Editing Geneva (section)

== Notable people ==

=== A–C ===
[[File:GustaveAdor.jpg|140px|thumb|Gustave Ador]]
[[File:Christiane Brunner.jpg|140px|thumb|Christiane Brunner]]
[[File:Portrait of John Calvin (1509–1564), by anonymous - Museum Catharijneconvent.jpg|140px|thumb|John Calvin, c.&nbsp;1550]]
[[File:Isaac Casaubon from NPG.jpg|140px|thumb|Isaac Casaubon]]
* [[Alfredo Aceto]] (born 1991), visual artist
* [[Gustave Ador]] (1845–1928), statesman, President of the [[Red Cross]] (ICRC)<ref>{{cite EB1922 |wstitle=Ador, Gustave |volume=30 |page=11}}</ref>
* [[David Aebischer]] (born 1978), ice hockey goaltender, 2001 [[Stanley Cup]] champion
* [[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] (1767–1849), animal and landscape painter<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Radford |first=Ernest |wstitle=Agasse, James Laurent |volume=1 |page=175}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Agoos]] (born 1968), retired American soccer defender, 134 caps for the [[United States men's national soccer team|US team]]
* [[Henri-Frédéric Amiel]] (1821–1881), moral philosopher, poet and critic<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Amiel, Henri Frédéric |volume=1 |page=885}}</ref>
* [[Gustave Amoudruz]] (1885–1963), sports shooter, bronze medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Adolphe Appia]] (1862–1928), architect and theorist of [[stage lighting]] and décor. 
* [[Philip Arditti]] (born c.&nbsp;1980), British/Jewish Sephardic theatre and television actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787364/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225105128/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787364/ |date=25 December 2018 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Aimé Argand]] (1750–1803), physicist and chemist, invented the [[Argand lamp]]<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F25832.php Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, No 1, Argand, Ami] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402101924/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F25832.php |date=2 April 2019 }} retrieved 1 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Jean-Robert Argand]] (1768–1822), amateur mathematician, published the [[Argand diagram]]<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Argand.html School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, Jean Robert Argand] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223172354/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Argand.html |date=23 December 2018 }} retrieved 1 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Martha Argerich]] (born 1941), Argentine classical concert pianist
* [[John Armleder]] (born 1948), performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic and curator
* [[Germaine Aussey]] (1909–1979), née Agassiz, an actress of Swiss origin who settled in Geneva in 1960<ref>[http://www.cineartistes.com/fiche-Germaine+Aussey.html Germaine Aussey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231043034/http://www.cineartistes.com/fiche-Germaine+Aussey.html |date=31 December 2018 }}, on cineartistes.com (in French).</ref>
* [[Alexandre Bardinon]] (born 2002), racing driver
* [[Pierre Bardinon]] (1931–2012), businessman and car collector
* [[Jean-Pierre Berenger]] (1737–1807), editor, writer and historian
* [[Mathias Beche]] (born 1986), racing driver
* [[Jean-Luc Bideau]] (born 1940), film actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081175/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227150733/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081175/ |date=27 December 2018 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Celia von Bismarck]] (1971–2010), humanitarian and ambassador of the [[Swiss Red Cross]]
* [[Ernest Bloch]] (1880–1959), US composer of Swiss origin
* [[Roger Bocquet]] (1921–1994), footballer who won 48 caps for Switzerland
* [[Raoul de Boigne|Raoul Marie Joseph Count de Boigne]] (1862–1949), a French sports shooter, bronze medallist at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Caroline Boissier-Butini]] (1786–1836), pianist and composer
* [[François Bonivard]] (1493–1570), Geneva ecclesiastic, historian and libertine<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bonivard, François |volume=4 |page=209}}</ref>
* [[Charles Bonnet]] (1720–1793), naturalist and philosophical writer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F15877.php Bonnet, Charles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050631/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F15877.php |date=2 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]] (1899–1986), Argentine short-story writer, studied at the [[Collège de Genève]]
* [[Marc-Théodore Bourrit]] (1739–1819), traveller and writer<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bourrit, Marc Théodore|volume=4 |page=334}}</ref>
* [[Nicolas Bouvier]] (1929–1998), writer and photographer
* [[Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli]] (1875–1912), an Italian opera singer
* [[Christiane Brunner]] (born 1947), politician, lawyer and trade union champion 
* [[Mickaël Buffaz]] (born 1979), French cyclist
* [[Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui]] (1694–1748), Genevan legal and political theorist<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F16279.php Burlamaqui, Jean-Jacques] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050619/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F16279.php |date=2 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Cécile Butticaz]] (1884–1966), engineer
