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Do not fill this in! == Notable people == [[File:Sophie Taeuber.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]], 1903]] [[File:Ursula Wyss (2018).jpg|140px|thumb|[[Ursula Wyss]], 2018]] [[File:Carl Rüedi, M.D. (Swiss lung expert) (c. 1885).jpg|140px|thumb|[[Carl Rüedi]], ca.1885]] [[File:Womens Curling Team Switzerland.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] (right), 2010]] [[File:Andres Ambühl - Switzerland vs. Canada, 29th April 2012.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Andres Ambühl]], 2012]] === The arts === * [[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]] (1889 in Davos – 1943), painter, sculptor, architect and dancer * [[Dorothea Wieck]] (1908 in Davos – 1986), a German theatre and film actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927236/ IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2019</ref> * [[Ernst Haefliger]] (1919 in Davos – 2007), tenor * [[Eberhard W. Kornfeld]] (1923–2023), art collector; made Honorary citizen of Davos in 2004 * [[Jürg Federspiel]] (1931–2007), writer, grew up in Davos * [[Thomas Hirschhorn]] (born 1957), artist, grew up in Davos * [[Marc Forster]] (born 1969), German and Swiss director and filmmaker, grew up in Davos made freeman of Davos in 2007<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286975/ IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2019</ref> === Politics, public service and business === * [[Wilhelm Vischer]] (1895 in Davos – 1988), a pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist * [[Ursula Wyss]] (born 1973 in Davos), economist, Swiss National Councillor 1999–2013 and former [[Bern#Government|Municipal Councilor]] of [[Bern]] === Science, medicine & TB patients === * [[Alexander Spengler]] (1827–1901), a German and Swiss physician, specialised in TB in Davos * [[John Addington Symonds]] (1840–1893), an English poet and literary critic, TB patient in Davos from 1877.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Symonds, John Addington |volume= 26 |last= Waugh |first= Arthur |author-link= Arthur Waugh | pages = 286–287 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Friedrich Miescher]] (1844–1895), biologist who discovered DNA, died in Davos * [[Carl Rüedi]] (1848 in Davos – 1901), a [[pulmonologist]], treated [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] * [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850–1894), Scottish novelist and travel writer, TB patient in Davos in the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour |volume= 26 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse | pages = 907–910 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Oscar Levertin]] (1862–1906), a Swedish poet and literary historian; lived in Davos 1888–1890.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Levertin, Oscar Ivan |volume= 16 | pages = 510–511 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]] (1880–1938 in Davos), German artist, TB patient, lived in Davos from 1917; namesake of the local art museum * [[Philipp Bauknecht]] (1884 – 1933 in Davos), German expressionist painter, TB patient from 1910 * [[Harry Clarke]] (1889–1931 in Davos), an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator, TB patient from 1929, buried in Chur * [[Klabund]] (1890 – 1928 in Davos), aka ''Alfred Henschke'', German writer and painter, TB patient === Sport === * [[Fritz Kraatz]] (1906–1992), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1928 Winter Olympics]] * [[Paul Söllner]] (1911 in Davos – 1991), German rower, competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] * [[Albert Künzler]] (1911 in Davos – 1982), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] * [[Andreas Däscher]] (born 1927 in Davos), ski jumper, competed at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]] and developed the [[Daescher technique]] * [[Franz Berry]] (1938 in Davos – 2009), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics]] * [[Peter Frei]] (born 1946 in Davos), alpine skier, competed in the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] * [[Nicolas Gilliard]] (born 1947 in Davos), swimmer, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] * [[Paul Accola]] (born 1967 in Davos), [[alpine skiing World Cup]], overall champion * [[Martina Accola]] (born 1969, Davos), alpine skier, competed in the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] and [[1998 Winter Olympics]] * [[Andrea Senteler]] (born 1977), cross-country skier, competed in the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] * [[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] (born 1981 in Davos), a curler * [[Andres Ambühl]] (born 1983 in Davos), ice hockey forward * [[Iouri Podladtchikov]] (born 1988), a Russian-born Swiss snowboarder, brought up in Davos, gold medallist at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] * [[Dino Wieser]] (born 1989 in Davos), ice hockey forward * [[Stefanie Müller]] (born 1992 in Davos), Alpine snowboarder, competed at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] * [[Claude-Curdin Paschoud]] (born 1994 in Davos), ice hockey defenceman Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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