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LUXEMBOURG

Most Famous People Born in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Notable people
508
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1947
Most distinctive
Gymnast 16.1×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Luxembourg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 53 notable births.

What Luxembourg Is Known For

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Politician is Luxembourg's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (89).

Luxembourg over-indexes on gymnast16.1× the global rate.

Luxembourg under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician89
  2. Football78
  3. Sport39
  4. Lawyer21
  5. Actor15
  6. Swimmer15
  7. Gymnast14
  8. Painter13
  1. Gymnast1416.1×
  2. Fencer88.2×
  3. Swimmer156.1×
  4. Sport394.6×
  5. Photographer104.1×
  6. Diplomat82.7×
  7. Lawyer212.4×
  8. Historian91.7×
  1. Actor150.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Luxembourg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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508 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Robert Schuman

1886 - 1963

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0002 COUNT

John of Bohemia

1296 - 1346

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0003 PHYSICIST

Gabriel Lippmann

1845 - 1921

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0004 WRITER

Hugo Gernsback

1884 - 1967

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0005 SPORT

Charly Gaul

1932 - 2005

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0006 SPORT

Fränk Schleck

Born 1980

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0007 ACTOR

Vicky Krieps

Born 1983

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0008 POLITICIAN

Gaston Thorn

1928 - 2007

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0009 SPORT

Andy Schleck

Born 1985

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0010 POLITICIAN

Xavier Bettel

Born 1973

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0011 ARCHITECT

Léon Krier

Born 1946

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0012 PLAYER

Gilles Müller

Born 1983

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0013 FOOTBALL

Jeff Strasser

Born 1974

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0014 FOOTBALL

Vincent Thill

Born 2000

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0015 FOOTBALL

Aurélien Joachim

Born 1986

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0016 FOOTBALL

Chris Philipps

Born 1994

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0017 OFFICER

Hermann von François

1856 - 1933

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0018 PIANIST

Francesco Tristano Schlimé

Born 1981

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0019 SCULPTOR

Gabriela von Habsburg

Born 1956

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0020 SCREENWRITER

Norbert Jacques

1880 - 1954

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0021 SPORT

Kim Kirchen

Born 1978

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0022 GEOGRAPHER

Curt von François

1852 - 1931

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0023 FOOTBALL

Lars Krogh Gerson

Born 1990

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0024 FOOTBALL

Christopher Martins

Born 1997

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0025 ACTOR

Sunnyi Melles

Born 1958

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0026 COUNT

Johann von Aldringen

1588 - 1634

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0027 ACTOR

Sophie Carle

Born 1964

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0028 PRIEST

Father Jean Bernard

1907 - 1994

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0029 HORTICULTURIST

Jean Jules Linden

1817 - 1898

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0030 HISTORIAN

John Scheid

Born 1946

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0031 SPORT

Christine Majerus

Born 1987

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0032 PAINTER

Joseph Kutter

1894 - 1941

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0033 POLITICIAN

Lydie Polfer

Born 1952

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0034 POLITICIAN

Victor Bodson

1902 - 1984

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0035 FOOTBALL

Laurent Jans

Born 1992

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0036 PLAYER

Anne Kremer

Born 1975

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0037 FOOTBALL

Robby Langers

Born 1960

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0038 RUNNER

Michel Théato

1878 - 1919

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0039 FOOTBALL

Florian Bohnert

Born 1997

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0040 SOCIALITE

Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert

1874 - 1947

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0041 FOOTBALL

David Caiado

Born 1987

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0042 HISTORIAN

François Laurent

1810 - 1887

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0043 POLITICIAN

Jacques Poos

Born 1935

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0044 POET

Anise Koltz

Born 1928

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0045 FOOTBALL

Nico Braun

Born 1950

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0046 DUKE

Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg (1901–1950)

