Swiss Venezuelan

Notable people

• María Gabriela Isler, Miss Venezuela 2012 and Miss Universe 2013
• Joaquin Ritz and Melchor Grubel, who arrived in Venezuela in 1529 and 1535, respectively. They are the first Swiss who came to South America.
• Juan Amador Courten, for his contribution to the fortification of Puerto Cabello.
• The Brothers Guinan, who begin the great hardware business in Venezuela, dedicated to the supply of equipment for utilities and works of industrial establishments - aqueducts, power plants, etc.
• Adrian von Arx, Swiss military man, adjutant general and personal friend of General José Antonio Páez.
• Von Werdt, who contributed in the years 1890-1892 for the construction of railways in Venezuela.
• Pius Schlageter, who founded the first company of lithographic art in Venezuela in the late nineteenth century.
• Oscar Messerly, who helped found the "Venezuelan Society of the Red Cross" in 1895.
• Henri Pittier, botanist, fighter for the conservation of natural resources, and whose name belongs to a major national parks of Venezuela.
• Father Guillermo Emilio Willwoll, publicist and historian. Studied the influence of Rousseau's thought about Venezuelan independence movement.
• Ernesto Wolf, lawyer and publicist, who gave their contribution to Venezuelan constitutional right.
• August Braun, for his contribution to the care and maintenance of the Botanical Garden.
• Karl Weidmann, conservationist, and who made one of the first documentaries on the Llanos, and is author of "Wildlife in Venezuela."