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James Schwarzenbach

Swiss politician (1911-1994)
Person human Q116541

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
August 5, 1911
Date of death
October 27, 1994
Place of birth
Rüschlikon
Place of death
St. Moritz
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[7]
Occupation
politician, non-fiction writer
Position held
Member of the Swiss National Council[8]
Educated at
University of Zurich[9]
Member of political party
Swiss Democrats[11]
Work location
Bern[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[19]
Family name
Schwarzenbach[12]
Given name
James[13]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Thalwil, Zurich[17][18]
Name in native language
James Schwarzenbach[20]
P14527
20881[21]
Relative
Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille, Annemarie Schwarzenbach[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Schwarzenbach de James Eduard Schwarzenbach de Schwarzenbach-Initiative de Schwarzenbach-Initiativen ja ジェームズ・シュヴァルツェンバッハ uk Джеймс Шварценбах
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000096540503
VIAF cluster ID
20476195
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
118763016
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
James Schwarzenbach.jpg ↗
BookBrainz author ID
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DBNL author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
118763016
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118763016
Dodis ID
P17589
FAST ID
71461
Freebase ID
/m/03clcmr
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HDS ID
006678
IdRef ID
169381099
IxTheo authority ID
079542956
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118763016
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274932905171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072689323
Our Campaigns candidate ID
271020
Parsifal cluster ID
346700
Swiss parliament ID
3233
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/1e807685-fb25-4a55-b503-efbc4e060d63

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
politician, non-fiction writer
← Relative 2
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Hans Schwarzenbach
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
University of Zurich
Given name 1
James
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of political party 1
Swiss Democrats
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1
Thalwil
Place of birth 1
Rüschlikon
Place of death 1
St. Moritz
Relative 1
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Bern
← FactGrid item ID 1
Guéthary
← Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
Bruno Maderna
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Summary

James Schwarzenbach was born on August 5, 1911[1], in Rüschlikon[2]. He died on October 27, 1994[3], in St. Moritz[4]. He worked as a politician[5] and non-fiction writer[6].

FAQs

Where was James Schwarzenbach born?

James Schwarzenbach was born in Rüschlikon[2].

Where did James Schwarzenbach die?

James Schwarzenbach died in St. Moritz[4].

What did James Schwarzenbach do for work?

James Schwarzenbach worked as a politician[5] and non-fiction writer[6].

Where did James Schwarzenbach go to school?

James Schwarzenbach was educated at University of Zurich[9].

Related Entities

Annemarie Schwarzenbach Bern Guéthary Switzerland University of Zurich

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . parlament.ch council member database. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . parlament.ch council member database. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national → Thalwil, Zurich
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  2. 26d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'uk']
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  3. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 346700
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  4. 20w ago · Christian.gutknecht · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → St. Moritz
    Occupation → —
    Family name → Schwarzenbach
    Work location → Bern
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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