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Bowie, David Byron, George Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Geraldine Collins, Phil Coulthard, David Coward, Noel Diana, Lady >>>

Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794) Writer Writer and historian of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon was born in England on April 27, 1737 and spent his youth on the banks of Lake Geneva. As was the tradition with upper class English fa >>>

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Becker, Boris Beisheim, Otto Benjamin, Walter Einstein, Albert Hesse, Hermann Kesten, Hermann Kinski, Nastassja Liebherr, >>>

Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) Writer The German author and Nobel Prize winner lived in Switzerland for 8 years. Thomas Mann, born in 1875, came from old Lübeck patrician stock. After his father's death, the family moved to Munich. H >>>

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Scott Fizgerald (1896 - 1940) Writer "Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end." One trip abroad Already a famous author by the age of 24, this “spokesman for the Jazz Age” an >>>

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Gambini, Giovanni Guareschi, Giovanni Mussolini, Benito Muti, Ornella Pareto, Vilfredo Pavone, Rita Pratt, Hugo Rossi, Pellegrino >>>

Victor-E. Savoie (1937 - ) King The ruler of the House of Savoy lives in Vésenaz, in the greater Geneva area. Born in 1937, Victor Emmanuel of Savoy is the successor to Humbert II, King of Italy, and Marie José, Queen of Italy and R >>>

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Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Music star The Russian composer, who acquired first French and then American nationality, lived for a long time in Clarens, near Montreux. This amazing conductor and pianist dabbled in all genres of music and wo >>>

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Cohen, Albert Goulandris, Basil Latsis, John Lemos, Costas Livanos, Georges Mercouri, Melina Mouskouri, Nana Niarchos, Stavros >>>

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