Famous Dead People from Switzerland
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Switzerland who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Francis Matthey
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday March 20th 2025
Ellen Ringier
Swiss publisher
Died on Wednesday March 19th 2025
Peter Bichsel
Swiss writer and journalist
Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Walter Bucher
Swiss Olympic cyclist (1948)
Died on Friday March 14th 2025
Edgar Oehler
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Robert Obrist
Swiss politician
Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
François Pantillon
Swiss conductor
Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Richard Dindo
Swiss documentary film director
Died on Thursday February 13th 2025
Alex Sadkowsky
Swiss artist
Died on Wednesday February 12th 2025
Edith Mathis
Swiss operatic soprano
Died on Tuesday February 11th 2025
James Reason
English psychology professor (Swiss cheese model)
Died on Monday February 10th 2025
André Ducret
Swiss singer and composer
Died on Tuesday February 4th 2025
Sonja Wiesmann
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday January 30th 2025
Sonja Weismann
Swiss politician
Died on Wednesday January 29th 2025
Fathi Derder
Swiss politician
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2025
Jürgen Graf
Swiss author
Died on Saturday January 18th 2025
Bertrand Bouvier
Swiss writer and translator
Died on Friday January 17th 2025
Reto Stiffler
Swiss businessman
Died on Friday January 17th 2025
Rolf Schweiger
Swiss politician
Died on Tuesday January 14th 2025
Charles Kleiber
Swiss architect and government official
Died on Tuesday January 14th 2025
Werner Leimgruber
Swiss footballer (Zürich
Died on Friday January 3rd 2025
Bernie Constantin
Swiss songwriter and radio show host
Died on Friday January 3rd 2025
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss socialite
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2025
Eric Hänni
Swiss judoka
Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Sophie Hediger
Swiss snowboarder
Died on Tuesday December 24th 2024
Kurt Laurenz Metzler
Swiss sculptor
Died on Sunday December 22nd 2024
Jörg Fisch
Swiss historian
Died on Thursday December 19th 2024
Fritz Hari
Swiss politician
Died on Saturday December 14th 2024
Martin Chevallaz
Swiss military officer and politician
Died on Thursday December 12th 2024
Alain Fuchs
Swiss-born French chemist and academic
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2024
René Burkhalter
Swiss Olympic official
Died on Tuesday December 3rd 2024
Eduard Zehnder
Swiss mathematician
Died on Thursday November 28th 2024
Raymond Maffiolo
Swiss footballer
Died on Thursday November 28th 2024
Urs Allemann
Swiss writer and journalist
Died on Monday November 25th 2024
Félicie Affolter
Swiss psychologist and psychotherapist
Died on Thursday November 7th 2024
Daniel Spoerri
Swiss artist and writer
Died on Wednesday November 6th 2024
Daniel Ceppi
Swiss comics artist
Died on Monday November 4th 2024
Alexandre Voisard
Swiss writer and politician
Died on Tuesday October 15th 2024
Muriel Furrer
Swiss cyclist
Died on Friday September 27th 2024
Robert Dill-Bundi
Swiss racing cyclist
Died on Monday September 16th 2024
Josef Helbling
Swiss cyclist
Died on Thursday September 12th 2024
Hans Danuser
Swiss artist and photographer
Died on Saturday August 31st 2024
Benoîte Crevoisier
Swiss writer and schoolteacher
Died on Tuesday August 27th 2024
Paul Stehrenberger
Swiss football player and manager
Died on Wednesday August 21st 2024
Monique Jacot
Swiss photojournalist
Died on Thursday August 8th 2024
Peter Wyder
Swiss physicist
Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Marcela Krinke-Susmelj
Czech-born Swiss Olympics dressage rider
Died on Thursday July 18th 2024
Irène Schweizer
Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist
Died on Wednesday July 17th 2024
Sylvain Saudan
Swiss extreme skier
Died on Monday July 15th 2024
Christophe Claivaz
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday July 11th 2024
Verena Diener
Swiss politician
Died on Friday July 5th 2024
André Hediger
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday July 4th 2024
Theo Fischer
Swiss politician
Died on Saturday June 29th 2024
Hubert Lauper
Swiss politician
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2024
Éric Tappy
Swiss operatic tenor
Died on Friday June 14th 2024
Bernard Gavillet
Swiss road racing cyclist
Died on Friday June 14th 2024
Charles-Albert Antille
Swiss businessman and politician
Died on Thursday June 6th 2024
Claude Torracinta
Swiss journalist
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2024
Luc Bürgin
Swiss writer
Died on Monday May 20th 2024
André Simonazzi
Swiss journalist
Died on Saturday May 11th 2024
Étienne Delessert
Swiss illustrator
Died on Monday April 22nd 2024
Marcel André Boisard
Swiss intellectual and diplomat
Died on Friday April 19th 2024
Herold Truffer
Swiss Olympic ice hockey player
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2024
Rosemarie Simmen
Swiss pharmacist and politician
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Vitus Huonder
Swiss Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2024
Peter Bolliger
Swiss rower
Died on Friday March 22nd 2024
Roger Pfund
Swiss graphic artist
Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Rolf Larcher
Swiss Olympic rower
Died on Thursday March 14th 2024
Rolf Blättler
Swiss international footballer
Died on Thursday March 14th 2024
Ursicin Gion Gieli Derungs
Swiss philosopher
Died on Friday February 23rd 2024
Heinrich Ursprung
Swiss biologist and academic
Died on Wednesday February 21st 2024
Cornelio Sommaruga
Swiss humanitarian
Died on Monday February 19th 2024
Walter Biel
Swiss journalist and politician
Died on Thursday February 15th 2024
Sergio Mantegazza
Swiss travel industry executive
Died on Thursday February 15th 2024
Tino Celio
Swiss engineer and ice hockey player
Died on Sunday February 4th 2024
Andreas Blum
Swiss radio journalist
Died on Monday January 29th 2024
Franz Kurzmeyer
Swiss judge and politician
Died on Monday January 29th 2024
Josef Haas
Swiss cross-country skier
Died on Wednesday January 24th 2024
Paul Günter
Swiss doctor and politician
Died on Wednesday January 24th 2024
Paul Günther
Swiss doctor and politician
Died on Wednesday January 24th 2024
Hans Feurer
Swiss fashion photographer
Died on Monday January 22nd 2024
Jacques Guhl
Swiss writer
Died on Saturday January 20th 2024
Christophe Boesch
Swiss primatologist
Died on Tuesday January 16th 2024
Kurt W. Forster
Swiss historian of architecture and teacher
Died on Friday January 12th 2024
Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist (Pascal)
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2024
Walter Leiser
Swiss rower
Died on Saturday December 30th 2023
Dick Marty
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday December 28th 2023
Lesley McNaught-Mändli
Swiss show jumper
Died on Tuesday December 26th 2023
Gaston Häni
Swiss clown
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Mark Villiger
Swiss judge
Died on Friday December 15th 2023
Michel Dovaz
Swiss wine critic and food writer
Died on Sunday December 10th 2023
Jean-Pierre Moulin
Swiss writer and actor
Died on Saturday December 9th 2023
Heinz Gstrein
Austrian-Swiss Orientalist Orthodox theologian
Died on Sunday December 3rd 2023