ETH Zurich alumni

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

German physicist (1845–1923)

Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

Swiss physicist (1905-1983)

Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

Spanish-Swiss engineer, architect, and artist (born 1951)

physicist

Polish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996)

Swiss physicist (1927–2023)

Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1933–2021)

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist

Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)

Swiss astronomer who posited dark matter (1898–1974)

German economist, founder of World Economic Forum

Polish politician (1865-1922)

Swiss ski jumper

Swiss physicist (1884–1962)

German-born Austrian conductor

businessman, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (2010-2018)

German engineer (1842-1934)

Austrian politician (1879-1960)

mathematician (1878-1936)

Dutch architect (1856-1934)

Austrian manager (1937-2019)

Swiss-American engineer and educator (1904-1973)

Swiss astronomer (1925-2014)

Swiss architect (born 1944)

French entrepreneur, camera phone inventor

Swiss diplomat and senior civil servant, Federal Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation (2016-2023)

Swiss politician

Road racing cyclist

Dutch architect (1918-1999)

Swiss architect (1925-2020)

member of the Swiss Federal Council

Swiss physicist (1890-1969)

German computer scientist, inventor of Scala programming language

Olympic wrestler (1882-1968)

French physicist (1865-1940)

Swiss crystallographer and professor (1888-1953)

Egyptian businessman

Swiss-American structural engineer (1879-1965)

Swiss politician and Federal Councillor

American aerospace engineer (1919–2014)

Swiss mathematician (1923-2003)

Turkish botanist (1920–2015)

incumbent Mayor of Zurich; Swiss politician, 1960–

Swiss chemist (1925–2023)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1985)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1891-1968)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1907-1982)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1849-1911)

mayor of Haifa

Israeli nuclear physicist

Swiss astronomer (1918–1995)