* [[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] (born 1957), actress, the daughter of actor [[Richard Burton]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123632/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222204625/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123632/ |date=22 February 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[John Calvin]] (1509–1564), influential theologian, reformer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F11069.php Calvin (Cauvin), Jean] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111092701/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F11069.php |date=11 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle]] (1778–1841), botanist, worked on plant classification<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Candolle, Augustin Pyrame de |volume=5 |pages=180–181}}</ref>
* [[Clint Capela]] (born 1994), professional basketball player
* [[Jean de Carro]] (1770–1857), Vienna-based physician, promoted vaccination against smallpox<ref>{{Cite AmCyc |wstitle=Carro, Jean de |page=28}}</ref>
* [[Isaac Casaubon]] (1559–1614), a classical scholar and philologist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Casaubon, Isaac |volume=5 |page=441}}</ref>
* [[Méric Casaubon]] (1599–1671), son of [[Isaac Casaubon]], a French-English classical scholar<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Casaubon, Florence Estienne Méric |volume=5 |page=441}}</ref>
* [[Mike Castro de Maria]] (born 1972), electronic music composer
* [[Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel]] (1811–1893), politician, on the [[Swiss Federal Council]] 1864–1872
* [[Alfred Edward Chalon]] RA (1780–1860), portrait painter<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Radford |first=Ernest |wstitle=Chalon, Alfred Edward |volume=9 |pages=455–456}}</ref>
* [[John James Chalon]] RA (1778–1854), painter of landscapes, marine scenes and animal life<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Radford |first=Ernest |wstitle=Chalon, John James |volume=9 |page=456}}</ref>
* [[Marguerite Champendal]] (1870–1928), first Genevan to have obtained her doctorate in medicine at the University of Geneva (1900) 
* [[Henri Christiné]] (1867–1941), French composer of sparkling, witty, jazzy musical plays<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160420/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529103615/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160420/ |date=29 May 2019 }} retrieved 1 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Victor Cherbuliez]] (1829–1899), novelist and author<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Cherbuliez, Charles Victor |volume=6 |page=82}}</ref>
* [[Étienne Clavière]] (1735–1793), banker and politician of the French revolution<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Clavière, Étienne |volume=6 |page=469}}</ref>
* [[Paulo Coelho]] (born 1947), Brazilian lyricist and novelist, author of ''[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]'', residing in Geneva<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agogo.nl/homenews/articles/item/paulo-coelho-i-m-not-going-to-the-world-cup |title=Interview with Paulo Coelho |first=Cultura |last=Brasileira |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612083758/http://agogo.nl/homenews/articles/item/paulo-coelho-i-m-not-going-to-the-world-cup |archive-date=12 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Renée Colliard]] (1933–2022), former alpine skier, gold medallist at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Gabriel Cramer]] (1704–1752), Genevan mathematician<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cramer.html School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, Gabriel Cramer] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218131705/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cramer.html |date=18 December 2018 }} retrieved 1 January 2019.</ref>

=== D–G ===
[[File:Michel Decastel.JPG|140px|thumb|Michel Decastel, 2012]]
[[File:Jean Henri Dunant.jpg|140px|thumb|Jean Henri Dunant, 1901]]
[[File:Kat Graham during an interview in June 2017 01.png|140px|thumb|Kat Graham, 2017]]
* [[Maryam d'Abo]] (born 1960), English film and TV actress and [[Bond girl]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001881/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513165459/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001881/ |date=13 May 2019 }} retrieved 5 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Jacques-Antoine Dassier]] (1715–1759), a Genevan medallist, active in London<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Wroth |first=Warwick William |wstitle=Dassier, James Anthony |volume=14 |pages=87–88}}</ref>
* [[Michel Decastel]] (born 1955), football manager and midfielder, 314 club caps, 19 for [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
* [[Jean-Denis Delétraz]] (born 1963), racing driver
* [[Louis Delétraz]] (born 1997), racing driver
* [[Jean-Louis de Lolme]] (1740–1806), lawyer and constitutional writer<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle=Jean Louis Delolme |volume=7 |page=51}}</ref>
* [[Jean-André Deluc]] (1727–1817), geologist, natural philosopher and meteorologist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Deluc, Jean André |volume=7 |pages=975–976}}</ref>
* [[Joël Dicker]] (born 1985), author and novelist 
