Swiss Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Swiss road racing cyclist, currently riding for the American UCI Professional Continental team

Is a Swiss road racing cyclist, currently riding for the American UCI Professional Continental team BMC Racing Team.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Switzerland, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Switzerland, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. His mother is from Swiss origin, his father was born in Jamaica.

Is a retired Swiss football defender. He is best remembered for his time at FC St. Gallen and FC Bas

Is a retired Swiss football defender. He is best remembered for his time at FC St. Gallen and FC Basel. He also played for the Switzerland national football team.Marco Zwyssig started his football career at local club FC Gossau in the city St. Gallen. Zwyssig greatly impressed there and in 1996 he signed for the city's biggest club, FC St. Gallen. He continued to play well, even at a higher level, and received a call up to the Swiss national team in 2000 after his sides 1999/2000 title win.

Is a Swiss football player who currently plays for SC Cham. His former clubs include FC Lucerne, FC

Is a Swiss football player who currently plays for SC Cham. His former clubs include FC Lucerne, FC Baden, FC Wil and FC Aarau.

Is a Swiss former footballer.Cravero began his career at Neuchâtel Xamax in 1990 where he played fo

Is a Swiss former footballer.Cravero began his career at Neuchâtel Xamax in 1990 where he played for four years, during which time he had a loan spell at SR Delémont, before joining Etoile-Carouge FC in 1994. He then moved to FC Basel in 1998, for whom he played almost 100 games for before he joined Servette FC in 2003. He retired in 2005.

Is a Swiss international defender who currently plays for Premier League side Liverpool.Degen is usu

Is a Swiss international defender who currently plays for Premier League side Liverpool.Degen is usually a right-back but, if required, can also play at left-back. He began his professional career at Swiss team FC Basel, playing four seasons at the club before moving to Borussia Dortmund. He then spent three years at the German club, his last season being marred by injury. Degen signed for Liverpool on a free transfer on 3 July 2008.

Is a former football (soccer) player in striker role, currently chairman of FC Chiasso.In career he

Is a former football (soccer) player in striker role, currently chairman of FC Chiasso.In career he played also in France. For Switzerland national football team he got 31 international caps, scored 3 goals and participated at 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1996.

Is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre–NGC.

Is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre–NGC.

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for Yverdon-Sport.He was signed by Yverdon-Sport on 3

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for Yverdon-Sport.He was signed by Yverdon-Sport on 3 August 2004.

Is a Swiss former professional football player and former coach of FC Luzern. He most notably played

Is a Swiss former professional football player and former coach of FC Luzern. He most notably played for 1.FC Kaiserslautern and FC Bayern Munich in Germany. Ciriaco Sforza represented the Swiss national team 79 times, and represented his country at the international 1994 World Cup and Euro 96 tournaments.

Is a Swiss footballer who plays for Sampdoria.After two years in Zürich, Ziegler was in the summer

Is a Swiss footballer who plays for Sampdoria.After two years in Zürich, Ziegler was in the summer of 2004 signed by Tottenham Hotspur to a contract initially meant to begin on 1 January 2005, when his contract with Grasshoppers expired. But the two clubs, reportedly by initiative of then-Tottenham sporting director Frank Arnesen, were able to agree to an immediate transfer, and Reto joined Tottenham in late August of that year.

Was a Swiss alpine and Nordic combined skier. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz he finished

Was a Swiss alpine and Nordic combined skier. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as a defender for K. Sint-Truidense V.V.Mario C

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as a defender for K. Sint-Truidense V.V.Mario Cantaluppi started his professional career with Grasshopper-Club Zurich in 1990 and won the 1990/91 Nationaliga A in his debut season. In 1994, he dropped down a division to sign for FC Basel who were playing in the Nationaliga B at the time. In the Summer of 1996 he signed for FC Servette but rejoined Basel two years later. He joined German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nuremberg in 2004 and played there for the next two seasons before returning to Switzerland to play for FC Lucerne.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays central defender for FC Sursee.Christ represent

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays central defender for FC Sursee.Christ represented Swiss Super League side FC Aarau on three separate occasions.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as midfielder for BSC Young Boys in the Swiss S

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as midfielder for BSC Young Boys in the Swiss Super League. He plays for the National squad.He started his career at FC Lugano, after the club faced bankruptcy near the end of 2002-03 season, he transferred to FC Malcantone Agno.

A contemporary singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras. She is the Tibetan-born daughter of t

A contemporary singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras. She is the Tibetan-born daughter of the Venerable Dagsay Tulku. Born in India in 1961/2[1], in first year of the Chinese occupation of Tibet, Dechen fled with her family to Switzerland in 1965, where she has resided ever since.[2Strongly committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West," Dechen studied and performed traditional Tibetan music and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence. However, she considers herself to be truly a product of Eastern and Western culture. As an adult, she pursued a successful career as a marketing executive in Zurich.[2]

Denise Biellmann was born in Zurich. At age eleven, she won the Swiss junior figure skating champion

Denise Biellmann was born in Zurich. At age eleven, she won the Swiss junior figure skating championships. At 14, she competed at the 1977 European Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the free skating portion of the competition.She was the f

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Oly

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired competitive ice dancer who competed internationally for both Switzerland and Italy. She

Is a retired competitive ice dancer who competed internationally for both Switzerland and Italy. She competed for Switzerland with Bernard Columberg and Alexander Stanislavov, and for Italy with Pasquale Camerlengo.

Is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper who played in the late 1980's, 1990's and early 2000's. He is

Is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper who played in the late 1980's, 1990's and early 2000's. He is now a goalkeeping coach at FC Basel.Crevoisier began playing professionally in 1987 with FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. He left for SR Delémont in 1992, and played there for four years before he signed for SC Kriens in 1996. In 2000, he signed for FC Basel but was reserve goalkeeper for most of his time there. He retired from playing in 2004 and became FC Basel's goalkeeping coach in August 2005.

Is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G,

Is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom. He is the reigning World Cup downhill champion for the 2010 season and has won two previous downhill

Is an alpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) a

Is an alpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant Slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Défago won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion.

Is a Swiss football midfielder, who currently plays for FC Thun in the Swiss Super League.

Is a Swiss football midfielder, who currently plays for FC Thun in the Swiss Super League.

Was born in Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 1961 and has dual nationality, Swiss and Italian. He gra

Was born in Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 1961 and has dual nationality, Swiss and Italian. He graduated from University of Geneva, where he studied Economics (1981 - 1984). In 1985, he went to New York, where he obtained a diploma (1986) in photojournalism at the International Center of Photography (ICP).

Is a Swiss football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Sion in the Swiss Super League.

Is a Swiss football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Sion in the Swiss Super League.