page_title: Sion, Switzerland
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Sion, Switzerland / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Maître souabe, Saint Théodule de Sion, vers 1500. Fragment d'un volet de retable. Tilleul, polychromie tardive. Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
context_page_description: Sion is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. As of December 2018 it had a population of 34,708.
  On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Salins merged into the municipality of Sion, and on 1 January 2017, Les Agettes did the same.
  Landmarks in Sion include the Basilique de Valère and the Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which serves as a base for air rescue missions.
context_section_description: People associated with Sion include:
  Saint Theodore of Octodurum (Ger: Theodor von Sitten) 4th century Patron Saint of Valais and the Walser
  Saint Guarinus of Sitten, (1065–1150) Bishop of Sion
  Hildebrand of Riedmatten, Bishop of Sion in 1594, whencefrom comes the Coat of Arms of Sitten/Sion
  Ignaz Venetz (1788–1859), Swiss civil engineer, botanist and glaciologist
  Anton von Riedmatten (1811–1897), Swiss politician 
  Leo Luzian von Roten (1824–1898), Swiss politician, poet and editor of the Walliser Wochenblatt 
  Ernest von Stockalper (1838–1919) was a Swiss civil engineer, foreman for the Gotthard tunnel 
  Fritz de Quervain (1868–1940) a Swiss surgeon, authority on thyroid disease.
  Walther Ritz (1878–1909), theoretical physicist
  Charles Oser, (1902–1994) a Swiss politician
  Maurice Zermatten (1910–2001) a French-speaking Swiss writer
  Hermann Geiger (1914–1966) a Swiss aviator and search and rescue pilot
  Dr Hywel Davies (born 1924) a cardiologist and writer, lives in Sion
  Micheline Calmy-Rey (born 1945), politician, President of the Confederation in 2007 and 2011
  Carole de Kalbermatten, (1945–2009), Swiss film director and feminist who grew up in Sion
  Jean Zermatten (born 1948), lawyer, Chairman of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  Madeleine Carruzzo (born 1956) a Swiss violinist, plays for the Berlin Philharmonic
  Oskar Freysinger, (born 1960) Swiss politician, studied at a German-speaking school in Sion
  Stéphane Udry (born 1961) an astronomer at the Geneva Observatory, searches for extra-solar planets
  Jean-Pierre Siggen (born 1962), a Swiss politician 
  Nicolas Steiner (born in 1984) Swiss film director, screenwriter and film producer 
  Samael, extreme metal band, formed in 1987 in Sion
  Noémie Schmidt (born 1990) a Swiss actress on TV and film
  Sport
  Umberto Barberis (born 1952) a former Swiss-Italian footballer, over 400 club games and 54 for national team
  Marco Pascolo (born 1966) a retired Swiss international football goalkeeper, 406 club games and 55 for national team
  Björn Bregy (born 1974) a Swiss super heavyweight kickboxer
  Johnny Leoni (born 1984) a football goalkeeper over 250 club games and 54 for the national team
  Sophie Lamon (born  1985) a Swiss fencer, silver medallist in the women's team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Gelson Fernandes (born 1986), footballer, over 350 club games and 57 for the national side
  Tiffany Géroudet (born 1986) a Swiss épée fencer, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  Estelle Balet (1994–2016) a Swiss freeride snowboarder and two-time world champion]]
  Edimilson Fernandes, (born 1996), footballer, on loan to West Ham United F.C.
caption: Saint Théodule de Sion
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