22 18th century Swiss people

Jakob Abbadie, also known as Jacques or James Abbadie, was a French Protestant minister and writer. He became Dean of Killaloe, in Ireland.

Jakob Ammann was an Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement.

Jean-Jacques de Beausobre was a Swiss military officer.

Daniel Bernoulli FRS was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in the Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century: the carburetor and the airplane wing.

Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Leonhard Euler in the pupil's youth.

Susanna Julie von Bondeli, was a famous Swiss salonist and lady of letters. She hosted a salon which became the center of intellectual life in Bern.

Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest ranking officers serving the Hapsburg Emperor during the middle of the 18th century. An Irish refugee, he was a scion of the Wild Geese.

Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein was Bishop of Chur (1794–1824), then of Chur-St. Gallen (1824-1833). He had also been the last prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Chur until the ecclesiastical principality was secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatization.

Anna Göldi was an 18th-century Swiss woman who was the last person to be executed in Europe for witchcraft. Göldi, who was executed by decapitation, has been called the "last witch" in Switzerland.

Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."

Hans Caspar Hirzel, also known or spelt as - Herzil John Caspar, Kaspar Hirzel, Johann Kasper Herzel, or John Kaspar Hirzel -, was an eminent Swiss physician and writer on rural economy.

Frédéric-César de La Harpe was a Swiss political leader, scholar, and Vaudois patriot best known for his pivotal role in the formation of the Helvetic Republic, and for serving as a member of the Helvetic Directory. He was a personal teacher of Alexander I of Russia and educated him in ideals of the Lumières.

Christian von Mechel was a Swiss engraver, publisher and art dealer. He developed a broad trade in art, through business connections throughout northern and central Europe; although the French Revolutionary Wars ruined him financially, he started over in 1805 in Berlin.

Peter Ochs was a Swiss politician who is best known for drawing up the first constitution of the short-lived Helvetic Republic.

Josef Fridolin Vinzenz Aloys Reding von Biberegg was a Swiss patriot, military officer and politician. He is best known for leading an early revolt against the Helvetic Republic.

Theodor von Reding was a Spanish general born and raised in Switzerland, where he commenced his military career. He served in Spain as a governor and general, leading Swiss and Spanish troops against Napoleonic forces and was admired for his leadership and bravery.

Anna Barbara Reinhart, was a Swiss mathematician. She was considered an internationally respected mathematician of her era.

Élie Salomon François Reverdil (1732–1808) was a Swiss scholar.

Barbara Schulthess, was a Swiss Salonnière. From 1772 onward, she hosted a literary salon in Zürich, which came to be regarded as the intellectual center of contemporary Zürich. She is known as the friend and correspondent of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Domenico Trezzini was a Swiss architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture.

Jean-Louis Wagnière was Voltaire's secretary from 1756 to 1778, when Voltaire died.

Dorothea Widmer, was a Swiss woman who was abused by her husband until she killed him. Her crime attracted tremendous public attention in Switzerland.