World-renowned scientific and technical university, founded 1854. German-language name Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; often referred to as ETH Zürich.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Werner Arber |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1929 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| J. Georg Bednorz |
Physicist |
16-May-1950 |
|
High-temperature superconductivity |
| Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
|
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Santiago Calatrava |
Architect |
28-Jul-1951 |
|
Designer of new WTC transit station |
| Aart J. de Geus |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Synopsys |
| Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Richard R. Ernst |
Chemist |
14-Aug-1933 |
|
NMR spectroscopy |
| George Finch |
Chemist |
4-Aug-1888 |
22-Nov-1970 |
Oxygen for mountain climbing |
| Max Frisch |
Novelist |
15-May-1911 |
4-Apr-1991 |
Homo Faber |
| Roy J. Glauber |
Physicist |
1-Sep-1925 |
|
Quantum optics |
| Charles Édouard Guillaume |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1861 |
13-Jun-1938 |
Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare |
| Richard F. Heck |
Chemist |
15-Aug-1931 |
9-Oct-2015 |
Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings |
| George de Hevesy |
Chemist |
1-Aug-1885 |
5-Jul-1966 |
Radioisotope researcher |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| Erich Hunziker |
Business |
15-Sep-1953 |
|
CFO of Roche Group |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Karl von Linde |
Engineer |
11-Jun-1842 |
16-Nov-1934 |
Inventor of refrigeration |
| K. Alex Müller |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1927 |
|
High-temperature superconductivity |
| Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
27-Nov-1903 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
| Auguste Piccard |
Physicist |
28-Jan-1884 |
24-Mar-1962 |
First man in the stratosphere |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Heinrich Rohrer |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1933 |
16-May-2013 |
Co-Inventor, scanning tunneling microscope |
| Klaus Schwab |
Economist |
30-Mar-1938 |
|
Founder, World Economic Forum |
| John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| Niklaus Wirth |
Computer Programmer |
15-Feb-1934 |
|
Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2 |
| Fritz Zwicky |
Astronomer |
14-Feb-1898 |
8-Feb-1974 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jacob Burckhardt |
Historian |
25-May-1818 |
8-Aug-1897 |
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy |
| Rudolf Clausius |
Physicist |
2-Jan-1822 |
24-Aug-1888 |
Second Law of Thermodynamics |
| Peter Debye |
Physicist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Richard Dedekind |
Mathematician |
6-Oct-1831 |
12-Feb-1916 |
Developed theory of irrational numbers |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Richard R. Ernst |
Chemist |
14-Aug-1933 |
|
NMR spectroscopy |
| Sigfried Giedion |
Critic |
14-Apr-1888 |
10-Apr-1968 |
Space, Time and Architecture |
| Richard Kuhn |
Chemist |
3-Dec-1900 |
1-Aug-1967 |
Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6 |
| Hermann Minkowski |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1864 |
12-Jan-1909 |
Minkowski space |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| Auguste Piccard |
Physicist |
28-Jan-1884 |
24-Mar-1962 |
First man in the stratosphere |
| Vladimir Prelog |
Chemist |
23-Jul-1906 |
7-Jan-1998 |
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Franz Reuleaux |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1829 |
20-Aug-1905 |
Father of modern kinematics |
| Leopold Ruzicka |
Chemist |
13-Sep-1887 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Terpenes and hormones |
| Hermann Staudinger |
Chemist |
23-Mar-1881 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Macromolecular chemistry |
| Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
| Richard Willstätter |
Chemist |
13-Aug-1872 |
3-Aug-1942 |
Plant pigments |
| Niklaus Wirth |
Computer Programmer |
15-Feb-1934 |
|
Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2 |
| Kurt Wüthrich |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1938 |
|
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| Fritz Zwicky |
Astronomer |
14-Feb-1898 |
8-Feb-1974 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
