page_title: Wetzikon
section_title: Notable persons
hierarchical_section_title: Wetzikon / Notable persons
caption_attribution_description: Dorothee Elmiger Das Foto entstand anläßlich der Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur (Bachmannpreis) in Klagenfurt
context_page_description: Wetzikon is a small town in the Zurich Highlands area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich.
context_section_description: Elisabeth of Wetzikon (1235-1298) imperial abbess of the Fraumünster abbey 1270-1298
  Johannes Schmidlin (1722-1772) pastor and composer
  Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) composer and music publisher
  Heinrich Leuthold (1827-1879) poet and translator
  Jakob Messikommer (1828-1917) wetland archaeologist, researched the settlement at Robenhausen
  Jakob Heusser (1862–1941) industrialist and philanthropist
  Hedi Lang (1931-2004) politician, second woman to preside in the Swiss National Council
  Jörg Schneider (1935-2015) stage and film actor 
  Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945) stage and film actor, radio host and comedian 
  Ueli Maurer (born 1950), politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council
  Eric Franklin (born 1957) dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and writer
  Patrick Mohr (born 1971) former professional tennis player
  Andreas Schweizer (born 1979) gymnast 
  Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985), writer
  Steven Deana (born 1990) football goalkeeper currently playing for FC Aarau
  Natalie Kanyapak Phoksomboon (born 1991) Thai-Swiss beauty queen, won Miss Thailand World 2013
caption: Dorothee Elmiger, 2010
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