- U.S. oceanographer and marine zoologist, born in Switzerland.
- U.S. zoologist and geologist, born in Switzerland.
- U.S. author and educator, a founder and the first president (1894–1903) of Radcliffe College.
- a lake existing in the prehistoric Pleistocene Epoch in central North America. 700 miles (1,127 km) long.
- Jean Louis Rodolphe (ʒɑ̃ lwi rɔdɔlf). 1807–73, Swiss natural historian and geologist, settled in the US after 1846
