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The man who made the first wine in the US and the man opened the first US kindergarten; the man who invented Thousand Island Dressing and the man who built New York’s largest bridges; the man who produced the first electric guitar and the man who produced "Ben Hur"; the man who played the King of Siam and the woman who played Pocahontas... You’ve guessed it: they all had Swiss roots. And they weren’t alone. Read on:

Art:

Architecture, Literature, Painting, Photography

Military

Economy:

Bank, Business, Trade

Philantropy

Education

Politics

Engineering

Religion

Entertainment:

Film, Music

Science:

Invention, IT, Mathematics, Physics

Ethnology

Settlement

Government

Sport

Medicine:

Medicine general, psychiatry

Tourism



 

Related links:

  • Wikipedia
  • Swiss Discoveries and Swiss Inventions
 
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