(born 1951), figure skater, competed in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics Jürg Frey (born 1953), composer and clarinettist Jörg Müller (born 1961), retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer, competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics Christian Reich (born 1967), bobsledder, competed in four Winter Olympics, winning silver Andreas Hilfiker (born 1969), former international footballer, 376 club caps Daniel Wermelinger (born 1971), football referee, president of the Swiss Referees Union Ivan Benito (born 1976), retired professional football goalkeeper, 327 club caps Marisa Brunner (born 1982), retired football goalkeeper, 75 caps for Switzerland women's national football team Stefan Eichenberger (born 1984), film director and film producer Ricardo Feller (born 2000), racing driver and ADAC GT Masters champion Lived in Aarau (1753–1807), politician (1754–1786), author and actor (1768–1841), politician, physician Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771–1848) German, later Swiss, author and reformer Ignaz Paul Vitalis Troxler (1780–1866), physician, politician, philosopher Johann Rudolph Rengger (1795-1832), naturalist and doctor Albert Einstein (1879–1955), scientist, professor, physicist, and technical assistant at the Swiss Patent Office (1899–1982), writer Bruno Hunziker (1930–2000), a Swiss attorney and politician Sylvia Flückiger-Bäni (born 1952), politician David Hönigsberg (1959–2005), a South African classical composer, conductor and musicologist Nicolas Müller (born 1982), a Swiss snowboarder Nivin Pauly (born 1984), an Indian actor International relations Twin towns – sister cities Aarau is twinned with: See also Lenzburg (boasts a historical museum) Footnotes References External links Aarau.ch Sister projects Cities in Switzerland Cantonal capitals of Switzerland Municipalities of Aargau Aargau Cultural property of national significance in Aargau Populated places on the Aare Former national capitals