* [[Giovanni Diodati]] (1576–1649), Italian Calvinist theologian and Bible translator<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F11103.php Diodati, Jean] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204535/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F11103.php |date=6 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Élie Ducommun]] (1833–1906), peace activist, 1902 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner 
* [[Armand Dufaux]] (1833–1941), aviation pioneer, flew the length of [[Lake Geneva]] in 1910
* [[Henri Dufaux]] (1879–1980), French-Swiss aviation pioneer, inventor, painter and politician
* [[Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont]] (1759–1829), Genevan political writer<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis |volume=8 |pages=665–666}}</ref>
* [[Henry Dunant]] (1828–1910), founded the [[Red Cross]], first recipient of [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1901
* [[Emmanuel-Étienne Duvillard]] (1775–1832), Swiss economist
* [[Isabelle Eberhardt]] (1877–1904), Russian-Swiss explorer and travel writer
* [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria]] (1837–1898), Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Elizabeth of Austria |volume=9 |page=285}}</ref>
* [[Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice]] (born 1972), a member of the [[House of Savoy]]
* [[Louis Favre (engineer)|Louis Favre]] (1826–1879), engineer, responsible for the construction of the [[Gotthard Tunnel]]
* [[Philippe Favre]] (1961–2013), racing driver
* [[Henri Fazy]] (1842–1920), politician and historian<ref>{{cite EB1922 |wstitle=Fazy, Henri |volume=31 |page=59}}</ref>
* [[Edmond Fleg]], born Flegenheimer (1874–1963), a Swiss-French writer, thinker, novelist, essayist and playwright
* [[Ian Fleming]] (1908–1964), author (James Bond), studied psychology briefly in Geneva in 1931
* [[Sylvie Fleury]] (born 1961), a contemporary object artist of [[installation art]] and [[mixed media]]
* Sir [[Augustus Wollaston Franks]] KCB FRS FSA (1826–1897), English antiquary and museum administrator<ref>{{cite DNBSupp |last=Read |first=Charles Hercules |wstitle=Franks, Augustus Wollaston}}</ref>
* [[Pierre-Victor Galland]] (1822–1892), painter
* [[Albert Gallatin]] (1761–1849), an American politician of [[Republic of Geneva|Genevan]] origin,<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F25658.php Gallatin, Albert de] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402101841/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F25658.php |date=2 April 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]]</ref> diplomat, ethnologist and linguist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |first=Henry Cabot |last=Lodge |wstitle=Gallatin, Albert |volume=11 |pages=414–416}}</ref>
* [[Agénor de Gasparin]] (1810–1871), French statesman and author, also researched [[table-turning]]<ref>{{Cite AmCyc |wstitle=Gasparin, Adrien Étienne Pierre, count de |pages=641–642}}</ref>
* [[Valérie de Gasparin]] (1813–1894), woman of letters, regards freedom, equality and creativity<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle=Gasparin, Valérie Boissier, Countess de |page=471}}</ref>
* [[François Gaussen]] (1790–1863), Protestant divine<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gaussen, François Samuel Robert Louis |volume=11 |page=536}}</ref>
* [[Victor Gautier]] (1824–1890), Swiss physician<ref name="BMJ1890">{{cite journal |title=Obituary |journal=British Medical Journal |date=1 March 1890 |page=517 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikIaHqFQj_EC&pg=PA517 |access-date=23 July 2024 |publisher=Assoc |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
* [[Marcel Golay (astronomer)|Marcel Golay]] (1927–2015), astronomer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F43520.php Golay, Marcel] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230081230/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F43520.php |date=30 December 2018 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Claude Goretta]] (1929–2019), film director and television producer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F9171.php Goretta, Claude] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230130538/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F9171.php |date=30 December 2018 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330848/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411063126/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330848/ |date=11 April 2019 }} retrieved 5 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Emilie Gourd]] (1879–1946), journalist and activist for [[Women's suffrage in Switzerland]]
* [[Isabelle Graesslé]] (born 1959), theologian, feminist and former museum director, moderator of ministers and deacons at the [[Protestant Church of Geneva]]
* [[Kat Graham]] (born 1989), actress, singer, and model, she plays ''[[Bonnie Bennett]]'' in ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334159/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929221154/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334159/ |date=29 September 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Cédric Grand]] (born 1976), bobsledder, competed in four Winter Olympics, bronze medallist at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Romain Grosjean]] (born 1986), former Formula 1 racing driver, currently racing for [[Andretti Autosport]] in the [[IndyCar Series]]. He is mainly known for his massive crash at the [[2020 Bahrain Grand Prix]].