1901 - 1950

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0047 WRITER

Lambert Schlechter

Born 1941

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0048 PLAYER

Claudine Schaul

Born 1983

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0049 FOOTBALL

Tom Schnell

Born 1985

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0050 MANUFACTURER

Émile Mayrisch

1862 - 1928

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0051 WRITER

Michel Lentz

1820 - 1893

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0052 POET

Edmond de la Fontaine

1823 - 1891

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0053 FOOTBALL

Manuel Cardoni

Born 1972

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0054 HISTORIAN

Gilbert Trausch

1931 - 2018

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0055 PERFORMER

Deborah De Robertis

Born 1984

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0056 FOOTBALL

Alphonse Leweck

Born 1981

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0057 FOOTBALL

Ben Payal

Born 1988

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0058 COMPOSER

Pascal Schumacher

Born 1979

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0059 FOOTBALL

Eric Veiga

Born 1997

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0060 DIPLOMAT

Lambert Schaus

1908 - 1976

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0061 SPORT

Benoît Joachim

Born 1976

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0062 FOOTBALL

Dwayn Holter

Born 1995

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0063 BASKET

Alvin Jones

Born 1978

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0064 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent

1841 - 1908

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0065 SCULPTOR

Lucien Wercollier

1908 - 2002

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0066 POLITICIAN

Robert Goebbels

Born 1944

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0067 FOOTBALL

Antoine Kohn

1933 - 2012

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0068 ACTOR

Myriam Muller

Born 1971

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0069 FOOTBALL

Carlo Weis

Born 1958

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0070 PHOTOGRAPHER

Su-Mei Tse

Born 1973

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0071 POLITICIAN

Claude Wiseler

Born 1960

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0072 AUTHOR

Ranga Yogeshwar

Born 1959

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0073 FOOTBALL

Daniel Huss

Born 1979

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0074 POLITICIAN

Ben Fayot

Born 1937

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0075 RABBI

Emil G. Hirsch

1851 - 1923

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0076 MATHEMATICIAN

Joseph Jean Baptiste Neuberg

1840 - 1926

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0077 FOOTBALL

Eric Hoffmann

Born 1984

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0078 FOOTBALL

Massimo Martino

Born 1990

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0079 FOOTBALL

Serge Thill

Born 1969

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0080 WRITER

Antoine Meyer

1801 - 1857

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0081 MUSIC

Gast Waltzing

Born 1956

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0082 PAINTER

Jean Jacoby

1891 - 1936

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0083 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Gillet

Born 1977

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0084 FOOTBALL

Marc Oberweis

Born 1982

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0085 PHILOSOPHER

Théophile Funck-Brentano

1830 - 1906

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0086 CONDUCTOR

Henri Pensis

1900 - 1958

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0087 DIPLOMAT

Jean Dondelinger

1931 - 2004

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0088 SINGER

Marion Welter

Born 1965

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0089 AUTHOR

Guy Rewenig

Born 1947

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0090 FOOTBALL

Cédric Sacras

Born 1996

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0091 POLITICIAN

Anne Brasseur

Born 1950

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0092 POLITICIAN

Mady Delvaux-Stehres

Born 1950

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0093 FOOTBALL

Antonio Luisi

Born 1994

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0094 THEOLOGIAN

Joseph Gredt

1863 - 1940

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0095 BANK

Jean-Pierre Pescatore

1793 - 1855

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0096 OFFICER

Jean de Beck

1588 - 1648

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0097 SPORT

Elsy Jacobs

1933 - 1998

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0098 POLITICIAN

Michel Wolter

Born 1962

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0099 SPORT

Alex Kirsch

Born 1992

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0100 POLITICIAN

Frank Engel (politician)

Born 1975

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0101 POLITICIAN

François Bausch

Born 1956

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0102 POLITICIAN

Corinne Cahen

Born 1973

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0103 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Willmar

