, 1903 , 2018 , (right), 2010 , 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 •
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
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
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. •
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. •
Oscar Levertin (1862–1906), a Swedish poet and literary historian; lived in Davos 1888–1890. •
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), 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 •
Micha Brumlik (1947 in Davos – 2025), a Swiss-German educational theorist and publicist
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 (1927 in Davos – 2023), 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 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 and
1998 Winter Olympics •
Andrea Senteler (born 1977), cross-country skier, competed in the
1998 Winter Olympics •
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 ==See also==