page_title: Locarno
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Locarno / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Genève Indoors 2014 - 20140114 - Oliver Neuville
context_page_description: Locarno is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno, located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000, and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities.
  The town of Locarno is located on the northeastern part of Maggia's delta; across the river lies the town Ascona on the southwestern part of the delta.
  It is the 74th largest city in Switzerland by population and the third largest in the Ticino canton, after Lugano and Bellinzona.
  The official language of Locarno is Italian.
  The town is known for hosting the Locarno International Film Festival which takes place every year in August and involves open-air screenings at the main square, the Piazza Grande. It is also known for the Locarno Treaties, a series of European territorial agreements negotiated here in October 1925.
  In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano speculated that Locarno's castle may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
context_section_description: Giuseppe Antonio Orelli (1700 or 1706 in Locarno – died after 1776 ) a Swiss-Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects
  Franz Anton Bustelli (1723 in Locarno – 1763) modeller for the Bavarian Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory from 1754
  William Bally (1796 in Locarno – 1858) a Swiss sculptor and phrenologist active in Manchester, UK
  Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808 in Locarno – 1882) a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council 1857–1864
  Otto Braun (1872–1955 in Locarno) German politician, Prime Minister of Prussia 1920 to 1932, lived in exile from 1933
  Karl Rapp (1882–1962 in Locarno) a German founder and owner of Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH
  Teresina Bontempi (Locarno, 1883–1968) an Italian-speaking Swiss writer and editor
  Fritz Glarner (1899–1972 in Locarno) a Swiss-American painter
  Robert Gilbert (1899–1978 in Minusio) a German composer of light music, lyricist, singer and actor 
  Mattli (1907 in Locarno – 1982) also known as Jo Mattli, a Swiss-born and London-based fashion designer
  Remo Rossi (1909 in Locarno – 1982) Swiss sculptor
  Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) an American novelist and short story writer, lived in Locarno from 1982 
  Mirko Ellis (1923 in Locarno – 2014) a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor 
  Walo Lüönd (1927–2012 in Locarno) a Swiss movie actor 
  Livio Vacchini (1933 in Locarno – 2007) a Swiss architect
  Felice Varini (born Locarno 1952) a Paris-based Swiss artist
  Raffaello Ossola (born in Locarno, 1954) a painter, lives in Italy
  Francesco Piemontesi (born 1983 in Locarno) a Swiss pianist
  Sport
  Đurđica Bjedov (born 1947) a retired Yugoslav swimmer of Croat nationality, lives in Locarno
  Claudio Mezzadri (born 1965 in Locarno) a retired professional tennis player
  Anamarija Petričević (born 1972) a retired Croatian swimmer, lived in Locarno since 1999
  Oliver Neuville (born 1973 in Locarno) a German retired footballer, 519 club caps and 69 for Germany
  Iradj Alexander (born 1975 in Locarno) a racing car driver.
  Saulo Decarli (born 1992 in Locarno) a Swiss footballer, almost 200 club caps
caption: Oliver Neuville, 2014
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