Pestalozzi
# Pestalozzi

Pestalozzi is the surname of an Italian family originally based in Gravedona and Chiavenna who settled in Switzerland during the Counter-Reformation. Members of this family include:

* Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
* Max Pestalozzi (1857–1925), Swiss chess master
* Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), Swiss social critic
