Lucerne in central Switzerland is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of Lucerne. With a population of about 81,057 people (), it is the most populous town in Central Switzerland. Notable people associated with Lucerne include:
Politicians and others
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), theologian
Alphons Egli (1924-2016), politician
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904-1970), American socialite
Felix Gmür (born 1966), theologian and bishop of Basel
Petermann von Gundoldingen (? -1386), Schultheiss, participant in the battle near Sempach Josef Martin Knüsel (1813-1889), politician and jurist Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt (1904-1965), American socialite Anton Muheim (1916-2016), Social Democrat politician, President of the National Council Oswald Myconius (1488-1552), reformer. Franz Riedweg (1907-2005), doctor and SS Obersturmbannführer Melchior Russ (c. 1450-1499), historian Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (1772-1856) a politically influential Swiss salonist Josef Anton Schobinger (1849-1911), politician and builder
Arts
Peter Bichsel, (born 1935), writer
Rolf Brem (1926-2014), sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
Fritz Brun (1878-1959), composer and conductor
Heidi Brunner (born 1961), opera singer
Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997), composer
Rolf Dobelli (born 1966), writer and entrepreneur
Jolanda Egger (born 1960), actress, beauty queen, model and racing driver
Hans Erni (1909-2015), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982), tenor
Ernst Hodel junior (1881-1955), painter
Thomas Imbach (born 1962), filmmaker
Armin Jordan (1932-2006), conductor
Stephan Klapproth, (born 1958), journalist and television presenter
Michael Koch (born 1982), film director and screenwriter
Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), saxophonist
Edith Mathis (born 1938), soprano and university professor
Max von Moos (1903-1979), painter and graphic artist
Mauro Peter (born 1987), opera singer
Robert Pilchowski (1909-1990), writer
Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), writer and Nobel laureate (died in Lucerne) Andrea Štaka (born 1973), director and screenwriter Emil Steinberger (born 1933), cabaret artist, writer, director and actor Fredy Studer (born 1948), drummer André Thomkins (1930-1985), painter, draftsman and poet Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), German composer, librettist and conductor Robert Wuellner (1885-1966), actor, director and filmproducer Luzia von Wyl (born 1985), jazz pianist and composer Loredana Zefi (born 1995), rapper Robert Zünd (1826-1909), painter
Science and business
Markus Breitschmid (born 1966), architectural theorist and architectural historian Johann Baptist Cysat (1585-1657), mathematician and astronomer Edgar Gretener (1902-1958), electrical engineer Toni Hagen (1917-2003), geologist Josef-Maria Jauch (1914-1974), theoretical physicist Peter von Matt, (born 1937), philologist, specialist for German studies, author Stanislaus von Moos (born 1940), art historian and architectural theorist Michael Pieper (born 1946), billionaire businessman Walter von Moos (1918-2016), industrialist
Sport
Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980) also formerly known as Cesaro, professional wrestler Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Olympia gold medal winner (Nordic combined) Kurt Müller (born 1948), footballer, 38 caps for Switzerland Karl Odermatt (born 1942), footballer, 50 caps for Switzerland Lara Stalder (born 1994), ice hockey player