=== H–M ===
[[File:Francois-huber-(1750-1831).jpg|140px|thumb|Francois Huber]]
[[File:Paul Lachenal.jpg|140px|thumb|Paul Lachenal, 1939]]
[[File:LeninEnSuizaMarzo1916--barbaroussovietr00mcbr.png|140px|thumb|Lenin in Switzerland, 1916]]
[[File:Amelie Mauresmo at the Aegon Championships 2014.jpg|140px|thumb|Amelie Mauresmo, 2014]]
* Admiral of the Fleet [[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)|Lord John Hay]] GCB (1827–1916), Royal Navy officer and politician
* [[Abraham Hermanjat]] (1862–1932), painter who worked in the [[Fauvist]] and [[Divisionist]] styles
* [[Germain Henri Hess]] (1802–1850), Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor, formulated [[Hess's law]] 
* [[Hector Hodler]] (1887–1920), [[Esperantist]]
* [[Fulk Greville Howard]] (1773–1846), English politician<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/howard-hon-fulk-greville-1773-1846 The History of Parliament Trust, HOWARD, Hon. Fulk Greville (1773–1846)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204357/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/howard-hon-fulk-greville-1773-1846 |date=6 January 2019 }} retrieved 6 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Jean Huber]] (1721–1786), painter, silhouettiste, soldier and author
* [[François Huber]] (1750–1831), naturalist, studied the respiration of bees<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Huber, François |volume=13 |page=845}}</ref>
* [[Marie Huber]] (1695–1753), translator, editor and author of theological works
* [[Pierre Jeanneret]] (1896–1967), architect, collaborated with his cousin [[Le Corbusier]]
* [[Thomas Jouannet]] (born 1970), actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431031/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227131109/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431031/ |date=27 December 2018 }} retrieved 6 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Charles Journet]] (1891–1975), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* [[Louis Jurine]] (1751–1819), physician, surgeon, naturalist and entomologist
* [[Sonia Kacem]] (born 1985), Swiss-born visual artist
* [[Michael Krausz]] (born 1942), American philosopher, an artist and orchestral conductor
* [[Adrien Lachenal]] (1849–1918), politician, [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] 1892–1899 
* [[François Lachenal]] (1918–1997), publisher and diplomat
* [[Paul Lachenal]] (1884–1955), politician, co-founded [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]]
* [[Marie Laforêt]] (1939–2019), French singer and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481030/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516232835/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481030/ |date=16 May 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Sarah Lahbati]] (born 1993), actress and singer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3834865/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206144507/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3834865/ |date=6 February 2018 }} retrieved 10 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Franz Lefort|François Le Fort]] (1656–1699), first Russian Admiral<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F23687.php Le Fort, François] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110235033/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F23687.php |date=10 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Georges-Louis Le Sage]] (1724–1803), physicist, [[Le Sage's theory of gravitation]]
* [[Jean Leclerc (theologian)|Jean Leclerc]] (1657–1736), theologian and biblical scholar, promoted [[exegesis]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Le Clerc, Jean |volume=16 |pages=354–355}}</ref>
* [[Henri Leconte]] (born 1963), former French professional tennis player, men's singles finalist, French Open 1988
* [[Philippe Le Royer]] (1816–1897), French and Swiss politician and lawyer, served France as the Minister of Justice and President of the Senate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/le_royer_philippe_elie1502r3.html|title = Anciens sénateurs IIIème République : LE ROYER Philippe-Elie}}</ref>
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1870–1924), lived in Geneva 1902–1905 as an exile from the [[Russian Empire]]
* [[Jean-Étienne Liotard]] (1702–1789), painter,<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Liotard, Jean Etienne |volume=16 |page=739}}</ref> art connoisseur and dealer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F21960.php Liotard, Jean-Etienne] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233457/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F21960.php |date=30 December 2018 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Corinne Maier]] (born 1963), psychoanalyst, economist, and best-selling writer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725422/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218191433/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725422/ |date=18 February 2017 }} retrieved 10 January 2019.</ref>
* [[Ella Maillart]] (1903–1997), adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman
* [[Solomon Caesar Malan]] (1812–1894), oriental linguist and biblical scholar<ref>{{cite DNBSupp |last=Bendall |first=Cecil |wstitle=Malan, César Jean Salomon |pages=133–134}}</ref>
* [[Jacques Mallet du Pan]] (1749–1800), Genevan-French royalist journalist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Mallet du Pan, Jacques |volume=17 |pages=491–492}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Marcet]] FRS (1770–1822), physician who became a British citizen in 1800<ref>{{Cite DNB |last=Moore |first=Norman |wstitle=Marcet, Alexander John Gaspard |volume=36 |page=122}}</ref>
* [[Jane Marcet]] (1769–1858), innovative writer of popular introductory science books<ref>{{Cite DNB |last=Lee |first=Elizabeth |wstitle=Marcet, Jane |volume=36 |page=122}}</ref>
* [[Sebastian Marka]] (born 1978), German film director and editor
* [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] (1890–1974), composer, editor of [[The Statesman's Year Book]]
* [[Nicolas Maulini]] (born 1981), racing driver
* [[Théodore Maunoir]] (1806–1869), co-founder of the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]
* [[Amélie Mauresmo]] (born 1979), former professional tennis player and former world No.1
* [[Barthélemy Menn]] (1815–1893), landscape painter, introduced painting [[en plein air]]
* [[Alain Menu]] (born 1963), racing driver
* [[Heinrich Menu von Minutoli]] (1772–1846), Prussian Generalmajor, explorer and archaeologist
* [[Roman Mityukov]] (born 2000), Swiss [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Olympic swimmer]] 
* [[Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest]] (1690–1766), military engineer, physicist and cartographer
* [[Giorgio Mondini]] (born 1980), racing driver
* [[Stephanie Morgenstern]] (born 1965), Canadian actress, filmmaker and screenwriter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605174/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414234636/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605174/ |date=14 April 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Edoardo Mortara]] (born 1987), Swiss-Italian racing driver
* [[Thierry Moutinho]] (born 1991), Swiss-Portuguese footballer
* [[Gustave Moynier]] (1826–1910), lawyer and co-founder of the [[Red Cross]]

=== N–R ===
[[File:Maury Pasquier Liliane.jpg|140px|thumb|Liliane Maury Pasquier, 2007]]
[[File:Physicist Pierre Prévost.jpg|140px|thumb|Pierre Prévost]]
[[File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait).jpg|140px|thumb|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]
* [[Jacques Necker]] (1732–1804), banker and finance minister for [[Louis XVI of France]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 |first=Henry Morse |last=Stephens |first2=James Thomson |last2=Shotwell |wstitle=Necker, Jacques |volume=19 |pages=337–338}}</ref>
* [[Louis Albert Necker]] (1786–1861), crystallographer and geographer, devised the [[Necker cube]]
* [[Felix Neff]] (1798–1829), Protestant divine and philanthropist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Neff, Felix |volume=19 |page=342}}</ref>
* [[Alfred Newton]] FRS HFRSE (1829–1907), English zoologist and ornithologist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Newton, Alfred |volume=19 |page=582}}</ref>
* [[Karim Ojjeh]] (born 1965), Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver
* [[Julie Ordon]] (born 1984), model and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1274086/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603223812/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1274086/ |date=3 June 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Rémy Pagani]] (born 1954), politician, Mayor of Geneva 2009/10 and 2012/13
* [[Liliane Maury Pasquier]] (born 1956), politician
* [[PATjE]] (born 1970), birth name Patrice Jauffret, singer-songwriter, and musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiozones.com/rep_patje.php|title=Pasaporte, le dernier album de PATjE}}</ref>
* Faule Petitot (1572–1629), sculptor, cabinetmaker and architect, citizen of Geneva since 1615<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F19355.php Petitot, Faule] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002706/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F19355.php |date=1 January 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Jean Petitot]] (1607–1691), enamel painter, son of Faule<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F19098.php Petitot, Jean] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231144027/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F19098.php |date=31 December 2018 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Carmen Perrin]] (born 1953), Bolivian-born Swiss visual artist, designer, and educator
* [[Jean Piaget]] (1896–1980), clinical psychologist, devised [[genetic epistemology]]
* [[Robert Pinget]] (1919–1997), avant-garde French [[modernist]] [[nouveau roman]] writer
* [[George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers]] (1721–1803), English diplomat and politician<ref>{{Cite DNB |last=Barker |first=George Fisher Russell |wstitle=Pitt, George |volume=45 |pages=343–344}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Polla]] (born 1950), medical doctor, gallery owner, art curator and writer
