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List of people from Lucerne - Wikipedia

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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 (as of 2013^[update]),^[1] 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.^[2] ^[3]
Franz Riedweg (1907-2005), doctor and SS Obersturmbannführer
Melchior Russ (c. 1450-1499), historian
Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (1772-1856) a politically influential Swiss salonist
Judith Schmutz (born 1996), politician^[4]
Josef Anton Schobinger (1849-1911), politician and builder ^[5]

Markus Breitschmid (born 1966), architectural theorist and architectural historian
Johann Baptist Cysat (1585-1657), mathematician and astronomer ^[9]
Edgar Gretener (1902-1958), electrical engineer
Toni Hagen (1917-2003), geologist
Josef-Maria Jauch (1914-1974), theoretical physicist
Peter von Matt, (born 1937), philologist, specialist for German studies, author
Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist
Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman^[10]
Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist

Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980) also formerly known as Cesaro, professional wrestler ^[11]
Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Olympia gold medal winner (Nordic combined)
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

^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Altersgruppen Ende 2013 – Gemeinden Kanton Luzern – Männer und Frauen - Absolut". www.lustat.ch (Database excerpt) (in German). lustat - Statistik Luzern, Kanton Luzern. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
^ Gordon, Alexander (1911). "Myconius, Oswald" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). p. 110.
^ Amy Nelson Burnett, Emidio Campi (8 Jul 2016). A Companion to the Swiss Reformation. BRILL. p. 198. ISBN 9789004316355.
^ "Judith Schmutz ist mit 26 höchste Luzernerin" [At 26, Judith Schmutz is Lucerne’s Highest-Ranking Resident]. PilatusToday (in Swiss High German). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
^ "Schobinger, Josef Anton". hls-dhs-dss.ch.
^ Routledge (1 Mar 2009). International Who's Who in Classical Music 2009. Routledge. p. 113.
^ "Carl-Spitteler". britannica.com.
^ "Robert Zund". sammlungonline.kunstmuseumluzern.ch.
^ Virginia Trimble; et al. (18 Sep 2007). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 267. ISBN 9780387304007.
^ "Forbes profile: Michael Pieper". Forbes. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "John Grasso". Historical Dictionary of Wrestling. Scarecrow Press. 6 Mar 2014. p. 66. ISBN 9780810879263.

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