1792 - 1866

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0104 FOOTBALL

Charles Leweck

Born 1983

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0105 FOOTBALL

Jan Ostrowski

Born 1999

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0106 PHOTOGRAPHER

Charles Bernhoeft

1859 - 1933

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0107 POLITICIAN

Jeannot Krecké

Born 1950

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0108 FOOTBALL

Marc Birsens

Born 1966

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0109 DIPLOMAT

Nicolas Mosar

1927 - 2004

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0110 POET

Jean Krier

1949 - 2013

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0111 ENGRAVER

Richard Collin

1626 - 1698

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0112 POLITICIAN

Fernand Kartheiser

Born 1959

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0113 SPORT

Lucien Didier

Born 1950

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0114 ECOLOGIST

Charles Marx

1903 - 1946

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0115 POLITICIAN

Léon Kauffman

1869 - 1952

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0116 POLITICIAN

Jean Hamilius

Born 1927

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0117 SINGER

Chris Baldo

1943 - 1995

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0118 CYCLIST

Gustav Kilian

1907 - 2000

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0119 PIANIST

Cathy Krier

Born 1985

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0120 FOOTBALL

Dan Collette

Born 1985

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0121 ATHLETIC

Bob Bertemes

Born 1993

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0122 SPORT

Rémy Mertz

Born 1995

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0123 SPORT

Chantal Hoffmann

Born 1987

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0124 DUKE

Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg

Born 1991

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0125 POLITICIAN

Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine

1787 - 1871

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0126 DUKE

Prince Louis of Luxembourg

Born 1986

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0127 POLITICIAN

Laurent Mosar

Born 1958

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0128 DUKE

Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg

Born 1992

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0129 BOTANIST

Léopold Reichling

1921 - 2009

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0130 FOOTBALL

Fernand Jeitz

Born 1945

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0131 DRIVER

Bertrand Gachot

Born 1962

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0132 SPORT

Christian Poos

Born 1977

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0133 SWIMMER

Raphaël Stacchiotti

Born 1992

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0134 SCULPTOR

Auguste Trémont

1892 - 1980

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0135 MANUFACTURER

Jean-François Boch

1782 - 1858

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0136 WRITER

Claudine Muno

Born 1979

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0137 FOOTBALL

Amy Thompson

Born 1994

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0138 POLITICIAN

Roy Reding

Born 1965

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0139 DIPLOMAT

Albert Wehrer

1895 - 1967

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0140 POLITICIAN

Marc Fischbach

Born 1946

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0141 COMPOSER

Laurent Menager

1835 - 1902

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0142 FOOTBALL

Erwin Kuffer

Born 1943

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0143 PRINCE

Tessy Antony

Born 1985

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0144 POLITICIAN

Ingrid de Caluwé

Born 1967

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0145 ARCHER

Jeff Henckels

Born 1984

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0146 PLAYER

Eléonora Molinaro

Born 2000

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0147 HISTORIAN

Charles-Marie Ternes

1939 - 2004

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0148 POLITICIAN

Georges Bach

Born 1955

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0149 SPORT

Pascal Triebel

Born 1966

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0150 COMPOSER

Claude Lenners

Born 1956

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0151 SPORT

Tom Thill

Born 1990

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0152 FOOTBALL

Marvin da Graça

Born 1995

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0153 ACTOR

Germain Wagner

Born 1956

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0154 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marie Halsdorf

Born 1957

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0155 POLITICIAN

Maggy Nagel

Born 1957

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0156 NATURALIST

Julien Joseph Vesque

1848 - 1895

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0157 CELLIST

Lisa Berg

1978 - 2017

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0158 LAWYER

Simone Beissel

Born 1953

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0159 POLITICIAN

Norbert Metz

1811 - 1885

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0160 FOOTBALL

Johny Léonard

Born 1941

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0161 SCIENTIST

Renée Wagener

Born 1962

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0162 SPORT

Pit Schlechter

Born 1990

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0163 PIANIST

Jean Muller

Born 1979

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0164 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edouard Kutter (1887)

1887 - 1978

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0165 ECONOMIST

Gaston Reinesch

Born 1958

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0166 FOOTBALL

Jules Gales

1924 - 1988

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0167 PRIEST

Alexandre Wiltheim

1604 - 1684

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0168 SURGEON

Félicien M. Steichen

1926 - 2011

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0169 WRITER

Anne Beffort

1880 - 1966

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0170 PAINTER

Elisabeth Calmes

Born 1947

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0171 JOURNALIST

Alessio Vinci

Born 1968

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0172 HISTORIAN

Jean-Jacques Altmeyer

1804 - 1877

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0173 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edouard Kutter (1934)

