Egli (
Swiss German
Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...
: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Egenolf or Egilolf (see
Egloff)) is both a given name and a surname.
Notable people with the given name include:
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Egli Kaja
Egli Kaja (born 26 July 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Altrincham. Kaja also represents Albania and received his first international call-up in May 2017.
Club career
Kaja's career began in 2003 with you ...
(born 1997), Albanian footballer
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Egli Trimi (born 1993), Albanian footballer
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alphons Egli
Alphons Egli (8 October 1924 – 5 August 2016) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–86). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1982 and handed over office on 31 December 1986. He wa ...
(1924–2016), Swiss politician
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André Egli (born 1958), Swiss footballer
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Beatrice Egli
Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer. She is the winner of season 10 of the German music competition ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar''. Egli became the second contestant from Switzerland to win the title after ...
(born 1988), Swiss singer
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Charles Émile Egli
Charles Émile Egli (known as Carlègle; 30 March 1877 – 11 January 1937) was a Swiss-born illustrator and painter who spent most of his life in Paris.
Early years
Charles Émile Egli was born in Aigle, Switzerland on 30 March 1877.
He was ed ...
(1877–1937), Swiss illustrator and painter
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Fritz Egli
Fritz W. Egli, (born June 30, 1937 in Zurich) is a Swiss former motorcycle racer. He is known as a motorcycle frame specialist, and engine tuner.
History
Egli founded his motorcycle speed shop in 1965. One of his first vehicles included a Vincen ...
(born 1937), Swiss motorcycle racer
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Hans Egli, Swiss sports shooter
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John Egli (1921-1982), American college men's basketball coach
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Keith Egli
Keith Egli (born January 20, 1962) was the Ottawa city councillor for Knoxdale-Merivale Ward from 2010 to 2022. He won the ward in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, which was vacated by the retiring Gord Hunter.
Background
Egli was born in Mon ...
(born c. 1962), Canadian politician
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Paul Egli
Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the 1938 and the 1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National ...
(1911–1997), Swiss road bicycle racer
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