# List of people from Lucerne

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), 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

## Arts

* Peter Bichsel, (born 1935), 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 (born 1938), 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
* Manon Bannerman (born 2002), singer, model, and member of the girl group Katseye

## 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 (born 1937), philologist, specialist for German studies, author
* Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist
* Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman
* Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist

## Sport

* 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