Born 1934

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0174 FOOTBALL

Alain Hamer

Born 1965

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0175 LAWYER

Yves Mersch

Born 1949

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0176 POLITICIAN

Tessy Scholtes

Born 1981

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0177 LAWYER

Jules Le Jeune

1828 - 1911

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0178 POLITICIAN

Camille Gira

1958 - 2018

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0179 LAWYER

Sam Tanson

Born 1977

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0180 PLAYER

Édouard Rowlandson

Born 1988

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0181 DIPLOMAT

John E. Dolibois

1918 - 2014

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0182 PAINTER

Harry Rabinger

1895 - 1966

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0183 ECONOMIST

Norbert von Kunitzki

1934 - 2005

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0184 POLITICIAN

Guy Arendt

Born 1954

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0185 PAINTER

Michel Engels

1851 - 1901

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0186 JUDGE

Pierre Pescatore

1919 - 2010

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0187 LYRICIST

Lilibert

Born 1923

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0188 PRESENTER

Josiane Shen

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0189 HISTORIAN

Michel Margue

Born 1959

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0190 POLITICIAN

Marcel Schlechter

Born 1928

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0191 WRITER

Josy Braun

1938 - 2012

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0192 METALLURGIST

Eduard Houdremont

1896 - 1958

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0193 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Mario Hirsch

Born 1949

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0194 AUTHOR

Nora Wagener

Born 1989

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0195 FOOTBALL

François Müller

1927 - 1999

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0196 ACTOR

Marc Limpach

Born 1975

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0197 POLITICIAN

Viviane Loschetter

Born 1959

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0198 POLITICIAN

Gaston Diderich

1884 - 1946

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0199 GYMNAST

Pierre Hentges

1890 - 1975

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0200 POLITICIAN

Antoine Pescatore

1787 - 1858

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0201 FOOTBALL

Gérard Geisbusch

Born 1988

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0202 PHOTOGRAPHER

Batty Fischer

1877 - 1958

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0203 FILM

Govinda Van Maele

Born 1983

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0204 LAWYER

Charles Metz

1799 - 1853

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0205 GYMNAST

André Bordang

1875 - 1954

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0206 POLITICIAN

Martine Reicherts

Born 1957

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0207 POLITICIAN

Jup Weber

Born 1950

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0208 POLITICIAN

Marc Angel

Born 1963

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0209 FOOTBALL

Fernand Schammel

1923 - 1961

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0210 POLITICIAN

Serge Wilmes

Born 1982

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0211 HISTORIAN

Paul Margue

1923 - 2019

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0212 POLITICIAN

Marc Hansen

Born 1971

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0213 CINEMA

Jerry Franck

Born 1986

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0214 ECONOMIST

André Reuter

Born 1947

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0215 BOTANIST

Nicolas Bové

1802 - 1842

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0216 SPORT

Cyrille Heymans

Born 1986

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0217 WRITER

Félix Thyes

1830 - 1855

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0218 SPORT

Jean-Pierre Muller (cyclist)

1910 - 1948

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0219 FOOTBALL

Ady Schmit

Born 1940

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0220 POET

José Ensch

1942 - 2008

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0221 ACTOR

Brigitte Urhausen

Born 1976

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0222 PRIEST

Johann Eberhard Jungblut

1722 - 1795

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0223 FOOTBALL

Vahid Selimović

Born 1997

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0224 PAINTER

Roger Michel Erasmy

1939 - 2015

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0225 ECONOMIST

Georges Als

1925 - 2014

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0226 GYMNAST

François Hentges

1885 - 1968

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0227 POLITICIAN

Gérard Anzia

Born 1966

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0228 MUSIC

Michel Reis

Born 1982

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0229 PLAYER

Fonsy Grethen

Born 1960

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0230 DIPLOMAT

Hubert Wurth

Born 1952

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0231 FOOTBALL

Nicolas Kirsch

1901 - 1983

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0232 FOOTBALL

Charles Krüger

1896 - 1990

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0233 TEACHER

Lucien Blau

Born 1953

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0234 GERMANIST

Claudine Moulin

Born 1962

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0235 FOOTBALL

Luc Thimmesch

Born 1980

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0236 SPORT

Carole Calmes

Born 1978

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0237 ARCHER

Laurence Baldauff

Born 1974

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0238 ACTOR

Marc Olinger

1946 - 2015

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0239 POLITICIAN

Henri Kox

Born 1961

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0240 POLITICIAN

Gilles Roth

Born 1967

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0241 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Jean-Pierre Lamboray

