Lausanne - Notable People

Notable People

Lausanne is the birthplace of:

• James Thiérrée, Actor
• David Bennent, Actor
• Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox ecclesiastic located in Britain
• François-Louis David Bocion, Swiss artist and teacher
• Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss traveler and orientalist
• Alejo Carpentier, Cuban-French writer
• Stéphane Chapuisat, Footballer
• Albert Chavannes, Philosopher
• Benjamin Constant, Swiss thinker, writer and French politician
• Aloise Corbaz, Swiss outsider artist
• Charles Dutoit, conductor
• Egon von Furstenberg, fashion designer
• Eugène Grasset, Swiss decorative artist
• Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
• Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer
• Ubolratana Rajakanya, Thai princess
• Théophile Steinlen, Art Nouveau painter and printmaker
• Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), British painter
• Bernard Tschumi, contemporary architect, writer, and educator
• Nanos Valaoritis Greek poet
• Félix Vallotton, post-impressionist painter
• Vincent Perez, film actor and director
• Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss Tennis player
• Jocelyn Wildenstein, Manhattan socialite and ex-wife of the late Alec N. Wildenstein
• Ludovic Magnin, footballer

Notable residents:

• Pierre Amoyal, Paris-born violinist; professor at Lausanne Conservatory
• Jean Anouilh, French dramatist
• Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA
• Alice Bailly, Swiss painter and multimedia artist
• Maurice Béjart, choreographer
• Lorik Cana, Professional Footballer for Albania and Marseille
• Capucine, French actress and model
• Coco Chanel, fashion designer
• Pierre de Coubertin, French baron and IOC founder
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician
• Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania
• Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, queen of Spain
• Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweller
• Edward Gibbon, British historian
• Gloria Guinness, socialite and writer.
• Ravi Gupta, American-born scholar
• Oswald Heer, Swiss geologist and naturalist
• Stéphane Lambiel, men's figure skater and 2-time World Champion
• Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
• Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, Finnish president and field marshal
• James Mason, English actor
• Fernand Melgar, Swiss actor
• Jô Soares, Brazilian humorist
• Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, Ukrainian bacteriologist
• Paloma Picasso, Fashion designer
• Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
• George Sanders, English actor
• Albin Schram, Renowned manuscript collector
• Georges Simenon, Belgian writer
• Han Suyin, China-born writer
• Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer
• Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect
• Pierre Viret, Swiss reformed theologian
• Serge Voronoff, Surgeon buried in Lausanne