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 49 people) - Page 4
Albert Müller
Swiss painter
Georg Germann
Architectural historian
Christoph Büchel
Swiss artist
Niklaus Schilling
Swiss film director
Hans Sandreuter
Swiss artist
Lukas Vischer
Swiss theologian
Vera Kappeler Musician
Pianist
Emmanuel Stupanus
Swiss physician
Thomas Platter the Younger
Swiss physician
Carl Jacob Burckhardt
Former League of Nations High Commissioner for the Free City of Danzig
Melchior Berri
Swiss architect
Peter Merian
Swiss geologist
Maxine Kazis
Actress
Paul Degen
Swiss illustrator
Brigitta HauserSchäublin
Author
Caroline Rasser
Actress
Martin Schenkel
Swiss television actor
Roland Rasser
Actor
Heinrich Ott
Swiss author
Thomas Blubacher
German author
Helmut Förnbacher
Swiss actor
Kiki Maeder
Swiss actor
Anton Rotzetter
Swiss author
Andreas Kilcher
Author
Mattea Meyer
Swiss politician
Rebeka Masarova
Swiss-Spanish tennis player
Martin H. Burckhardt
Architect
Walter Gautschi
American-Swiss mathematician
Jean François Billeter
Swiss sinologist
Duchess Hedwig of Württemberg
Cordelia von den Steinen
Visual artist
Jacob Wackernagel
Swiss linguist
Olga Strub
Swiss film actor
Fritz Meier
Swiss orientalist
Lea Schwer
Swiss beach volleyball player
Elisabeth Müller
Swiss actress
Friedrich Hegar
Swiss composer
Maria Dolores Franzyska KolowratKrakowská
Rudolf G. Binding
German writer
Benjamin Steffen
Swiss fencer
Armand Petersen
Sculptor
Philipp Sarasin
Photographer
Peter Von Der Muhll
Philologist
Kurt Seligmann
Swiss painter
Niklaus Stoecklin
Artist
Michael Theurillat
Swiss writer
Charlotte Heinimann
Actress
