English expatriates in Switzerland

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both accolade and controversy.

David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a significant impact on popular music.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)

English actor (1927–2017)

Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and became internationally acclaimed for his film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series.

Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love", "Against All Odds ", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down".

British actor, writer and director (1921–2004)

English occultist (1875–1947)

English singer-songwriter

British architect (born 1935)

British politician (1872-1967)

physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998)

British actor (1909–1984)

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)

English artist, performer and fashion designer (1946–2010)

British composer, film director and screenwriter (born 1948)

South African record producer

British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)

British businessman

British actress (1900-1974)

British artist (born 1956)

British historian and philosopher (born 1942)

British lawyer and music manager (born 1942)

English-born Swiss-based record producer, engineer and musician

English politician, soldier and regicide (1617-92)

English composer (1795–1856)

multinational acting family

English footballer and manager (1882-?)

Swiss scholar

British singer and actor (1918–2005)

English novelist (1772-1844)

British politician, died 1943

English actor (1863–1933)

British writer (1885–1937)

actress (1907-1993)

British economist

English theologian, educator, priest

Lebanese-Egyptian jewelry designer