Geneva - Notable People

Notable People

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Jacques Necker, financier and statesman
  • Albert Gallatin, financier and statesman
  • Ferdinand de Saussure, professor of linguistics
  • Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross
  • Flore Revalles, singer, dancer and actress
  • Michel Simon, actor
  • Alain Tanner, film director
  • Frank Martin, composer
  • Philippe Senderos, footballer
  • Reto Ziegler, footballer
  • Léon Savary, writer and journalist
  • Marc Rosset, tennis player
  • Jean-Louis Prévost, neurologist
  • Swiss aviation pioneers:
    • Emile Taddéoli
    • Armand Dufaux
    • Henri Dufaux
  • Tariq Ramadan, writer, professor, philosopher
  • John Armleder, Artist
  • Germain Henri Hess, chemist
  • Thomas Jouannet, actor
  • Sarah Lahbati, actress, singer
  • Katerina Graham, actress, singer and modell;she played Bonnie Bennett in The Vampire Diaries
  • Julie Ordon, model and actress
  • Kate Burton, actress, the daughter of actor Richard Burton
  • Stephanie Morgenstern, actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter
  • Germaine Aussey, actress
  • Marie Laforêt, singer and actress
  • Edna Best, actress
  • Terry Southern, author, essayist, screenwriter
  • Doze, Hip-Hop singer and producer
  • Philip Arditti, actor

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