List of Famous people born in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Enes Kanter Freedom

First Name Enes
Last Name Freedom
Born on May 20, 1992 (age 31)
Height 211 cm | 6'11

Enes Kanter Freedom is a Swiss-born Turkish American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was originally selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He represented the Turkish national team internationally.

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Henry Wirz

First Name Henry
Last Name Wirz
Born on November 25, 1823
Died on November 10, 1865 (aged 41)

Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, better known as Henry Wirz, was a Swiss-American officer of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Wirz was the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, where inhumane conditions led to a high mortality rate of Union detainees. After the war, Wirz was tried and executed for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of the camp.

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Bruno Ganz

First Name Bruno
Last Name Ganz
Born on March 22, 1941
Died on February 16, 2019 (aged 77)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Bruno Ganz was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, and Wim Wenders, earning widespread recognition with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (1977), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Damiel the Angel in Wings of Desire (1987).

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Ricardo Rodriguez

Ricardo Ivan Rodriguez Araya
First Name Ricardo
Last Name Rodriguez
Born on August 25, 1992 (age 31)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Ricardo Ivan Rodriguez Araya is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Torino and the Switzerland national team.

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Mario Adorf

First Name Mario
Last Name Adorf
Born on September 8, 1930 (age 93)

Mario Adorf is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, among them the 1979 Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum. He is also the author of several successful mostly autobiographical books.

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Mason McTavish

Mason McTavish is a Swiss-born Canadian ice hockey centre currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). McTavish was selected third overall by the Ducks in the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

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Karin Lesch

First Name Karin
Last Name Lesch
Born on May 18, 1935 (age 88)

Karin Lesch is a Swiss-German stage, cinema, and television actress, of Swiss-Austrian extraction; who hails from a multi-generational family of accomplished German-speaking performers of theatre and cinema.

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Anatole Taubman

First Name Anatole
Born on December 23, 1970 (age 53)

Anatole Taubman is a Swiss actor. He is best known for his performance as Elvis in Quantum of Solace. He has appeared in more than ninety films since 1998 and has played major roles in several films including The Circle.

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Manuel Akanji

Manuel Obafemi Akanji
First Name Manuel
Last Name Akanji
Born on July 19, 1995 (age 28)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Manuel Obafemi Akanji is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team.

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Gregor Kobel

First Name Gregor
Last Name Kobel
Born on December 6, 1997 (age 26)

Gregor Kobel is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

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