Henri Louis Bouquet, 1714-1765

Herbert Constam, 1885 – 1973

Edward Walter Eberle, 1864-1929

Emil Frey, 1838 – 1922

John Daniel Imboden, 1823-1895, lawyer, politician and soldier, born near Staunton, Virginia. His great grandfather emigrated from Henau, Canton St Gallen, in 1752. He is best known for his successful defence of the Shenendoah Valley Lawyer as a Brigadier General on the Confederate side in the Civil War. After the war he returned to his practice as a lawyer, and also worked to promote the steel industry in western Virginia.

Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973

Diebold von Erlach (Thiébaud d'Arlac), 1541 - 1565, son of a Bernese patrician, fought for the French against the Spanish in Florida and died in combat.

Henry (Heinrich) Wirz, 1823 – 1865