Inventors from Switzerland

24 inventors

Albert HofmannBorn: January 11, 1906Occupation: non-fiction writer
Albert StreckeisenBorn: November 8, 1901Occupation: mineralogist
Carl NägeliBorn: March 26, 1817Occupation: university teacher
Didier QuelozBorn: February 23, 1966Occupation: astronomer
Fritz ZwickyBorn: February 14, 1898Occupation: astronomer
George de MestralBorn: June 19, 1907Occupation: inventor
Ivo BauersimaBorn: September 17, 1931Occupation: astronomer
Jacob BernoulliBorn: December 27, 1654Occupation: university teacher
Jacques E. BrandenbergerBorn: October 19, 1872Occupation: chemist
Jacques-Louis SoretBorn: June 30, 1827Occupation: university teacher
Jakob BuchliBorn: March 4, 1876Occupation: locomotive designer
Jean Charles Galissard de MarignacBorn: April 24, 1817Occupation: crystallographer
Jean-Philippe de CheseauxBorn: May 4, 1718Occupation: astronomer
Marc BirkigtBorn: March 8, 1878Occupation: entrepreneur
Marc DelafontaineBorn: March 31, 1838Occupation: university teacher
Martin SchadtBorn: August 16, 1938Occupation: physicist
Maximilian Bircher-BennerBorn: August 22, 1867Occupation: physician
Michel MayorBorn: January 12, 1942Occupation: astronomer
Otto HauserBorn: April 12, 1874Occupation: prehistorian
Paul WildBorn: October 5, 1925Occupation: astronomer
Saly WeilBorn: 1897Occupation: chef
Stefano SposettiBorn: December 22, 1958Occupation: astronomer
Stéphane UdryBorn: 1961Occupation: astronomer
Édouard NavilleBorn: June 14, 1844Occupation: theologian