page_title: Mendrisio
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Mendrisio / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Luigi Snozzi in Paris, 14 nov. 2009
context_page_description: Mendrisio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
  Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland.
  The municipality was boosted in size on 4 April 2004 when it incorporated the former municipality of Salorino. On 5 April 2009 it incorporated the former municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Rancate and Tremona. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
  Mendrisio is served by Mendrisio railway station.
context_section_description: Józef Fontana (1676 in Mendrisio - 1739 in Warsaw) a Swiss Italian Polish architect who settled in Poland
  Giulio Guglielmetti (1901-1987)  mayor of Mendrisio, 1941 to 1973 
  Luigi Snozzi (born 1932 in Mendrisio) a Swiss architect
  Bruno Monguzzi (born 1941 in Mendrisio) a Swiss graphic designer
  Peter Zumthor (born 1943) a Swiss uncompromising and minimalist architect, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize, professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
  Mario Botta (born 1943 in Mendrisio) architect, professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
  Fabio Pusterla (born Mendrisio, 1957) a Swiss translator and writer in Italian
  Mauro Urbano (born 1968 in Mendrisio), writer and collector of Middle-Age and Renaissance Art
  Paolo Meneguzzi (born 1976) a Swiss Italian singer 
  Sport
  Clay Regazzoni (1939 in Mendrisio – 2006) a Swiss racing driver, competed in Formula One races 1970 to 1980, winning five Grands Prix
  Rocco Travella (born 1967 in Mendrisio) cyclist, competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
  Patrick Foletti (born 1974 in Mendrisio) former Swiss goalkeeper, now goalkeeper coach for the Switzerland national football team
  Michael Rogers (born 1979) a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer, lives  in Mendrisio
  Michael Albasini (born 1980) a Swiss professional road bicycle racer
  Fulvio Sulmoni (born 1986 in Mendrisio) a Swiss footballer, 260 club caps, plays for FC Lugano
  Roberto Kovac (born 1990 in Mendrisio) a Swiss professional basketball player
  Alessandro Martinelli (born 1993 in Mendrisio) is a Swiss professional footballer, 160 club caps
caption: Luigi Snozzi, 2009
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