Famous Swiss A-Z #1

Can you name these famous Swiss whose last names start with (almost) every letter of the alphabet?

For this Quiz last names of the form "von [...]" begin with the letter "V"

Not all people in this quiz were born in Switzerland!

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Last updated: June 17, 2023

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	Hint	Answer
A	The first Bond Girl	Ursula Andress
B	Phycisist famous for his works on nuclear magnetic resonance	Felix Bloch
C	Olympic gold medallist in cycling (time trial)	Fabian Cancellara
D	Founder of the Red Cross	Henry Dunant
E	Mathematician discovering the number "e"	Leonhard Euler
F	20 times Grand Slam winner	Roger Federer
G	Designer of the Alien from the movie Alien	Hans Rudolf Giger
H	Five times Grand Slam winner	Martina Hingis
I	Current FIFA president	Gianni Infantino
J	Founder of analytical psychology	Carl Gustav Jung
K	First woman in the Federal Council	Elisabeth Kopp
L	Multiple World Champion in orienteering	Simone Luder
M	Bernese German musical artist	Mani Matter

	Hint	Answer
N	First Swiss astronaut	Claude Nicollier
O	Politician serving 13 years in the Federal Council	Adolf Ogi
P	Completed the first non-stop balloon flight around the globe	Bertrand Piccard
Q	Discoverer of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star	Didier Queloz
R	Auther of The Social Contract	Jean-Jacques Rousseau
S	Olympic Gold medallist in skiing (slalom)	Vreni Schneider
T	Sculptor known for his kinetic art sculptural machines	Jean Tinguely
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V	One of the three Founding Fathers of Switzerland	Arnold von Melchtal
W	Turing award winner and inventor of Pascal	Niklaus Wirth
X	Soccer player playing for Arsenal Football Club	Granit Xhaka
Y	Former soccer player and coach of the Swiss national team	Murat Yakin
Z	Leader of the Reformation in Switzerland	Huldrych Zwingli

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