concrete bridge techniques Peter Hildebrand Meienberg (1929–2021), missionary Christoph Meili (born 1968), whistle-blower Christian Menn (1927–2018), civil engineer Max Miedinger (1910–1980), typeface designer, inventor of Helvetica Claude Nobs (1936–2013), founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival Rosa Rein (1897–2010), oldest living Swiss () Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), philanthropist, music and literature patron Archibald Reiss (1875–1929), criminologist Beat Richner (1947–2018), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), engineer Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Sufi writer, born in Basel John Sutter (1803–1880), California settler Stefi Talman (born 1958), shoe designer Alain Tanner (born 1929), film director Lukas Vischer (1780–1840), collector, traveler, artist See also List of Germans List of mountains of Switzerland named after people Lists of people by nationality - for other lists of people by nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location Swiss longevity recordholders References