Swiss Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a retired Swiss alpine skier. She won two FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races in her career.

Is a retired Swiss alpine skier. She won two FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races in her career.

Is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and ironman triathlete. She is the sister of fellow professio

Is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and ironman triathlete. She is the sister of fellow professional Andrea Thürig.

Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Johannes Geo

Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Johannes Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.

Is a former Swiss alpine skier.

Is a former Swiss alpine skier.

Is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Aarau.He was signed by Chelsea of the English Premi

Is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Aarau.He was signed by Chelsea of the English Premier League in the summer of 2005 from Grasshoppers. He has featured regularly for the Chelsea reserve and youth teams in both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

Is a Swiss football player who currently plays for SC Cham as a defender.

Is a Swiss football player who currently plays for SC Cham as a defender.

Was a Swiss figure skater. He was a four-time (1940-1942, 1945) Swiss national champion. He represen

Was a Swiss figure skater. He was a four-time (1940-1942, 1945) Swiss national champion. He represented Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics where he placed 14th.

Was a Swiss pianist.In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. T

Was a Swiss pianist.In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. Throughout his concert career he cultivated the art song repertory and worked extensively on works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann. He also held a professorship at Hannover's Musihochschule for three decades.

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second r

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Shunpei Hashioka.

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was both a cyclo-cross cyclist and a road race cycli

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was both a cyclo-cross cyclist and a road race cyclist, become Swiss national champion in both disciplines. In the 1939 Tour de France, he won one stage.

Is a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Is a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Is a retired Swiss football midfielder.He was capped 56 times and scored 6 goals for the Swiss natio

Is a retired Swiss football midfielder.He was capped 56 times and scored 6 goals for the Swiss national team. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games.

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first ro

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to Remi Lescrauwaet.

Is a Swiss industrialist, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989-2003).He h

Is a Swiss industrialist, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989-2003).He has been President of the Confederation twice in 1995 and 2002.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s.

A Swiss singer.In 1989 she moved to Geneva where she began singing in night clubs. She also performe

A Swiss singer.In 1989 she moved to Geneva where she began singing in night clubs. She also performed in the cellars of St-Germain-des-Près, Paris, and in Parisian jazz clubs.She was an employee of a bank in Geneva when she was chosen by Swiss television to represent her country at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, singing the ballad Mon Cœur L'Aime (My heart loves him). She was promised a recording contract if she finished in the top five places in the contest, but despite an excellent performance on the night and her beautiful voice and attractive looks she placed only 16th. On her return from Oslo Leander returned to her day job.

Is a Swiss football midfielder currently playing for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Super League.

Is a Swiss football midfielder currently playing for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Super League.

Is a Scottish-born skier who represented Swaziland at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Fran

Is a Scottish-born skier who represented Swaziland at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. He competed in three events: Slalom, where he failed to finish the first run; Giant Slalom, where he came 63rd (starting No.98 from 131 skiers) ; and S

Is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.

Is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.

Is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia but is on loan at Sw

Is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia but is on loan at Swiss club Grasshopper-Club Zürich.He joined FC Lokomotiv Moscow in March 2006, but moved on a year-long loan to Grasshopper on 30 August 2007. He scored a 94th minute equaliser against BSC Young Boys during his third match for the club, earning Grasshopper a 3-3 draw. At the end of the 2007-08 season, he extended his loan at Grasshopper for another year, where he will compete with new signing Massimo Colomba for the #1 spot.

Is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2002 Swiss National champion and four time silver medalist.

Is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2002 Swiss National champion and four time silver medalist.

German actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen intensity, and for his explosive temperame

German actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen intensity, and for his explosive temperament. He acted in over 130 films.

Was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551-1558) is conside

Was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551-1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria (Gesneriaceae) is named after him.In 1535, religious unrest drove him back to Zürich, where he made an imprudent marriage. His friends again came to his aid, enabled him to study at Basel (1536), and in 1537 obtained for him the professorship of Greek at the newly founded academy of Lausanne (then belonging to Berne). Here he had leisure to devote himself to scientific studies, especially botany. In 1540-1541 he visited the famous medical university of Montpellier,

Was a Taiwanese businessman and diplomat. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his dea

Was a Taiwanese businessman and diplomat. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his death. As a chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Koo arranged the first direct talks between Taiwan and China since 1949 and served as Taiwan's negotiator in both the 1993 and 1998 meetings (so-called Wang-Koo talks).

Is a Swiss football player of Aramean-Syriac origin. He currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Su

Is a Swiss football player of Aramean-Syriac origin. He currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.He started his career at AC Bellinzona in 2006 where he made seventeen appearances in his first and only season at the club. He was loaned to the U21-Team of A.S. Roma for the 2007/08 season and was set to sign on a permanent contract, as Bellinzona and Roma have a deal for players exchange, but he signed for FC Basel on July 8, 2008, instead.