List of people from Lucerne

Lucerne in central Switzerland is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of Lucerne. With a population of about 81,057 people, it is the most populous town in Central Switzerland. Notable people associated with Lucerne include:

Politicians and others

 * Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), theologian
 * Alphons Egli (1924-2016), politician
 * Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904-1970), American socialite
 * Felix Gmür (born 1966), theologian and bishop of Basel
 * Petermann von Gundoldingen (? -1386), Schultheiss, participant in the battle near Sempach
 * Josef Martin Knüsel (1813-1889), politician and jurist
 * Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt (1904-1965), American socialite
 * Anton Muheim (1916-2016), Social Democrat politician, President of the National Council
 * Oswald Myconius (1488-1552), reformer.
 * Franz Riedweg (1907-2005), doctor and SS Obersturmbannführer
 * Melchior Russ (c. 1450-1499), historian
 * Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (1772-1856) a politically influential Swiss salonist
 * Judith Schmutz (born 1996), politician
 * Josef Anton Schobinger (1849-1911), politician and builder



Arts

 * Peter Bichsel, (born 1935), writer
 * Rolf Brem (1926-2014), sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
 * Fritz Brun (1878-1959), composer and conductor
 * Heidi Brunner (born 1961), opera singer
 * Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997), composer
 * Rolf Dobelli (born 1966), writer and entrepreneur
 * Jolanda Egger (born 1960), actress, beauty queen, model and racing driver
 * Hans Erni (1909-2015), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
 * Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982), tenor
 * Ernst Hodel junior (1881-1955), painter
 * Thomas Imbach (born 1962), filmmaker
 * Armin Jordan (1932-2006), conductor
 * Stephan Klapproth, (born 1958), journalist and television presenter
 * Michael Koch (born 1982), film director and screenwriter
 * Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), saxophonist
 * Edith Mathis (born 1938), soprano and university professor
 * Max von Moos (1903-1979), painter and graphic artist
 * Mauro Peter (born 1987), opera singer
 * Robert Pilchowski (1909-1990), writer
 * Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), writer and Nobel laureate (died in Lucerne)
 * Andrea Štaka (born 1973), director and screenwriter
 * Emil Steinberger (born 1933), cabaret artist, writer, director and actor
 * Fredy Studer (born 1948), drummer
 * André Thomkins (1930-1985), painter, draftsman and poet
 * Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), German composer, librettist and conductor
 * Robert Wuellner (1885-1966), actor, director and filmproducer
 * Luzia von Wyl (born 1985), jazz pianist and composer
 * Loredana Zefi (born 1995), rapper
 * Robert Zünd (1826-1909), painter

Science and business

 * Markus Breitschmid (born 1966), architectural theorist and architectural historian
 * Johann Baptist Cysat (1585-1657), mathematician and astronomer
 * Edgar Gretener (1902-1958), electrical engineer
 * Toni Hagen (1917-2003), geologist
 * Josef-Maria Jauch (1914-1974), theoretical physicist
 * Peter von Matt, (born 1937), philologist, specialist for German studies, author
 * Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist
 * Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman
 * Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist

Sport

 * Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980) also formerly known as Cesaro, professional wrestler
 * Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Olympia gold medal winner (Nordic combined)
 * Kurt Müller (born 1948), footballer, 38 caps for Switzerland
 * Karl Odermatt (born 1942), footballer, 50 caps for Switzerland
 * Lara Stalder (born 1994), ice hockey player