1882 - 1962

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0242 ENTERTAINER

Fausti (Entertainer)

Born 1940

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0243 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Willmar

1790 - 1858

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0244 POLITICIAN

Sascha Wagener

1977 - 2011

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0245 PHOTOGRAPHER

Yvon Lambert (photographer)

Born 1955

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0246 SWIMMER

Julie Meynen

Born 1997

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0247 METALLURGIST

Paul Goerens

1882 - 1945

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0248 FOOTBALL

Luca Duriatti

Born 1998

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0249 POLITICIAN

Antoine Wehenkel

1910 - 1992

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0250 JOURNALIST

Cécile Hemmen

Born 1955

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0251 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierre Brandebourg

1824 - 1878

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0252 PLAYER

Mike Scheidweiler

Born 1981

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0253 FILM

Max Jacoby

Born 1977

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0254 SPORT

Marc Vanacker

Born 1976

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0255 SPORT

Michel Ries

Born 1998

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0256 JOURNALIST

Caroline Mart

Born 1960

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0257 FILM

Laura Schroeder

Born 1980

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0258 LAWYER

Auguste Metz

1812 - 1854

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0259 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Theis

Born 1953

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0260 FOOTBALL

Robert Elter

1899 - 1991

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0261 LAWYER

Jacques-Yves Henckes

Born 1945

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0262 LAWYER

Franz Fayot

Born 1972

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0263 BIOLOGIST

Claude Meisch (Zoologe)

Born 1949

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0264 FOOTBALL

Jean Massard

1894 - 1930

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0265 FOOTBALL

Albert Reuter

1907 - 2003

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0266 ANTHROPOLOGIST

François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet

1801 - 1885

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0267 POLITICIAN

David Wagner (homme politique)

Born 1979

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0268 WRITER

Jean-Claude Asselborn

Born 1954

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0269 LAWYER

Joëlle Elvinger

Born 1980

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0270 SPORT

Massimo Morabito

Born 1993

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0271 ACADEMIC

Paul Molitor (Informatiker)

Born 1959

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0272 ARTIST

Fernand Roda

Born 1951

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0273 POLITICIAN

Marcel Fischbach

1914 - 1980

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0274 STRONGMAN

Georges Christen

Born 1962

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0275 PRESENTER

Marc Hostert

Born 1965

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0276 ENTREPRENEUR

Eugen von Boch

1809 - 1898

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0277 FOOTBALL

Thomas Schmit

1894 - 1944

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0278 WRITER

Norbert Berens

Born 1948

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0279 FOOTBALL

Robert Theissen

1906 - 1963

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0280 FOOTBALL

Marcel Schumann

1901 - 1989

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0281 PAINTER

Marie-Paule Feiereisen

Born 1955

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0282 PAINTER

Jean Pierre Sauvage

1699 - 1780

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0283 AUTHOR

Jacques Wirion

Born 1944

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0284 FOOTBALL

Guillaume Schütz

1903 - 1932

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0285 PARSON

Henri Werling

1879 - 1961

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0286 POLITICIAN

Max Hahn

Born 1981

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0287 AUTHOR

Romain Hilgert

Born 1954

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0288 SINGER

Alex Uhlmann

Born 1981

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0289 FOOTBALL

Albert Massard

1900 - 1968

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0290 FOOTBALL

Pierre Mousel

1915 - 1998

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0291 ATHLETIC

Alain David

Born 1932

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0292 SWIMMER

Luc Decker

Born 1977

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0293 PHOTOGRAPHER

Patrick Galbats

Born 1978

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0294 SPORT

David Claerebout

Born 1987

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0295 FOOTBALL

Robert Geib

1911 - 1996

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0296 WRITER

Friederike Migneco

Born 1963

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0297 CARTOONIST

Pol Leurs

Born 1947

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0298 POLITICIAN

Robert Mehlen

Born 1949

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0299 FOOTBALL

Oskar Stamet

1913 - 1981

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0300 RUNNER

Simone Kayser

Born 1955

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