) of the liberal German Democratic Party, he served as minister of the Interior (1919–1921), vice-chancellor of Germany (1920) and minister of Justice (1928–1929).

  68. Hamo Ohanjanyan

    Hamo Ohanjanyan
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1873-1947 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    In 1901 graduated with Doctor of Medicine
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianphysician
    Biography

    Hamazasp "Hamo" Ohanjanyan was an Armenian medical doctor, revolutionary, and politician of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF/Dashnaktsutiun). He served as the third Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia from May 5 to November 23, 1920.

  69. Numan Menemencioğlu

    Numan Menemencioğlu
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1893-1958 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu was a Turkish diplomat and politician.

  70. Alexandre Vinet

    Alexandre Vinet
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1797-1847 (aged 50)
    Occupations
    university teacherhistoriantheologianwriterphilosopher
    Biography

    Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet was a Swiss literary critic and theologian.

  71. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele

    Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Karl-Friedrich Scheufele is Co-President of Chopard along with his sister, Caroline, and President of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. He is the son of Karl and Karin Scheufele, German entrepreneurs who acquired Chopard in 1963. In 2005, he established the Fleurier Quality Foundation, an independent Swiss watch certification body, and he founded the L.U.C.EUM watch museum in Fleurier a year later.

  72. Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig

    Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    juristpoliticianuniversity teacherjudge
    Biography

    Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig is a German jurist. He currently holds the chair for public law at the University of Kiel. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as Federal Minister of Justice in the Fifth Kohl cabinet between 1996 and 1998.

  73. Jacques Poos

    Jacques Poos
    Born in
    Luxembourg Flag Luxembourg
    Years
    1935-2022 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    bankereconomistpoliticiandiplomat
    Biography

    Jacques François Poos was a Luxembourgish politician from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP).

  74. Adèle Thorens Goumaz

    Adèle Thorens Goumaz
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Adèle Thorens Goumaz is a Swiss politician. She has been a member of the Council of States since December 2019. Previously, she served in the National Council of Switzerland from the Canton of Vaud from 2007 to 2019. She was elected as the co-president of the Green Party of Switzerland with Regula Rytz in 2012 and announced that she would not run for re-election in 2016, leaving the post solely in Rytz's hands.

  75. François Couchepin

    François Couchepin
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1935-2023 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyerjurist
    Biography

    François Couchepin was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as Chancellor of Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the now-defunct Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP/PRD).

  76. Eduardo Posada Flórez

    Eduardo Posada Flórez
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Eduardo Posada Flórez is a Colombian physicist and the executive director of COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Colombia, the International Centre of Physics (CIF), and is the chairperson of COMSATS’ Coordinating Council, comprising the Heads of Centres of Excellence.

  77. Anja Weisgerber

    Anja Weisgerber
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Anja Weisgerber is a German lawyer and politician. She currently is a member of the German Bundestag representing Schweinfurt for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), part of the European People's Party (EPP). She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Bavaria. In addition to her political work, she serves as of counsel at the Frankfurt office of German law firm GSK Stockmann & Kollegen.

  78. Amin al-Hafez

    Amin al-Hafez
    Born in
    Lebanon Flag Lebanon
    Years
    1926-2009 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Amin al-Hafez was the prime minister of Lebanon from 25 April 1973 to 21 June 1973. He was also a long-running Member of Parliament for Tripoli in the Lebanese Parliament until 1996.

  79. Zofia Zamenhof

    Zofia Zamenhof
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1889-1942 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    Esperantistpediatrician
    Biography

    Zofia Zamenhof was a Polish pediatrician and the daughter of Klara (Silbernik) and L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto.

  80. Philippe Lazzarini

    Philippe Lazzarini
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Graduated with master's degree in business administration
    Occupations
    economistadministrator
    Biography

    Philippe Lazzarini is a Swiss-Italian who has been serving as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 2020.

  81. Valentine Telegdi

    Valentine Telegdi
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1922-2006 (aged 84)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1946
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    Valentine Louis Telegdi was a Hungarian-born American physicist. He was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago before he moved to ETH Zürich.

  82. Suzette Sandoz

    Suzette Sandoz
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Suzette Sandoz, born Suzette Monod in Lausanne on 12 January 1942, is a professor of law and a Swiss political figure and member of the Liberal Party of Switzerland.

  83. Henri Druey

    Henri Druey
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1799-1855 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    politicianphilosopherlawyer
    Biography

    Daniel-Henri Druey was a Swiss politician of the 19th century. He was a founding father of constitutional democracy and member of the Free Democratic Party in Switzerland.

  84. Katharina Borchert

    Katharina Borchert
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    international forum participantjournalist
    Biography

    Katharina Borchert is the Chief Innovation Officer at Mozilla. She is a German journalist and was previously the managing director at Spiegel Online. Borchert served on the Mozilla Board of Directors from 2014 to 2015, before her appointment as CIO.

