Swiss Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Winterthur.He also has Italian and English des

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Winterthur.He also has Italian and English descent.

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Diggelmann won one stage in the 1952 Tour de France.

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Diggelmann won one stage in the 1952 Tour de France.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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 welterweight class after losing his fight to Roger Tritz.

Is a businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in Ireland. He was born in Switzerland.

Is a businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in Ireland. He was born in Switzerland. In 1975, the Curragh Racecourse honored Moyglare's contribution to Irish racing by naming a Group I race the Moyglare Stud Stakes. In 1988, Trinity College

Was a Swiss chess master.He was Swiss Champion in 1904, 1906 (jointly), 1911 (jointly), and 1912. He

Was a Swiss chess master.He was Swiss Champion in 1904, 1906 (jointly), 1911 (jointly), and 1912. He took 16th at The Hague 1928 (World Amateur Chess Championship, Max Euwe won). took 6th at Winterthur 1931 (SUI-ch, Aron Nimzowitsch won – off contest).

Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Un

Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Zurich in 1965 and after two years as a research assistant of Professor Ernst Hadorn he joined Professor Alan Garen's group at Yale University in New Haven as a postdoctoral fellow.In 1969 he was appointed as an associate professor at the Yale Medical School and 1972 he returned to Switzerland to become a professor of developmental biology and genetics at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. He is Secretary General of the European Molecular Biology Organization, President of the International Society for Developmental Biologists, a Foreign Member of the National Academy of the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Sweden. In 2000 he received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science. In 2002 he received the Balzan Prize for Developmental Biology.

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 heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Erling Nilsen.

Was a Swiss chess master.He took 4th at Berne 1925 (Quadrangular, Alexander Alekhine won), won the S

Was a Swiss chess master.He took 4th at Berne 1925 (Quadrangular, Alexander Alekhine won), won the Swiss Championship at Geneva 1926,[1] took 17th at Semmering 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann won), and took 4th at Le Pont (Quadrangular, Paul Johner won).

Was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1931 World Championship in Mürren, Prager became the first World C

Was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1931 World Championship in Mürren, Prager became the first World Champion in downhill skiing. Prager successfully coached the Dartmouth Ski Team before and after World War II. He was drafted and Sgt. Prager was one of the

Was a Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer on musical subjects who was particularly active fro

Was a Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer on musical subjects who was particularly active from the 1920s to 1950s.Walter Rehberg came from a line of notable pianists. His grandfather was Friedrich Rehberg, a distinguished pianist, and his father Willy Rehberg (1863-1937). Walter studied under his father at Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, and at the University School of Music at Mannheim. He later received tuition from Eugen d'Albert. By 1924 he had composed piano sonatas, a violin sonata and other piano pieces. During the 1930s he made recordings for Polydor/Brunswick records.

Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas o

Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he advanced past the first round

Is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he advanced past the first round of the flyweight class after defeating Gaston Fayaud of France. He was eliminated by decision in the second round after losing his fight to Edmund Sobkowia

Is a former Swiss alpine skier. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.

Is a former Swiss alpine skier. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.

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 light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Leslie Harley.

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swiss theoretical physicist.His father, Rafael Ritz, a native of Valais, was a well-known land

Was a Swiss theoretical physicist.His father, Rafael Ritz, a native of Valais, was a well-known landscape and interior scenes artist. His mother was the daughter of the engineer Noerdlinger of Tübingen. Ritz studied in Zurich and Göttingen. He is most famous for his work with Johannes Rydberg on the Rydberg-Ritz formula. Ritz is also known for the variational method named after him, the Ritz method. Ritz died in 1909, at the age of 31. According to Forman's Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Ritz contracted tuberculosis in 1900, which led to his death in 1909. According to Ritz's collected works (Œuvres) the disease was pleurisy.

Was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for work

Was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books that re-tell classic fairy tales with symbols rather than words (or even pictures).Studying in Stockholm, Basel, and Paris, she opened her own studio for applied design in Zurich in 1937 with Gottfried Honegger, her future husband. It was here that Honegger-Lavater embarked on her first profession as a designer of symbols, logos, and trademarks. One of her initial creations was the three keys logo of the Schweizerischen Bankverein (Swiss Bank Corporation) and the logo for the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939.

Was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swiss

Was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swiss field handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played three matches.

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Natha

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases.

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 16th in the K-2 10000 m event

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 16th in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.Bischof was born in Zürich, Switzerland. When he was s

Was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.Bischof was born in Zürich, Switzerland. When he was six years old, the family moved to Waldshut, Germany, where he subsequently went to school. In 1932, having abandoned studies to become a teacher, he enrolle

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss trac

Is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.

Is a Swiss chess player. Hug was World Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading p

Is a Swiss chess player. Hug was World Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading player of the 1970s.