Basel
Basel is a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country's borders with France and Germany. Its medieval old town centers around Marktplatz, dominated by the 16th-century, red-sandstone Town Hall. Its 12th-century Gothic cathedral has city views, and contains the tomb of the 16th-century Dutch scholar, Erasmus. The city's university houses some of Erasmus' works.
People born in Basel (First 31 people) - Page 13
Hartfrid Wolff
German Politician
Hans Johner
Swiss chess player
Andreas Heusler-Sarasin
Jurist
Rudolf Sarasin
Entrepreneur
Karl Sarasin
Politician
Wilhelm His Jr.
Swiss cardiologist
Reimar Schefold
Anthropologist
Ambros Speiser
Swiss computer scientist
Carl Christoph Bernoulli
Swiss librarian
Ernst Alfred Stückelberg
Archaeologist ‧ Ernst Stückelberg's son
Marie-Louise Sauser
Basilius Amerbach the Younger
Lawyer and professor
Maurice Sandoz
Author
Johann J. Bachofen
Swiss jurist and philologist
Maximilian Ulysses Browne
Austrian military officer
Julie Berri
Hans Benno Bernoulli
Architect
Carl Albrecht Bernoulli
Theologian
Rudolf Smend
German author
Euler
Software
LEONHARD
Mathematician and physicist
Portmann
Swiss zoologist
Sarah Wyss
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Martin Ernst Schwab
Professor
Beat Fierz
Researcher
Ira May
Musical artist
Jason Joseph
Swiss athlete
Florence Brenzikofer
Swiss teacher
Mauro Corona
Author
Georg Baselitz
German painter