* [[James Pradier]] (1790–1852), [[Republic of Geneva|Genevan]] and then Swiss sculptor,<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F22093.php Pradier, James] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401102603/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F22093.php |date=1 April 2019 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]]</ref> [[Neoclassical sculpture|neoclassical]] style
* [[Jean-Louis Prévost]] (1838–1927), neurologist and physiologist
* [[Pierre Prévost (physicist)|Pierre Prévost]] (1751–1839), philosopher, physicist wrote the law of exchange in radiation<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Prévost, Pierre |volume=22 |page=312}}</ref>
* [[Tariq Ramadan]] (born 1962), Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher and writer
* [[Marcel Raymond]] (1897–1981), literary critic of French literature of the "[[Geneva school (literary criticism)|Geneva School]]"
* [[Flore Revalles]] (1889–1966), singer, dancer and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720754/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408131611/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720754/ |date=8 April 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Charles Pierre Henri Rieu]] (1820–1902), Orientalist and Professor of Arabic<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Rieu, Charles Pierre Henri |volume=23 |page=325}}</ref>
* [[Auguste Arthur de la Rive]] (1801–1873), physicist, worked on the heat of gases<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=De la Rive, Auguste Arthur |volume=7 |page=944}}</ref>
* [[Charles-Gaspard de la Rive]] (1770–1834), physicist, psychiatrist and politician 
* [[François Jules Pictet de la Rive]] (1809–1872), zoologist and palaeontologist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pictet de la Rive, François Jules |volume=21 |page=586}}</ref>
* [[Andree Aeschlimann Rochat]] (1900–1900), composer and music critic
* [[Tibor Rosenbaum]] (1923–1980), rabbi and businessman
* [[Marc Rosset]] (born 1970), former pro tennis player, gold medallist at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]]
* [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] (1712–1778), writer and philosopher<ref>{{cite EB1911 |last=Saintsbury |first=George |wstitle=Rousseau, Jean Jacques |volume=23 |pages=775–778}}</ref>
* [[Jean Rousset]] (1910–2002), literary critic and early [[structuralism]] writer of the [[Geneva school (literary criticism)|Geneva School]] 
* [[Xavier Ruiz]] (born 1970), film producer and director<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046624/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216192528/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046624/ |date=16 February 2017 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>

=== S–Z ===
[[File:Ferdinand de Saussure by Jullien.png|140px|thumb|Ferdinand de Saussure]]
[[File:Salzburger Festspiele 2012 - Szene aus "Das Labyrinth".jpg|140px|thumb|Michael Schade, 2012]]
[[File:Michel Simon in The Train (1964) trailer.jpg|140px|thumb|Michel Simon, 1964]]
[[File:Vogel061115.jpg|140px|thumb|Johann Vogel, 2006]]
[[File:Nicolas de Largillière, François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire adjusted.png|140px|thumb|Voltaire]]
* [[Ferdinand de Saussure]] (1857–1913), linguist and [[semiotician]]
* [[Horace Bénédict de Saussure]] (1740–1799), geologist, meteorologist, physicist, and Alpine explorer<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F15911.php Saussure, Horace Bénédict de] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233802/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F15911.php |date=30 December 2018 }}, in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].</ref>
* [[Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure]] (1767–1845), chemist, studied plant physiology, advanced phytochemistry<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Saussure, Nicolas Théodore de |volume=24 |pages=238–239}}</ref>
* [[Léon Savary]] (1895–1968), writer and journalist
* [[Michael Schade]] (born 1965), Canadian operatic tenor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769564/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215182529/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769564/ |date=15 February 2017 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Johann Jacob Schweppe]] (1740–1821), watchmaker developed [[Schweppes]] bottled [[carbonated water]]
* [[Marguerite Sechehaye]] (1887–1965), psychotherapist, treated people with [[schizophrenia]]
* [[Louis Segond]] (1810–1885), theologian and translator, pastor in [[Chêne-Bougeries]]
* [[Philippe Senderos]] (born 1985), footballer, over 200 club caps and 57 for [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
* [[Jean Senebier]] (1742–1809), pastor and voluminous writer on vegetable physiology<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Senebier, Jean |volume=24 |page=637}}</ref>
*[[Liberato Firmino Sifonia]] (1917–1996), Italian composer
* [[Pierre Eugene du Simitiere]] (1737–1784), naturalist, American patriot and portrait painter.
