Notable People
Lausanne is the birthplace of:
- James Thiérrée, Actor
- David Bennent, Actor
- Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox ecclesiastic located in Britain
- François-Louis David Bocion, Swiss artist and teacher
- Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss traveler and orientalist
- Alejo Carpentier, Cuban-French writer
- Stéphane Chapuisat, Footballer
- Albert Chavannes, Philosopher
- Benjamin Constant, Swiss thinker, writer and French politician
- Aloise Corbaz, Swiss outsider artist
- Charles Dutoit, conductor
- Egon von Furstenberg, fashion designer
- Eugène Grasset, Swiss decorative artist
- Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer
- Ubolratana Rajakanya, Thai princess
- Théophile Steinlen, Art Nouveau painter and printmaker
- Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), British painter
- Bernard Tschumi, contemporary architect, writer, and educator
- Nanos Valaoritis Greek poet
- Félix Vallotton, post-impressionist painter
- Vincent Perez, film actor and director
- Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss Tennis player
- Jocelyn Wildenstein, Manhattan socialite and ex-wife of the late Alec N. Wildenstein
- Ludovic Magnin, footballer
Notable residents:
- Pierre Amoyal, Paris-born violinist; professor at Lausanne Conservatory
- Jean Anouilh, French dramatist
- Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA
- Alice Bailly, Swiss painter and multimedia artist
- Maurice Béjart, choreographer
- Lorik Cana, Professional Footballer for Albania and Marseille
- Capucine, French actress and model
- Coco Chanel, fashion designer
- Pierre de Coubertin, French baron and IOC founder
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician
- Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania
- Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, queen of Spain
- Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweller
- Edward Gibbon, British historian
- Gloria Guinness, socialite and writer.
- Ravi Gupta, American-born scholar
- Oswald Heer, Swiss geologist and naturalist
- Stéphane Lambiel, men's figure skater and 2-time World Champion
- Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
- Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, Finnish president and field marshal
- James Mason, English actor
- Fernand Melgar, Swiss actor
- Jô Soares, Brazilian humorist
- Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, Ukrainian bacteriologist
- Paloma Picasso, Fashion designer
- Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
- George Sanders, English actor
- Albin Schram, Renowned manuscript collector
- Georges Simenon, Belgian writer
- Han Suyin, China-born writer
- Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect
- Pierre Viret, Swiss reformed theologian
- Serge Voronoff, Surgeon buried in Lausanne
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