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page 1People from Basel-Stadt
Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
Peter Zumthor
Swiss architect
Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
Maximilian Ulysses Browne
Austrian field marshal
Arthur Cohn
Swiss film producer
Max Lüscher
Swiss psychotherapist (1923–2017)
Johannes Oporinus
humanist printer in Basel
Bernard IV, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Luzius Wildhaber
Swiss judge (1937-2020)
Johann Jakob Wettstein
Swiss theologian
Clara Thalmann
Swiss anarchist (1908-1987)
Helene Stähelin
Swiss mathematician, teacher and peace activist (1891-1970)
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect (born 1950)
Heidi Tagliavini
Swiss diplomat
Adolph Rickenbacker
American luthier (1887-1976)
Luc Hoffmann
Swiss ornithologist (1923-2016)
Johann Jakob Stehlin
Swiss politician (1803-1879)
Ernst Schacht
Soviet Air Force general (1904–1942)
Xavier Mertz
Antarctic explorer, mountaineer and skier (1882-1913)
Johann Jakob Herzog
Protestant theologian (1805-1882)
Eduard Wölfflin
Swiss lexicographer and classical philologist (1831-1908)
Carlo Strenger
Swiss-born Israeli psychoanalyst, professor of psychology and philosophy (1958-2019)
Heinrich Petri
Swiss printer in Basel (1508-1579), active 1528-1579
Mathis Wackernagel
Swiss sustainability advocate
Claude Janiak
Swiss politician
Hieronymus Froben
Swiss printer in Basel (1501–1563), active 1531-1563
Heidi Abel
Swiss television presenter and radio host (1929-1986)
Ernst Beyeler
Swiss art dealer and collector (1921-2010)
Caspar Baader
Swiss politician
Wunibald Kamm
automobile designer, engineer, aerodynamicist (1893–1966)
Simone Chapuis-Bischof
Swiss feminist and trade unionist
Hans Schmidt
Swiss architect (1893-1972)
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
Swiss cartographer (1721–1824)
Durs Egg
Swiss-born British gunmaker
Rosmarie Wydler-Wälti
Swiss environmental activist
Daniel Le Grand
Swiss philanthropist (1783-1859)
Johannes Buxtorf II
Swiss theologian (1599-1664)
Franz Weber
Swiss activist (1927-2019)
Katy French
Irish socialite and model (1983–2007)
Heinz Spoerli
Swiss ballet dancer, choreographer, and company director (born 1940)
Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter
Swiss politician
Wibrandis Rosenblatt
wife of three religious reformers
Roger Schaffter
Swiss politician (1917-1998)
Theophil Wurm
German Lutheran bishop (1868-1953)
Louise Elisabeth Bachofen-Burckhardt
Swiss philanthropist and documentalist (1845-1920), wife of the Swiss anthropologist and antiquarian Johann Jakob Bachofen.
Thomas de Courten
Swiss politician
Samuel Werenfels
Swiss theologian
Adam Petri
Swiss-German publisher and printer in Basel, active 1507-1527
Rudy Burckhardt
American photographer (1914-1999)
Patricia von Falkenstein
Swiss jurist, judge, politician
Lukas Vischer
Swiss theologian (1926-2008)
Margareta Bolli
Swiss dancer (1919–2017)
Carl Baudenbacher
Swiss judge
Markus Brüderlin
Swiss art historian and author (1958-2014)
Carl Euler
Swiss diplomat and ornithologist (1834-1901)