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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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Luxembourg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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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- Field: Politician Clear ×
Robert Schuman
1886 - 1963
Gaston Thorn
1928 - 2007
Xavier Bettel
Born 1973
Lydie Polfer
Born 1952
Victor Bodson
1902 - 1984
Jacques Poos
Born 1935
Robert Goebbels
Born 1944
Claude Wiseler
Born 1960
Ben Fayot
Born 1937
Anne Brasseur
Born 1950
Mady Delvaux-Stehres
Born 1950
Michel Wolter
Born 1962
Frank Engel (politician)
Born 1975
François Bausch
Born 1956
Corinne Cahen
Born 1973
Jean-Jacques Willmar
1792 - 1866
Jeannot Krecké
Born 1950
Fernand Kartheiser
Born 1959
Léon Kauffman
1869 - 1952
Jean Hamilius
Born 1927
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine
1787 - 1871
Laurent Mosar
Born 1958
Roy Reding
Born 1965
Marc Fischbach
Born 1946
Ingrid de Caluwé
Born 1967
Georges Bach
Born 1955
Jean-Marie Halsdorf
Born 1957
Maggy Nagel
Born 1957
Norbert Metz
1811 - 1885
Tessy Scholtes
Born 1981
Camille Gira
1958 - 2018
Guy Arendt
Born 1954
Marcel Schlechter
Born 1928
Viviane Loschetter
Born 1959
Gaston Diderich
1884 - 1946
Antoine Pescatore
1787 - 1858
Martine Reicherts
Born 1957
Jup Weber
Born 1950
Marc Angel
Born 1963
Serge Wilmes
Born 1982
Marc Hansen
Born 1971
Gérard Anzia
Born 1966
Henri Kox
Born 1961
Gilles Roth
Born 1967
Jean-Pierre Willmar
1790 - 1858
Sascha Wagener
1977 - 2011
Antoine Wehenkel
1910 - 1992
David Wagner (homme politique)
Born 1979
Marcel Fischbach
1914 - 1980
Max Hahn
Born 1981
Robert Mehlen
Born 1949
Tilly Metz
Born 1967
Félix Eischen
Born 1966
Joseph Schaack
Born 1945
Pierre Krier
1885 - 1947
Émile Metz
1835 - 1904
Martine Mergen
Born 1956
François Scheffer
1766 - 1844
Tess Burton
Born 1985
Charles Simonis
1818 - 1875
Luc Housse
1871 - 1930
Antoine Krier
1897 - 1983
Ferdinand Pescatore
1791 - 1862
Théodore Eberhard
1812 - 1874
Émile Mousel
1843 - 1910
Jean Dupong
1922 - 2007
Paul Galles
Born 1973
André Hoffmann (politician)
Born 1941
Félix Welter
1898 - 1991
Marguerite Thomas-Clement
1886 - 1979
Josy Simon
Born 1933
Alain Meyer
Born 1949
Lucien Thiel
1943 - 2011
Willy Bourg
1934 - 2003
Xavier Brasseur
1865 - 1912
Gilles Baum
Born 1973
Frank Colabianchi
Born 1962
Ernest Leclère
1865 - 1938
Viviane Ecker
Born 1952
Raymond de Waha
1886 - 1950
François Benoy
Born 1985
Jean Mersch-Wittenauer
1819 - 1879
Paul Beghin
1929 - 2004
Jean François Probst
1776 - 1842
Georges Schroeder
1947 - 2012
Bonaventure Dutreux-Boch
1775 - 1829
Alain Frast
1964 - 2010
François Roeser
1754 - 1827
Gianfranco Orsini
1924 - 2008