List of people from Zurich

Many notable people were either born or adopted in the Swiss city of Zürich.

Native people from Zürich

The following were born or adopted in Zürich.

Jeanne Eder-Schwyzer (1894–1957), Swiss women's rights activist
Nico Elvedi (born 1996), Swiss footballer
Alfred Escher (1819–1882), Swiss politician, business leader and railways pioneer
Lydia Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patron of the arts
Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807–1872), Swiss geologist
Peter Fischli (born 1952), Swiss artist
Robert Frank (1924-2019), Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker
Max Frisch (1911–1991), Swiss playwright and novelist
Christoph Froschauer (c. 1490–1564), Swiss printer
Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art
Daniel Garbade (born 1957), Swiss Spanish artist
Bruno Ganz (1941–2019), Swiss actor
Patrick Geering (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
Ueli Gegenschatz (1971–2009), Swiss BASE jumper, paraglider and skydiver
Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist
HR Giger (1940–2014), Swiss artist
Marcel Grossmann (1878–1936), Swiss mathematician

Markus Hediger (born 1959), Swiss writer and translator
Albert Heim (1849–1937), Swiss geologist
Max Holzmann (1899–1994), Swiss cardiologist
Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620–1667), Swiss philologist and theologian
Andy Hug (1964–2000), Swiss karateka and kickboxer
Christine Hug (1980–2023), Swiss military officer
Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873–1959), Swiss American dairy educator
Hans-Ulrich Indermaur (born 1939), Swiss magazine editor, television reporter and author
Philippe Jordan (born 1974), Swiss conductor and pianist
Leo Jud (1482–1542), Swiss reformer
Carl Jung (1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist
Enes Kanter Freedom (born 1992), Swiss American basketball player
Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), Swiss poet
Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss cyclist
Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
Albert von Kölliker (1817–1905), Swiss anatomist, physiologist and histologist
Ernesto Korrodi (1870–1944), Swiss-born Portuguese architect

Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian
Antonio Ligabue (1899–1965), Swiss -born Italian painter
Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), Swiss writer and essayist
Rolf Lyssy (born 1936), Swiss screenwriter and film director
Mason McTavish (born 2003), Swiss-born Canadian ice hockey player
Dieter Meier (born 1945), Swiss musician and conceptual artist
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), Swiss poet and historical novelist
Silvio Moser (1941–1974), Swiss racing driver
Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), Swiss actor
Harald Naegeli (born 1939), Swiss artist
Heinz Nigg (born 1949), Swiss visual anthropologist, community artist and video archivist
Ernst Nobs (1886–1957), Swiss politician
Hans Konrad von Orelli (1846-1912), Swiss theologian
Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787–1849), Swiss classical scholar
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
Joachim Raff (1822–1882), German-Swiss composer and pianist

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733), Swiss physician and natural scientist
Hanna Scheuring (born 1965), Swiss actress and theatre director
Roland Scholl (1865–1945), Swiss chemist
Trudi Schoop (1904–1999), Swiss dancer and therapist
Peter Schweri (1939–2016), Swiss artist and musician
Jonas Siegenthaler (born 1997), Swiss ice hockey player
Nadja Sieger (born 1967), Swiss entertainer
Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss author
Tobias Stephan (born 1984), Swiss ice hockey player
Sandra Studer (born 1969), Swiss moderator and singer
Stefi Talman (born 1958), Swiss shoe designer
Bénédict Turrettini (1588–1631), Swiss pastor and professor of theology
Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), Swiss-born Bulgarian composer, pedagogue and pianist
Heini Waser (1913–2008), Swiss painter
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 1939), Swiss-born German politician and scientist
Urs Widmer (1938–2014), Swiss novelist, playwright, and essayist
Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach (born 1947), Swiss biologist
Ozan Yildirim (born 1992), Swiss record producer and songwriter

Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist
Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946), Swiss politician
Mileva Marić, (1875–1948), Serbian physicist and mathematician
Alina Popa (born 1978), Romanian-born female bodybuilder
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), Puerto Rican photographer
Elisabeth von Rapperswil (c. 1251–1309), Countess of Grafschaft Rapperswil
Roger Sablonier (1941–2010), Swiss historian and writer
Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), Swiss pastor, social activist and politician
Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936–2021), Jamaican record producer, composer and singer
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), German journalist, satirist and writer
Tina Turner (1939-2023), American singer-songwriter and actress
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist
Georg von Vollmar (1850–1922), Bavarian politician
Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer and conductor
Raphael Zuber (born 1973), Swiss architect