LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/

Population:
366,145 (2004)

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
UBS	1998
Zürich Financial Services	1872
Credit Suisse	1856

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mario Adorf	Actor	8-Sep-1930		The Tin Drum
Jost Amman	Engraver	13-Jun-1539	17-Mar-1591	Prolific Swiss engraver
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Studied nuclear magnetic resonance
Jacques E. Brandenberger	Chemist	19-Oct-1872	13-Jul-1954	Cellophane
Esther Dyson	Business	14-Jul-1951		EDventure Holdings, former ICANN director
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
Erich Gamma	Computer Programmer	1961		Design Patterns
Bruno Ganz	Actor	22-Mar-1941		Downfall
Konrad von Gesner	Botanist	26-Mar-1516	13-Dec-1565	Historia animalium
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross	Activist	8-Jul-1926	24-Aug-2004	On Death And Dying
Madeleine M. Kunin	Politician	28-Sep-1933		Governor of Vermont, 1985-91
Johann Kaspar Lavater	Paranormal	11-Nov-1741	2-Jan-1801	Essays on Physiognomy
Max Miedinger	Typographer	24-Dec-1910	8-Mar-1980	Designed the Helvetica typeface
Sofia Milos	Actor	27-Sep-1965		Det. Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi	Educator	12-Jan-1746	17-Feb-1827	Swiss educational reformer
Walter Schottky	Physicist	23-Jul-1886	4-Mar-1976	Solid-state physics and electronics

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Bassermann	Actor	7-Sep-1867	15-May-1952	German actor
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Studied nuclear magnetic resonance
Johann Jakob Bodmer	Author	19-Jul-1698	2-Jan-1783	Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie
Jacques E. Brandenberger	Chemist	19-Oct-1872	13-Jul-1954	Cellophane
Georg Büchner	Playwright	17-Oct-1813	19-Feb-1837	Leonce and Lena
Heinrich Bullinger	Religion	18-Jul-1504	17-Sep-1575	Swiss Lutheran reformer
Elias Canetti	Author	25-Jul-1905	14-Aug-1994	Crowds and Power
Stafford Cripps	Politician	24-Apr-1889	21-Apr-1952	Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50
Robert Emden	Mathematician	4-Mar-1862	8-Oct-1940	Stellar structure
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
Konrad von Gesner	Botanist	26-Mar-1516	13-Dec-1565	Historia animalium
H. D.	Poet	10-Sep-1886	27-Sep-1961	Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Ulrich von Hutten	Poet	21-Apr-1488	29-Aug-1523	Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
James Joyce	Author	2-Feb-1882	13-Jan-1941	Ulysses
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Studied pigments, beta-carotene, etc.
Otto Klemperer	Conductor	14-May-1885	6-Jul-1973	Prominent German conductor
Johann Kaspar Lavater	Paranormal	11-Nov-1741	2-Jan-1801	Essays on Physiognomy
Erika Mann	Journalist	9-Nov-1905	27-Aug-1969	Daughter of Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann	Novelist	6-Jun-1875	12-Aug-1955	Buddenbrooks
Max Miedinger	Typographer	24-Dec-1910	8-Mar-1980	Designed the Helvetica typeface
Stavros Niarchos	Business	3-Jul-1909	15-Apr-1996	Greek shipping tycoon
Wolfgang Pauli	Physicist	25-Apr-1900	15-Dec-1958	Pauli Exclusion Principle
Conrad Pellicanus	Religion	8-Jan-1478	6-Apr-1556	Zwinglian theologian
Vladimir Prelog	Chemist	23-Jul-1906	7-Jan-1998	Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Eddie Rickenbacker	Aviator	8-Oct-1890	23-Jul-1973	Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Leopold Ruzicka	Chemist	13-Sep-1887	26-Sep-1976	Studied terpenes
Josias Simmler	Author	1550	1576	De Alpibus Commentarius
Johannes Stumpf	Historian	23-Apr-1500	1578	Swiss chronicler, theologian
Henri Van De Velde	Architect	3-Apr-1863	15-Oct-1957	Art Nouveau architect
Alfred Werner	Chemist	12-Dec-1866	15-Nov-1919	Coordination Theory

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