page_title: Brig-Glis
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Brig-Glis / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a Press conference in Doha. Doha Stadium Plus/Vinod Divakaran
context_page_description: Brig, officially Brig-Glis is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
  The current municipality was formed in 1972 through the merger of Brig, Brigerbad and Glis.
  Together with other Alpine towns Brig-Glis engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc.
  Brig-Glis was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2008.
  The official language of Brig is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: Ernest Guglielminetti (1862 in Brig - 1943) a Swiss medical doctor, lived and worked in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Monaco.
  Willi Dreesen (1928 - 2013 in Brig) a Swiss painter and sculptor, lived in Brig from 1967
  Viola Amherd (born 1962 in Brig-Glis) a Swiss politician, elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland 2018
  Romed Wyder (born 1967 in Brig-Glis) a Swiss filmmaker, established in Geneva since 1989 
  Gianni Infantino (born 1970 in Brig-Glis) a Swiss–Italian football administrator, president of FIFA
  Manfred Elsig (born 1970 in Brig-Glis) Professor of International Relations at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern
  Sport
  Charly In-Albon (born 1957 in Brig) a retired footballer, over 300 club caps mainly for Grasshoppers Zürich
  Lucia Näfen-Zehnder (born 1962) a Swiss ski mountaineer, long-distance runner and politician; lives in Brig
  Silvan Zurbriggen (born 1981 in Brig) a retired Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer
  Jeanine Cicognini (born 1986 in Brig) a Swiss badminton player who now represents Italy
  Benjamin Weger (born 1989 in Brig) a Swiss biathlete, three-times olympian
  Nico Hischier (born 1999 in Brig) a Swiss professional ice hockey forward
caption: Gianni Infantino, 2017
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