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<html> <head> <title>Z黵ich, Switzerland</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Zürich, Switzerland LOCATION Official Website: <a href="http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/">http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/</a> Population: 366,145 (2004) ORCHESTRA <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Orchestra</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/102/000196511/">Tonhalle Orchester Z黵ich</a></td><td><center>1868</center></td></tr></table> OPERA <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Opera</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/981/000196393/">Z黵ich Opera</a></td><td><center> </center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/509/000098215/">UBS</a></td><td><center>1998</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/122/000124747/">Z黵ich Financial Services</a></td><td><center>1872</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/749/000123380/">Credit Suisse</a></td><td><center>1856</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000092457/">Mario Adorf</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Tin Drum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000097275/">Jost Amman</a></td> <td><center>Engraver</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1539</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1591</tt></td> <td>Prolific Swiss engraver</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/527/000071314/">Felix Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1983</tt></td> <td>Nuclear magnetic resonance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/134/000196543/">Leon Botstein</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Bard College</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000205835/">Al Dubin</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td>Lullaby of Broadway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/960/000115615/">Max Frisch</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1991</tt></td> <td>Homo Faber</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000132280/">Bruno Ganz</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Downfall</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000093974/">Johann Kaspar Lavater</a></td> <td><center>Paranormal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1741</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1801</tt></td> <td>Essays on Physiognomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000097439/">Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1746</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1827</tt></td> <td>Swiss educational reformer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000172919/">Walter Schottky</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td>Solid-state physics and electronics</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/420/000029333/">Albert Bassermann</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1952</tt></td> <td>German actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/527/000071314/">Felix Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1983</tt></td> <td>Nuclear magnetic resonance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000094584/">Johann Jakob Bodmer</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1698</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1783</tt></td> <td>Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000025087/">Georg Büchner</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1837</tt></td> <td>Leonce and Lena</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000094326/">Heinrich Bullinger</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1504</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1575</tt></td> <td>Swiss Lutheran reformer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000141010/">Elias Canetti</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1994</tt></td> <td>Crowds and Power</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000206194/">Edwin Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1960</tt></td> <td>Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/960/000115615/">Max Frisch</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1991</tt></td> <td>Homo Faber</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000103346/">H. D.</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1961</tt></td> <td>Imagist poet, Sea Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000094365/">Ulrich von Hutten</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1488</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1523</tt></td> <td>Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/073/000031977/">James Joyce</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>Ulysses</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000100118/">Paul Karrer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1971</tt></td> <td>Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/024/000113682/">Otto Klemperer</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td>Prominent German conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000093974/">Johann Kaspar Lavater</a></td> <td><center>Paranormal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1741</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1801</tt></td> <td>Essays on Physiognomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/985/000196397/">Erich Leinsdorf</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1993</tt></td> <td>Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000025105/">Thomas Mann</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td>Buddenbrooks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000133867/">Stavros Niarchos</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>Greek shipping tycoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000071284/">Wolfgang Pauli</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td>Pauli Exclusion Principle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000097390/">Conrad Pellicanus</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1478</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1556</tt></td> <td>Zwinglian theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/614/000100314/">Vladimir Prelog</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1998</tt></td> <td>Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000024776/">Eddie Rickenbacker</a></td> <td><center>Aviator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td>Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000100127/">Leopold Ruzicka</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1976</tt></td> <td>Terpenes and hormones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000095044/">Josias Simmler</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1550</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1576</tt></td> <td>De Alpibus Commentarius</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000206250/">Maria Stader</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1999</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000097934/">Johannes Stumpf</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1500</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1578</tt></td> <td>Swiss chronicler, theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000099932/">Alfred Werner</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1919</tt></td> <td>Coordination theory of chemistry</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69611" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/376/000003367/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/376/3367/s3367.jpg" width=128> Dick Cheney</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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