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 5
Özkan Taştemur
Football player
Peter Nadig
Swiss footballer
EdouardMarcel Sandoz
Swiss sculptor
Urs Ramseyer
Jazz musician
Bruno Manser
Swiss environmentalist
Edgar Hagen
Film director
Paolo Macchiarini
Italian surgeon
Lukas Studer
Journalist
Jean Daetwyler
Swiss composer
Debby Gerber
Actor
Def Cut
Swiss disc jockey
Markus Spillmann
Journalist
Ernst Brenner
Swiss Politician
Silva Semadeni
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Javier Gómez Noya
Spanish triathlete
Gabriela Signori
Medieval historian
Christian Blatter
Swiss mathematician
Flurin Randegger
Ice hockey player
Christian Henking
Swiss composer
Martin Vischer
Swiss TV actor
Sander van Herk
Composer
Hans Haug
Swiss composer
Sebastian Frehner
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Daniel Buess
Swiss drummer
Barbara Melzl
Swiss film actor
Damien Ott
French football player
Michael Gonçalves
Swiss footballer
Natascha Badmann
Triathlete
Peter Pollatschek
Actor
Fioravante Baldi
Italian football player
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
German prince
Joanna of Pfirt
Noah Okafor
Swiss footballer
James Gruntz
Swiss singer-songwriter
Sascha Pederiva
Film actor
Adolph Rickenbacker
American-Swiss electrical engineer
Heidi Abel
Swiss television presenter
Heiner Gautschy
Director
Anna Aaron
Musical artist
Felix Renggli
August Wenzinger
Cellist
Nana Gualdi
German singer
Yasmina Hunzinger
Swiss singer
Anna Rossinelli
Swiss singer-songwriter
Janika Sprunger
Olympic athlete
Martin Gutzwiller
American-Swiss physicist
Mark Pieth
Professor
