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page 1People from Lausanne
Maurice Béjart
French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
Margareta of Romania
Head of the House of Romania (2017 - present)
Paloma Ruiz Picasso
French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman
Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand
Thai Royal
Bernard Tschumi
Swiss architect (born 1944)
Princess Elena of Romania
Romanian Royal
Anthony van Hoboken
Dutch musicologist (1887–1983)
Arthur Cravan
Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer (1887–1918)
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
Spanish Royal (1938-2015); son of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
Pierre Cérésole
Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945)
Alexandre Vinet
Swiss theologian and literary historian (1797-1847)
Louis Ruchonnet
Swiss attorney and politician (1834-1893)
Georges-André Chevallaz
historian, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1915-2002)
Anthony of Sourozh
Russian Orthodox bishop and theological author (1914-2003)
Mirwais
Afghan and French record producer and songwriter
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss socialite (1940–2024)
Simon Njami
Cameroonian art curator
Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer (1946-2004)
Freddy Buache
Swiss journalist and writer (1924–2019)
Paul Demiéville
Swiss sinologist (1894-1979)
Lauriane Gilliéron
Swiss model and actor
Grisélidis Réal
writer and prostitute (1929-2005)
François Genoud
Swiss Nazi collaborator (1915-1996)
Yasmin Aga Khan
Daughter of Prince Aly Aga Khan and Rita Hayworth
Charles Rist
French economist
Yury Golovkin
Russian diplomat
Enriqueta Favez
Swiss physician (1791-1856)
Daniel Brélaz
Swiss politician
Jean-Pierre de Crousaz
philosopher (1663-1750)
Charles-Amédée Kohler
Swiss chocolatier (1790-1874)
Marie Manning
Swiss murderer
Gai Eaton
Islamic scholar, writer and diplomat (1921–2010)
Antoine Polier
Swiss explorer (1741-1795)
Louis Secretan
Swiss lawyer and mycologist (1758-1839)
Victorine Brocher
(1838-1921)
Jean Nicolas Sébastien Allamand
Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher (1713-1787)
Simone Chapuis-Bischof
Swiss feminist and trade unionist
Yves Béhar
Swiss designer, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate (born 1967)
Jean-Louis Michon
Traditionalist scholar and Sufi practitioner (1924–2013)
Frédy Girardet
Swiss chef
André Bonnard
Swiss hellenist, writer, translator (1888-1959)
Craig Claiborne
Journalist and book author (1920–2000)
Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul
French diplomat and noble
Gaston-Armand Amaudruz
Swiss neo-fascist political philosopher and Holocaust denier
Jean-François Leuba
Swiss politician (1934-2004)
Antonia María de Oviedo y Schönthal
co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer
Roland Jaccard
Swiss psychologist and writer (1941-2021)
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Swiss actor and film director
Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Spanish Noble
Élisabeth Decrey Warner
Swiss peace activist
Sophie Lavaud
Swiss-French-Canadian mountaineer
Louis Wenger
Swiss architect and politician (1809-1861)
Alfred Stucky
Swiss engineer (1892-1969)
Suzette Sandoz
Honorary Professor of Family and Estate Law, former Member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud, former Swiss National Councillor
Raymond Burnier
Swiss photographer (1912-1968)
Asa Lanova
Swiss dancer and writer (1933-2017)
Pierre Zimmermann
Swiss Monegasque bridge player
Antoine Noé Polier de Bottens
Swiss theologian (1713-1783)