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), politically influential Swiss salonist Judith Schmutz (born 1996), politician Josef Anton Schobinger (1849-1911), politician and builder Marcel Schwerzmann (born 1965), politician
Arts Manon Bannerman (born 2002), singer and model Peter Bichsel (1935–2025), 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 (1938-2025), 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 (1937–2025), philologist, specialist for German studies, author Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman
Sport Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Olympia gold medal winner (Nordic combined) Yannick Mettler (born 1989), racing driver 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 Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), professional wrestler
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