Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en cantón Zúrich

Esther Fischer-Homberger was a Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian. Her research focused on the history of psychiatry, psychosomatics and forensic medicine as well as the medical history of women.

Luigi Taveri fue un piloto de motociclismo suizo, ha sido tricampeón del mundo de 125cc en 1962, 1964 y 1966, con Honda. Luigi Taveri tenía raíces italianas. Su padre, Giovanni Taveri, había emigrado a Suiza desde Rovato (Lombardía) a los 17 años.

Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC, es un director de fotografía neerlandés-sueco que estudio en la Escuela Nacional de Cine, Televisión y Teatro en Lodz. Algunos de sus trabajos incluyen Låt den rätte komma in (2008), The Fighter (2010), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Her (2013), Spectre (2015), y Ad Astra (2019). Van Hoytema es también reconocido por sus colaboraciones con el director de cine Christopher Nolan, habiendo rodado Interstellar (2014), Dunkerque (2017), y Tenet (2020). El trabajo de Van Hoyema ha sido muy elogiado tanto por los críticos de cine como por el público, lo que le valió varios premios, incluida una nominación al Oscar a la mejor fotografía y tres nominaciones al premio BAFTA a la mejor fotografía.

Schaggi Streuli (1899–1980) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater Zürich.

Paul Burkhard was a Swiss composer. He primarily wrote oratorios, musicals and operettas. The contemporaneous and similarly named Swiss composer Willy Burkhard was no relation to him.

Tim Guldimann is a Swiss former diplomat and retired politician. Guldimann served in several posts representing Switzerland, including in Iran, where he served as a liaison between the country and the United States. He represented Zürich as member of the National Council—the first elected while living outside the country, in Berlin—from 2015 until his resignation in March 2018.

Alain de Botton es un escritor, filósofo y vlogger suizo.

Ursula Koch is a former Swiss politician, and was the first woman president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP).

Hanna Scheuring is a Swiss stage and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Thomas Süssli is a Swiss Lieutenant General. Since 1 January 2020, he has served as the Chief of the Armed Forces. He succeeded Philippe Rebord.