Glarner Families Worldwide

Profession / Achievments

Important physician and surgeon in St. Louis / Babler Memorial State Park

Founder of Babbler Point in Alasaka

Banker, actor, collector and builder of the Bernese-chalet in new Glarus

The Mrs Andrist Iris flower is named after her

National Councillor 1965 - 1978

Engineer, topographer, professor

Beglinger Lake in Douglas, Wisconsin

Beglinger Lake in Douglas, Wisconsin

Award-winning journalist of the NZZ

Veterinarian, Landammann 2012-2014 and 2018-2020

Mormon and genealogists

Television journalist

Priest in Pennsylvania

Councillor of States 1893 - 1905

National Councillor 1899 - 1925 / Councillor of States 1877 - 1888

Councillor of States 1848 - 1872 and 1873 - 1874

Banker in Allentown, expert in emigration issues

Hero of the American civil war

Southerners out of conviction

Botanist in the Arizona desert

Successful master brewer

Geodesist, cartographer, collector of maps

Oregon polymath (photographer, vintner, meteorologist)

Founder of Disch in Othmarsingen (candy factory)

Geographer, cartographer, professor

Successful miller in Ohio

Botanist

Portland´s Pancake King

Candy man of the South

Pioneer in the preservation of seafood

Pioneer of cheese - shipping trade in United States

Councillor of States 2008 - 2013

Hero of Wake Island and avenger of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor

Cinema pioneer

Swiss National Soccer Player

Swiss Racing Cyclist

Historian / expert of Aegidius Tschudi

Swiss racing cyclist

Attorney, State Councillor Canton Aargau

Attorney, founder of the Glarner Kantonalbank, National Councillor 1887-1904

National Councillor 1959 - 1970

National Councillor 2015 -

Photographer in Glarus

Geometric Abstractionist

Swiss Wrestling King 2016

Maid and last condemned witch in Switzerland

Pioneer for kindergartens in USA

Senior researcher at the Hoover Institution / owner of the Honeycomb House

Councillor of States 1921 - 1938

Lawyer, Federal President, National Councillor 1857 - 1875, Landammann

Councillor of States 1953 - 1968

Priest, historian, Councillor of States 1906 - 1914

Lawyer, National Councillor 1970 - 1971

Entrepreneur, National Councillor 2007 -

Director of the Geneva International Motor Show

Composer, Music Director

Lawyer, Councillor of States 1968 - 1990

Topographer and cartographer

Pioneer Architect for Sport buildings (e.g. swimming pools, ski lifts)

Councillor of States 1938 - 1953

Famous architect in Portland

Musician

Musician, hornist

Lawyer, Councillor of States 2014 -

Swiss National Bobsledder Champion

Installation artist, photography, sculpture and performance

Coach of the men's national ski team 1975-1984

Movie Art Director

Lawyer, President of the Greater Zurich Area, Autor of Waltis Beizenführer

Writer, champion of homophily (man love)

Businessman, National Councillor 1978 - 1991

Early businessman in Galveston/Texas

Archbishop of Kansas City

Skier, ski instructors

Actor, opera singer, mayor of St. Moritz, Festival da Jazz

Master builder, Councillor of States 1998 - 2014

National Councillor 1866 - 1872, Councillor of States 1875 - 1877

Businessman, National Councillor 1914 - 1935

National Councillor 1848 - 1859

Leading veterinarian in United States

Dr. med. / Pioneer anesthesiologist in Switzerland 

National Councillor 1859 - 1866

Hotel owner in Montana

Magnate of river navigation

Candidate for US senat

Travel pioneer and founder of the Globetrotter travel company

Famous architect in Wisconsin

Famous photographer

Condensed milk pioneer

Proponents of the abolition of slavery

Owner of the 45´000 acres San Juan plantation

Dutch football player and trainer of the national football team

Knobel Lake in Otter Tail, Minnesota

Knobel Lake in Otter Tail, Minnesota

Capture of Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederation of Southern States)

Pestalozzi educator

Clerk of the Court in the witch trial of Anna Göldi

Alaska pioneer

Founder of the Kubly cemetery in Lancing, Tennessee

Author of the Kubly-Müller Genealogical Records in Glarus

Writer from New Glarus

Pioneer of cheese - shipping trade in United States

Speaker of the House of Representatives / member of the Ku Klux Klan

Senior civil servant (Regierungsrat) in Glarus

Clinic Director, owner of Kundert clinic designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Chemist / member of the Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry fraternity

Political legend in South Dakota

Swiss ski racer, downhill and Super-G

Founder of Henley´s Switch (Laager, Tennessee)

Journalist, musican, poet

National Councillor 1959 - 1965

Founder of Somerville in Texas

National Councillor 2009 - / President of the BDP political party

Founder of Somerville in Texas

Pediatrician and author of non-fiction books on child rearing

Swiss songwriter and musician

Lieutenant Colonel, leader of the Glarus Division at the siege of Hüningen

National Councillor 1904 - 1914, Councillor of States 1914 - 1920

Industrial Designer / designed 1951 the famous Basket Chair

Founder of Leglerville in Wisconsin

Librarian, historian and journalist

Writer / advertiser

Cotton manufacturer and donor of the Leglerhütte

Business family / mayor / benefactor of San Diego

Solo cellist in the Tonhallen Orchestra Zurich

Ethnologist / Director of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich

