Ueli

Ueli (German: [ˈuəli]) is the Swiss hypocoristic form of the masculine given name Ulrich. People with the given name Ueli include:

• Ueli Aebi (1946–2025), Swiss structural biologist
• Ueli Bächli (born 1950), Swiss bobsledder
• Ueli Bachmann (born 1950), Swiss gymnast
• Ueli Beck [de] (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
• Ueli Götsch [de] (1925–2017), Swiss journalist and politician
• Ueli Isler (born 1946), Swiss rower
• Ueli Jäggi [de] (born 1954), Swiss actor and director
• Ueli Kestenholz (1975–2026), Swiss snowboarder
• Ueli Leuenberger (born 1952), Swiss politician
• Ueli Matti (born 1959), Swiss slalom canoeist
• Ueli Maurer (born 1950), Swiss politician
• Ueli Maurer (cryptographer) (born 1960), Swiss cryptographer
• Ueli Mülli, Swiss curler
• Ueli Prager (1916–2011), Swiss businessman
• Ueli Rotach [de] (d. 1405?), Appenzell 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
• Ueli Schmezer [de] (born 1961), Swiss journalist, presenter and musician
• Ueli Schnider (born 1990), Swiss cross-country skier
• Ueli Staub (1934–2012), Swiss vibraphonist
• Ueli Steck (1976–2017), Swiss mountain climber
• Ueli Steiger (born 1954), Swiss cinematographer
• Ueli Sutter (1947–2025), Swiss cyclist
• Ueli Wiget (born 1957), Swiss musician

Fictional character:

• Ueli (also Uli), eponymous protagonist in two novels by Jeremias Gotthelf (1841, 1849) and the 1950s films Uli the Farmhand and Uli the Tenant