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France (53)
| | | Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) | Businessman | The empress of fashion lived in upper Lausanne for ten years. Gabrielle Chanel was born in 1883 in a hospice in Saumur. Her mother was abandoned by her vagabond husband the very day of their m >>>
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UK (24)
| | | David Bowie (1947 - ) | Music star | In 1982, the English pop star moved to upper Lausanne in Switzerland to find a haven of stability and fade into anonymity. He purchased an early twentieth-century residence called the Château du Signa >>>
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Germany (19)
| | | Henri Nestlé (1814 - 1890) | Businessman | The founder of one of the leading Swiss companies settled in Vevey in 1833. Henri Nestlé was born in 1814 to a rich Frankfurt family. Fleeing the repression that followed the revolutionary riot >>>
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USA (12)
| | | Barbara Hendricks (1948 - ) | Music star | The most famous opera singer in the world lives in Clarens, on the outskirts of Montreux. Barbara Hendricks was born in 1948 in Stephens, Arkansas, in the United States. Her father was a pastor and sh >>>
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Italy (11)
| | | Rita Pavone (1945 - ) | Music star | This singer and television presenter lives in the Swiss canton of Ticino with its Mediterranean climate. Rita Pavone was born in Turin in 1945 to family impoverished after the war. At a ve >>>
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Russia (9)
| | | 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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Greece (9)
| | | Georges Livanos (1926 - 1997) | Shipping tycoon | Like many of his fellow countrymen, this Greek shipowner lived in Lausanne. Georges Livanos was born in 1926 in New Orleans. His father, Stavros Livanos, was a great figure in Greek shipowning circles >>>
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Romania (4)
Poland (3)
Sweden (3)
Canada (3)
South Africa (3)
Spain (3)
Saudi Arabia (3)
Lebanon (2)
Austria (2)
The Netherlands (2)
Hungary (2)
Ireland (1)
Thailand (1)
Pakistan (1)
Algery (1)
Slovakia (1)
India (1)
Belgium (1)
Iran (1)
Finland (1)
Argentina (1)
Sudan (1)
Bulgaria (1)
Armenia (1)
Congo-Kinshasa (1)
Peru (1)
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