Mountaineer, mountain guide, mountain painter

Artist Painter, Graphic Artist, Book Illustrator

Well-known psychoanalyst and former director of the Sigmund-Freund-Institute

Archaeologist / Director of the archaeology museum in Thurgau

California-Heiri, gold trading

Chief of Ellis Island

Editor in chief Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) from 1968-1984

Swiss mountaineer, first ascent to Lhotse

Lawyer, National Councillor 1991 - 2008

Hero of the American civil war

Merchant from Lübeck, great-grandfather of Thomas Mann (writer)

Mountain guide, hut keeper of the Leglerhütte (numerous first ascents)

Teacher, Genealogist from Glarus

Councillor of States 1978 - 1990

National Councillor 1943 - 1959

Brush maker, inventor of the Menzi Muck excavator

Internist, medical historian, professor

Founder of Noser´s mill in Missouri

Entrepreneur, Councillor of States Zurich 2015 -

Homeopath and women's rights activist of the first hour in Glarus

Doctor and ICRC delegate in Japan during WWI and WWII

Aviation entrepreneur

Founder of Green City in Missouri

Councillor of States 1990 - 1998

Radio moderator Radio Zürisee

Entrepreneur, benefactor of Galveston

Landscape, history and figure painter

Founder of Ruch in Oregon

Entrepreneurial family / the most famous weeding in Louisiana

Textile manufacturer / founder of Schiesser AG (underwear production)

Lawyer, Councillor of States 1990 - 2007

Confectioner / founder Confiserie Schiesser Basel

Editor Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

Veterinarian, National Councillor 1884 - 1898

Silver and fur trader

Silver and fur trader

Involuntary accomplice of sand Creek tragedy

Writer from New Glarus

Vice-Admiral US Navy

Founder of the Schlittler cemetery in Lewis, Washington

Stunt pilot

Physician and a specialist in liver disease

International successful Alpine skier

National Councillor 2023 -

National Councillor 1946 - 1959

World Shooting Champion 1864, Swiss Shooting King 1857 and 1867

Lawyer, CEO Winterthur Insurance Group, National Councillor 1983 - 1991

Olympic silver medalist curling

Merchant in Iowa

Merchant in Iowa

Forest engineer, city forester of Zurich (1985-1994)

Famous architect from Houston

Mayor of Knoxville and business tycoon

Mining entrepreneur (silver and lead) / post holders in Colorado

Coroner / Stauffacher-Centre for fine arts in Sedalia, Missouri

Art painter, pioneer and founder of a textile drawing school in St. Gallen

National Councillor for St. Gallen, Attorney

Medical Doctor, Writer

Artist and curator coARTex International

Textile manufacturer, Aathal spinning mill

National Football League (NFL) player

Councillor of States 1962 - 1978

Councillor of States 1946 - 1962

Founder of Steussyville in California

Jazz Pianist

Academy Award winner for the best short documentary 1977 (gravity is my enemy)

First climber of Tödi 1837

The giant from Linthal (2.34 meters) - "The giant in the tree" of Eveline Hasler

Councillor of States 1848 - 1849

Editor-in-Chief of Glarus Nachrichten / National Councillor 1937-1943

Medical doctor, National Councillor 1851 - 1857

Yacht builder

Professional footballer in United States

Historian, bailiff, Landammann

Natural scientist, linguist, diplomat

Art Historian, Museum Director

Legal professor, Councillor of States 1956-1959, Swiss Federal Council 1959-1973

Medical doctor, Councillor of States 1872, National Councillor 1872 - 1884

Editor, National Councillor 1925 - 1937

Harpsichord maker in London

Movie actor and stage director

Graphic artist

Soldier in the American Revolutionary War

Preacher in the southern States

Victim of the Pickett attack during the American civil war

Versatile painting artist from Cincinnati

Philologist, historian and Orientalist, Professor for Islam Science in Basel

Professional footballer in United States

Radio musician

Landesstatthalter (State Govenor) 1860 - 1884, Councillor of States 1849 - 1884

Brigadier / Commander Fortress Sargans 1942-1950

​Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the SBB Executive Board

Engineer, geometrician, founder of Wild Heerbrugg (Geodesy)

Gottfried and Barbara Karlen Memorial Library in Beemer

Linguist, high school teacher, ornithologist and poet

Pionier of the Elmer mineral springs

Geology Professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg

Attorney and notary, member of the Council of States 2019 -

Doctor, Pionier in homeopathy

Successful weaver (Waumbec Mills)

Writer

Wheel cross world champion

Engineer, director of the Limmat Foundation and candidate for canonization

National Councillor 1876 - 1884, Councillor of States 1884 - 1893

Trader, Explorer of Africa

Councillor of States 1890 - 1907

National Councillor 1943 - 1946

Writer

Founder of Schweizerische Schälmühle AG in Wigoltingen (today E. Zwick AG)

Silk thread manufacturer in Wallisellen

Astrophysicist