Ueli () is the Swiss hypocoristic form of the masculine given name

Ulrich Ulrich () is a Germanic given name derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements ''Othala rune, uodal-'' meaning "heritage" and ''-rih'' meaning "king, ruler". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...

. People with the given name Ueli include: * Ueli Aebi, Swiss structural biologist *

Ueli Bächli Ueli () is the Swiss hypocoristic form of the masculine given name Ulrich. People with the given name Ueli include: *Ueli Aebi, Swiss structural biologist *Ueli Bächli (born 1950), Swiss bobsledder *Ueli Bachmann (born 1950), Swiss gymnast * (193 ...

(born 1950), Swiss bobsledder * Ueli Bachmann (born 1950), Swiss gymnast * (1930–2010), Swiss actor and radio presenter * Ueli Bodenmann (born 1965), Swiss rower * Näppis-Ueli Bräker (1735–1798), alias of Swiss writer Ulrich Bräker * Ueli Falk (born 1950), Swiss judoka * Ueli Forster (born 1939), Swiss businessman * Ueli Gegenschatz (1971–2009), Swiss skydiver * (1925–2017), Swiss journalist and politician * Ueli Isler (born 1946), Swiss rower * (born 1954), Swiss actor and director * Ueli Kestenholz (born 1975), Swiss snowboarder * Ueli Leuenberger (born 1952), Swiss politician * Ueli Matti (born 1959), Swiss slalom canoeist *

Ueli Maurer Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (; born 1 December 1950) is a Swiss politician who served as a List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2022. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was Pres ...

(born 1950), Swiss politician * Ueli Maurer (cryptographer) (born 1960), Swiss cryptographer *

Ueli Mülli Ueli Mülli is a Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss C ...

, Swiss curler * Ueli Prager (1916–2011), Swiss businessman * (d. 1405?),

Appenzell Appenzell () was a cantons of Switzerland, canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen, in existence from 1403 to 1597. Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered ...

folk hero * Ueli Sarbach (born 1954), Swiss sports shooter * Ueli Scheidegger (born 1938), Swiss ski jumper * Ueli Schenkel (born 1959), Swiss luger * Ueli Schibler (born 1947), Swiss biologist, chronobiologist and professor * (born 1961), Swiss journalist, presenter and musician * Ueli Schnider (born 1990), Swiss cross-country skier * Ueli Staub (1934–2012), Swiss vibraphonist *

Ueli Steck Ueli Steck (; 4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and alpinist. He was the first to climb Annapurna solo via its South Face (though this is disputed by some), and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. ...

(1976–2017), Swiss mountain climber *

Ueli Steiger Ulrich ”Ueli" Steiger (born 5 August 1954 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss cinematographer. Life and career He studied English and art history at the University of Zurich and entered the London Film School. After freelancing as Camera assis ...

(born 1954), Swiss cinematographer * Ueli Sutter (born 1947), Swiss cyclist *

Ueli Wiget Ueli Wiget (born 1957 in Winterthur) is a Swiss pianist, harpsichordist and harpist. He was prized at the 1985 Sydney Competition. Since 1986 Wiget is a member of the Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to pe ...

(born 1957), Swiss musician Fictional character: *Ueli (also Uli), eponymous protagonist in two novels by

Jeremias Gotthelf Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patric ...

(1841, 1849) and the 1950s films '' Uli the Farmhand'' and ''

Uli the Tenant ''Uli the Tenant'' (German: ''Uli, der Pächter'') is a 1955 Swiss comedy drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler.Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Fi ...

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