* [[Michel Simon]] (1895–1975), actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800302/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524180804/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800302/ |date=24 May 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi]] (1773–1842), historian and political economist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de |volume=25 |page=159}}</ref>
* [[Edward Snowden]] (born 1983), lived in Geneva between 2007 and 2009, while working for the [[CIA]]
* [[Pierre Soubeyran]] (1706–1775), engraver, etcher and [[Encyclopédiste]]<ref>{{HDS|26167|Soubeyran, Pierre}}</ref>
* [[Terry Southern]] (1924–1995), American author, essayist and screenwriter; lived in Geneva 1956–59<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816143/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220222250/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816143/ |date=20 December 2018 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Ezekiel Spanheim]] (1629–1710), Prussian diplomat
* [[Friedrich Spanheim]] (1632–1701), Calvinistic theology professor at the [[University of Leiden]]
*[[George Steiner]] (1929–2020), Franco-American essayist,  taught comparative literature at the University of Geneva (1974–94)
* [[Jacques Charles François Sturm]] (1803–1855), French mathematician<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sturm, Jacques Charles François |volume=25 |page=1053}}</ref>
* [[Émile Taddéoli]] (1879–1920), Swiss aviation pioneer
* [[Alain Tanner]] (1929–2022), film director<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849609/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411060335/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849609/ |date=11 April 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Sigismund Thalberg]] (1812–1871), Austrian composer and pianist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Thalberg, Sigismond |volume=26 |page=719}}</ref>
* [[Max Thurian]] (1921–1996), theologian, known as Frère Max
* [[Pierre Tirard]] (1827–1893), French politician<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Tirard, Pierre Emanuel |volume=26 |page=1006}}</ref>
* [[Rodolphe Töpffer]] (1799–1846), teacher, author, painter, cartoonist and caricaturist<ref>{{cite EB1911 |last=Coolidge |first=William Augustus Brevoort |wstitle=Töpffer, Rodolphe |volume=27 |pages=49–50}}</ref>
* [[Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer]] (1766–1847), painter of landscapes and watercolors<ref>{{HDS|21967|Töpffer, Wolfgang-Adam}}</ref>
* [[Vico Torriani]] (1920–1998), singer, actor, show host<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868909/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523140658/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868909/ |date=23 May 2019 }} retrieved 23 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Georges Trombert]] (1874–1949), French fencer, silver and bronze medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Théodore Tronchin]] (1709–1781), Genevan physician<ref>{{HDS|14670|Tronchin, Théodore}}</ref>
* [[Francis Turretin|François Turrettini]] (1623–1687), Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian<ref>{{HDS|11337|Turrettini, François}}</ref>
* [[Jean Alphonse Turrettini]] (1671–1737), reformed theologian<ref>{{HDS|11336|Turrettini, Jean-Alphonse}}</ref>
* [[Princess Vittoria of Savoy]] (2003), heir to the [[House of Savoy|Italian throne]]
* [[François Vivares]] (1709–1780), French landscape-engraver, active in England<ref>{{cite DNB |last=O'Donoghue |first=Freeman Marius |wstitle=Vivares,_François |volume=58 |pages=376–377}}</ref>
* [[Johann Vogel (footballer)|Johann Vogel]] (born 1977), former footballer, played 94 games for [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
* [[Bailey Voisin]] (born 2003), British racing driver
* [[Callum Voisin]] (born 2006), British racing driver
* Prince [[Andrei Volkonsky]] (1933–2008), Russian composer of classical music and harpsichordist<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901510/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824143106/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901510/ |date=24 August 2020 }} retrieved 30 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Voltaire]] (1694–1778), French philosopher, historian, dramatist and man of letters; lived at [[Les Délices]] 1755–1760<ref>{{cite EB1911 |last=Saintsbury |first=George |wstitle=Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de |volume=28 |pages=199–205}}</ref>
* [[Nedd Willard]] (1926–2018), writer
* [[R. Norris Williams]] (1891–1968), American tennis player and [[RMS Titanic]] survivor
* [[Pierre Wissmer]] (1915–1992), Swiss-French composer, pianist and music teacher
* [[Jean Ziegler]] (born 1934), politician and sociologist
* [[Reto Ziegler]] (born 1986), footballer, has played 35 games for [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]