This is a list of people associated with the modern Switzerland and the Old Swiss Confederacy. Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes notable natives of Switzerland and its predecessor states as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Switzerland. For more information see the articles Swiss people and Demographics of Switzerland. Archaeology Eric Breuer, archaeologist Ferdinand Keller (1800–1881), archaeologist Heinrich Menu von Minutoli (1772–1846), archaeologist Jean-Marc Moret (born 1942), archaeologist and art historian Fritz Puempin (1901–1972), archeologist and painter Karl Schefold (1905–1999), classical archaeologist Architecture Adolphe Appia (1862–1928), architect and scenic designer Hans Auer (1847–1906), known for his design of the Federal Palace Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890–1980), architect and sculptor Hans Benno Bernoulli (1876–1959), architect Melchior Berri (1801–1854), architect Max Bill (1908–1994), architect, artist, designer Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), architect in Italy Mario Botta (born 1943), architect Paolo Bürgi (born 1947), landscape architect Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887–1965), architect Ernst Cramer (1898–1980), renowned garden architect Justus Dahinden (1925–2020), architect, professor Albert Frey (1903–1998), architect Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), architect in Rome Carlo Fontana (1634–1714), architect in Italy Domenico Gilardi (1785–1845), architect charged with rebuilding Moscow after 1812 Jacques Herzog (born 1950), architect Jost Franz Huwyler-Boller (1874–1930), hotel architect Pierre Jeanneret (1896–1967), architect William Lescaze (1896–1969) Carlo Maderno (1556–1629), architect in Italy Pierre de Meuron (born 1950), architect Hannes Meyer (1889–1954), architect, director of the Bauhaus Dessau Flora Steiger-Crawford (1899–1991), first woman architect to graduate in Switzerland Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734), architect in Saint Petersburg Bernard Tschumi (born 1944), architect associated with Deconstructivism Peter Zumthor (born 1943), winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize Actors Ursula Andress (born 1936), actress Giuseppe Bausilio (born 1997), performs on Broadway in the titular role of Billy in the Tony-award-winning musical Billy Elliot Jean-Luc Bideau (born 1940), comedian Dimitri (1935–2016), clown Annemarie Düringer (1925–2014), film, television and stage actress Bruno Ganz (1941–2019), actor Kat Graham (born 1989), actress, singer, model Viktor Giacobbo (born 1952), actor and comedian Mathias Gnädinger (1941–2015), actor Curt Goetz (1888–1960), actor and film director Grock (1880–1959), clown Gardi Hutter (born 1953), clown, entertainer and actress Rebecca Indermaur, actress Irène Jacob (born 1966), actress Marthe Keller (born 1945), actress and opera director Mathis Künzler (born 1978), film, television and stage actor Max Loong (born 1980), actor and producer Stephanie Morgenstern (born 1965), actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film Vincent Pérez (born 1964), actor and