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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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Showing 89 of 508 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Robert Schuman

1886 - 1963

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0008 POLITICIAN

Gaston Thorn

1928 - 2007

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0010 POLITICIAN

Xavier Bettel

Born 1973

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0033 POLITICIAN

Lydie Polfer

Born 1952

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0034 POLITICIAN

Victor Bodson

1902 - 1984

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0043 POLITICIAN

Jacques Poos

Born 1935

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0066 POLITICIAN

Robert Goebbels

Born 1944

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0071 POLITICIAN

Claude Wiseler

Born 1960

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0074 POLITICIAN

Ben Fayot

Born 1937

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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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0098 POLITICIAN

Michel Wolter

Born 1962

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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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0107 POLITICIAN

Jeannot Krecké

Born 1950

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0112 POLITICIAN

Fernand Kartheiser

Born 1959

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0115 POLITICIAN

Léon Kauffman

1869 - 1952

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0116 POLITICIAN

Jean Hamilius

Born 1927

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0125 POLITICIAN

Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine

1787 - 1871

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0127 POLITICIAN

Laurent Mosar

Born 1958

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0138 POLITICIAN

Roy Reding

Born 1965

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0140 POLITICIAN

Marc Fischbach

Born 1946

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0144 POLITICIAN

Ingrid de Caluwé

Born 1967

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0148 POLITICIAN

Georges Bach

Born 1955

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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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0159 POLITICIAN

Norbert Metz

1811 - 1885

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0176 POLITICIAN

Tessy Scholtes

Born 1981

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0178 POLITICIAN

Camille Gira

1958 - 2018

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0184 POLITICIAN

Guy Arendt

Born 1954

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0190 POLITICIAN

Marcel Schlechter

Born 1928

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0197 POLITICIAN

Viviane Loschetter

Born 1959

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0198 POLITICIAN

Gaston Diderich

1884 - 1946

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0200 POLITICIAN

Antoine Pescatore

1787 - 1858

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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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0210 POLITICIAN

Serge Wilmes

Born 1982

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0212 POLITICIAN

Marc Hansen

Born 1971

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0227 POLITICIAN

Gérard Anzia

Born 1966

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0239 POLITICIAN

Henri Kox

Born 1961

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0240 POLITICIAN

Gilles Roth

Born 1967

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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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0249 POLITICIAN

Antoine Wehenkel

1910 - 1992

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0267 POLITICIAN

David Wagner (homme politique)

Born 1979

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0273 POLITICIAN

Marcel Fischbach

1914 - 1980

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0286 POLITICIAN

Max Hahn

Born 1981

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0298 POLITICIAN

Robert Mehlen

Born 1949

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0307 POLITICIAN

Tilly Metz

Born 1967

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0314 POLITICIAN

Félix Eischen

Born 1966

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0315 POLITICIAN

Joseph Schaack

Born 1945

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0329 POLITICIAN

Pierre Krier

1885 - 1947

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0337 POLITICIAN

Émile Metz

1835 - 1904

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0344 POLITICIAN

Martine Mergen

Born 1956

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0358 POLITICIAN

François Scheffer

1766 - 1844

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0362 POLITICIAN

Tess Burton

Born 1985

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0368 POLITICIAN

Charles Simonis

1818 - 1875

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0371 POLITICIAN

Luc Housse

1871 - 1930

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0374 POLITICIAN

Antoine Krier

1897 - 1983

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0385 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Pescatore

1791 - 1862

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0391 POLITICIAN

Théodore Eberhard

1812 - 1874

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0394 POLITICIAN

Émile Mousel

1843 - 1910

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0399 POLITICIAN

Jean Dupong

1922 - 2007

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0400 POLITICIAN

Paul Galles

Born 1973

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0401 POLITICIAN

André Hoffmann (politician)

Born 1941

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0408 POLITICIAN

Félix Welter

1898 - 1991

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0412 POLITICIAN

Marguerite Thomas-Clement

1886 - 1979

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0415 POLITICIAN

Josy Simon

Born 1933

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0420 POLITICIAN

Alain Meyer

Born 1949

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0424 POLITICIAN

Lucien Thiel

1943 - 2011

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0426 POLITICIAN

Willy Bourg

1934 - 2003

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0432 POLITICIAN

Xavier Brasseur

1865 - 1912

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0435 POLITICIAN

Gilles Baum

Born 1973

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0450 POLITICIAN

Frank Colabianchi

Born 1962

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0461 POLITICIAN

Ernest Leclère

1865 - 1938

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0464 POLITICIAN

Viviane Ecker

Born 1952

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0470 POLITICIAN

Raymond de Waha

1886 - 1950

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0477 POLITICIAN

François Benoy

Born 1985

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0478 POLITICIAN

Jean Mersch-Wittenauer

1819 - 1879

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0482 POLITICIAN

Paul Beghin

1929 - 2004

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0484 POLITICIAN

Jean François Probst

1776 - 1842

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0486 POLITICIAN

Georges Schroeder

1947 - 2012

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0487 POLITICIAN

Bonaventure Dutreux-Boch

1775 - 1829

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0488 POLITICIAN

Alain Frast

1964 - 2010

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0489 POLITICIAN

François Roeser

1754 - 1827

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0504 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Orsini

1924 - 2008

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