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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 gymnast — 16.1× 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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0019 SCULPTOR

Gabriela von Habsburg

Born 1956

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0025 ACTOR

Sunnyi Melles

Born 1958

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0033 POLITICIAN

Lydie Polfer

Born 1952

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0045 FOOTBALL

Nico Braun

Born 1950

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0069 FOOTBALL

Carlo Weis

Born 1958

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0072 AUTHOR

Ranga Yogeshwar

Born 1959

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0081 MUSIC

Gast Waltzing

Born 1956

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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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0101 POLITICIAN

François Bausch

Born 1956

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0107 POLITICIAN

Jeannot Krecké

Born 1950

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0112 POLITICIAN

Fernand Kartheiser

Born 1959

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0113 SPORT

Lucien Didier

Born 1950

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0127 POLITICIAN

Laurent Mosar

Born 1958

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0148 POLITICIAN

Georges Bach

Born 1955

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0150 COMPOSER

Claude Lenners

Born 1956

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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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0158 LAWYER

Simone Beissel

Born 1953

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0165 ECONOMIST

Gaston Reinesch

Born 1958

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0178 POLITICIAN

Camille Gira

1958 - 2018

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0184 POLITICIAN

Guy Arendt

Born 1954

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0189 HISTORIAN

Michel Margue

Born 1959

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0197 POLITICIAN

Viviane Loschetter

Born 1959

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0206 POLITICIAN

Martine Reicherts

Born 1957

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0207 POLITICIAN

Jup Weber

Born 1950

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0230 DIPLOMAT

Hubert Wurth

Born 1952

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0233 TEACHER

Lucien Blau

Born 1953

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0245 PHOTOGRAPHER

Yvon Lambert (photographer)

Born 1955

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0250 JOURNALIST

Cécile Hemmen

Born 1955

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0259 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Theis

Born 1953

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0268 WRITER

Jean-Claude Asselborn

Born 1954

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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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0281 PAINTER

Marie-Paule Feiereisen

Born 1955

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0287 AUTHOR

Romain Hilgert

Born 1954

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0300 RUNNER

Simone Kayser

Born 1955

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0343 LAWYER

Christine Doerner

Born 1952

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0344 POLITICIAN

Martine Mergen

Born 1956

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0359 LAWYER

Serge Urbany

Born 1952

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0365 ACTOR

Friedrich Steinhauer

1951 - 2019

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0393 SCULPTOR

Raymond Petit

Born 1954

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0406 LAWYER

Georges Wivenes

Born 1954

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0431 ARCHITECT

Jim Clemes

Born 1957

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0440 MINISTER

Nico Ries

Born 1953

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0441 FENCER

Mariette Schmit

Born 1953

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0453 SWIMMER

Arlette Wilmes

Born 1950

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0458 SOCIOLOGIST

Charles Margue

Born 1956

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0464 POLITICIAN

Viviane Ecker

Born 1952

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0502 DRIVER

Romain Wolff

Born 1951

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0503 DIPLOMAT

Stefan Krawielicki

Born 1956

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