  85. Luc Recordon

    Luc Recordon
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Luc Recordon is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the Green Party of Switzerland and represented Vaud in the Swiss National Council from 2003 to 2007 and in the Swiss Council of States from 2007 to 2015.

  86. Paul Jaccard

    Paul Jaccard
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1868-1944 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    botanistuniversity teachermathematician
    Biography

    Paul Jaccard was a professor of botany and plant physiology at the ETH Zurich. He studied at the University of Lausanne and ETH Zurich (PhD 1894). He continued studies in Paris with Gaston Bonnier. He developed the Jaccard index of similarity (he called it coefficient de communauté) and published it in 1901. He also introduced the use of the species-to-genus ratio (he called it generic coefficient) in biogeography. In the 1920s, Paul Jaccard engaged in a dispute with the Finnish botanist and phytogeographer Alvar Palmgren over the interpretation of species-to-genus ratio, as evidence of competitive exclusion (as held by Jaccard) or attributable to random sampling (as held by Palmgren).

  87. Samuel Bendahan

    Samuel Bendahan
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Samuel Bendahan is a Swiss Socialist Party politician and member of the National Council elected from Canton of Vaud in 2017. He previously served in Vaudois Grand Council.

  88. Helena Araújo

    Helena Araújo
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1934-2015 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacherliterary criticessayisthispanist
    Biography

    Helena Araújo Ortiz was a writer and an international professor of Latin American literature and women's studies. Her works of literary criticism have appeared in various Latin American and European literary journals.

  89. René Fülöp-Miller

    René Fülöp-Miller
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1891-1963 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    cultural historianwriteruniversity teachersociologist
    Biography

    René Fülöp-Miller, born Philip René Maria Müller was an Austrian cultural historian and writer. He was born to an Alsatian immigrant and a Serbian mother in Karánsebes, Austria-Hungary (now Caransebeş, Romania) and died in Hanover, New Hampshire.

  90. Edouard Rod

    Edouard Rod
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1857-1910 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterliterary critic
    Biography

    Édouard Rod was a French-Swiss novelist.

  91. Nikol Aghbalian

    Nikol Aghbalian
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1875-1947 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    politicianteacherpublic figureliterary scholarliterary
    Biography

    Nikol Poghosi Aghbalian was an Armenian public figure and historian of literature, the editor of Horizon paper.

  92. Philipp Humm

    Philipp Humm
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    film directorwriterfilm producerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Philipp Rudolf Humm is an artist, film director and a former European business executive.

  93. Pierre Zimmermann

    Pierre Zimmermann
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    bridge player
    Biography

    Pierre Zimmermann is a Swiss-born real estate developer and champion bridge player formerly resident in Monaco.

  94. Angela D. Friederici

    Angela D. Friederici
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    psychologistprofessorneuroscientist
    Biography

    Angela Friederici is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and is an internationally recognized expert in neuropsychology and linguistics. She is the author of over 400 academic articles and book chapters, and has edited 15 books on linguistics, neuroscience, language and psychology.

  95. Philippe Rahmy

    Philippe Rahmy
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1965-2017 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    archaeologistpoet
    Biography

    Philippe Rahmy was a Swiss poet and writer.

  96. Bessora

    Bessora
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Bessora is a novelist and short story writer. After a career in international finance in Geneva, she studied anthropology and wrote her first novel. Since 1999 Bessora has published a book a year on average, mainly through the publishing group Gallimard. Her books have been translated into several languages.

  97. André Haefliger

    André Haefliger
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1929-2023 (aged 94)
    Enrolled in the University of Lausanne
    Studied in 1948-1952
    Occupations
    university teachermathematician
    Biography

    André Haefliger was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily on topology.

  98. Jules Jacot-Guillarmod

    Jules Jacot-Guillarmod
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1868-1925 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    explorerwriterphysicianphotographer
    Biography

    Jules Jacot-Guillarmod was a Swiss physician, mountaineer and photographer. He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1868 and died in the Gulf of Aden in 1925. As a mountaineer he was known for his ascents in the Swiss Alps but particularly for his participation in two Himalaya expeditions.

  99. Aimé Ngoy Mukena

    Aimé Ngoy Mukena
    Born in
    DR Congo Flag DR Congo
    Years
    Died in 2022
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianphilosopher
    Biography

    Aimé Ngoy Mukena was a political figure from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has served as Minister of Petroleum and Gas since 26 September 2015. He previously served as Minister of Defence and Veterans' Affairs under President Joseph Kabila. He was a founding member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), one of the most influential political parties in the Congo where he served as its Executive Secretary in charge of interior and decentralization.

  100. Louis Ruchonnet

    Louis Ruchonnet
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1834-1893 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet was a 19th-century Swiss attorney and politician. In 1864, he founded the Vaud Credit Union (French: l'Union vaudoise de crédit).