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 6
Hans Jenny
Physician
Pascal Schürpf
Swiss footballer
Anita Fetz
Swiss politician
Cedric Itten
Swiss footballer
Patrick Baumann
Secretary General of FIBA
Theo Meier
Painter
Claude Cueni
Writer
Dominique Herr
Football player
Lucas Meister
Swiss handball player
Beat Wyss
Swiss art historian
Albert Meister
French-Swiss sociologist
Christoph Eymann
Former Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Coghuf
Swiss painter
Claude Janiak
Former Member of the Council of States of Switzerland
Dieter Koepplin
Art historian
Donald Brun
Graphic designer
Erni Maissen
Swiss footballer
Ernst Levy
Swiss musicologist
Felix Endrich
Swiss bobsledder
Felix Gutzwiller
Gabriela Schaaf
Singer
GianAndrea Randegger
Irène Zurkinden
Swiss painter
Jacques Wildberger
Swiss composer
Mingyang Yang
Swiss footballer
Oliver Rudin
Musician
Albert Socin
Swiss orientalist
Andreas Kronenberg
Goalkeeper
Baschi Dürr
Swiss politician
Bettina Dieterle
Actor
Cathérine Hug
Art historian
Conradin Cramer
Swiss Politician
Cornelia Kazis
Journalist
Dani von Wattenwyl
Swiss actor
Darko Jevtić
Swiss football player
David Brandes
Swiss songwriter
David Riniker
Cellist
Dieter Bürgin
Psychoanalyst
Edmund Mezger
German criminologist
Electroboy
Swiss model
Felix Uhlmann
Swiss jurist
Gabriel Lobos
Cinematographer
Gabrielle Alioth
Swiss author
George Gebhardt
American-Swiss film actor
Gianna Molinari
Swiss writer
Gottfried Dienst
Swiss association football referee
Arnold Hottinger
Swiss journalist
