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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

0301 SINGER

Thorunn Egilsdottir

Born 1975

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0302 PHOTOGRAPHER

Emanuele Scorcelletti

Born 1964

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0303 JOURNALIST

Paul Lévy (journaliste)

1876 - 1960

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0304 BOTANIST

François Auguste Tinant

1803 - 1853

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0305 FOOTBALL

Ben Federspiel

Born 1981

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0306 PAINTER

Paul de Pidoll

1882 - 1954

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0307 POLITICIAN

Tilly Metz

Born 1967

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0308 PAINTER

Misch Da Leiden

Born 1948

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0309 SKIER

Sylvie Hülsemann

Born 1944

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0310 FOOTBALL

Thomas Wolf

Born 1963

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0311 PAINTER

Jacques Sturm (artiste)

1807 - 1844

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0312 FOOTBALL

Théo Scholten

Born 1963

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0313 ETHNOLOGIST

Gérard Toffin

Born 1947

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0314 POLITICIAN

Félix Eischen

Born 1966

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0315 POLITICIAN

Joseph Schaack

Born 1945

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0316 FOOTBALL

Marc Lamborelle

Born 1971

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0317 LAWYER

Jean-Louis Schiltz

Born 1964

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0318 POET

Nathalie Ronvaux

Born 1977

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0319 SPORT

Nico Pleimling

Born 1938

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0320 COMPOSER

Alfred Kowalsky

1879 - 1943

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0321 FOOTBALL

Kevin Kerger

Born 1994

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0322 FOOTBALL

Fernand Guth

1926 - 1977

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0323 ARCHITECT

Hubert Schumacher

1896 - 1961

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0324 FENCER

Jean Link

1939 - 2020

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0325 SWIMMER

Lara Heinz

Born 1981

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0326 ATHLETIC

Jean Wagner

1905 - 1978

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0327 FILM

Maisy Hausemer

Born 1946

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0328 AUTHOR

Paul Henkes

1898 - 1984

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0329 POLITICIAN

Pierre Krier

1885 - 1947

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0330 MÈRE DE

Claudine Konsbruck

Born 1966

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0331 GYMNAST

Charles Behm

1883 - 1957

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0332 SPORT

Max Becker

Born 1978

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0333 JUDGE

Romain Schintgen

Born 1939

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0334 WRESTLER

Hillair Fettes

1898 - 1971

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0335 SPORT

Joseph Bintener

1917 - 1998

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0336 ACADEMIC

Gaston Schaber

1926 - 2010

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0337 POLITICIAN

Émile Metz

1835 - 1904

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0338 SPORT

Kevin Feiereisen

Born 1992

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0339 GYMNAST

Ferd Wirtz

1885 - 1947

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0340 SPORT

Georges Schiltz

Born 1901

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0341 COMPOSER

Jean-Pierre Kemmer

1923 - 1991

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0342 SCREENWRITER

Pierre Hansen

Born 1976

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0343 LAWYER

Christine Doerner

Born 1952

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0344 POLITICIAN

Martine Mergen

Born 1956

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0345 SKATER

Patrick Schmit

Born 1974

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0346 AUTHOR

Joseph Petit (Autor)

1912 - 2001

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0347 SINGER

Yannchen Hoffmann

Born 1961

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0348 HOCKEY

Michel Welter

Born 1983

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0349 FOOTBALL

Othon Hemmen

1917 - 2004

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0350 ATHLETIC

Nicolas Kanivé

1887 - 1966

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0351 ACTOR

Max Thommes

Born 1987

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0352 GYMNAST

Jean-Pierre Thommes

1890 - 1963

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0353 WRITER

Serge Kollwelter

Born 1946

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0354 GYMNAST

Michel Hemmerling

1889 - 1962

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0355 JUDGE

Jean Mischo

1938 - 2016

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0356 GYMNAST

François Wagner

Born 1890

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0357 GYMNAST

Marcel Langsam

1891 - 1979

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0358 POLITICIAN

François Scheffer

1766 - 1844

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0359 LAWYER

Serge Urbany

Born 1952

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0360 LAWYER

Léon de la Fontaine

1819 - 1892

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0361 COMPOSER

Alexis Brasseur

1860 - 1924

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0362 POLITICIAN

Tess Burton

Born 1985

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0363 GYMNAST

Jean-Baptiste Horn

1886 - 1966

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0364 GYMNAST

Emile Lanners

1888 - 1963

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0365 ACTOR

Friedrich Steinhauer

1951 - 2019

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0366 NOTARY

Jean-Bernard Knepper

1638 - 1698

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0367 LIBRARIAN

Jean-Marie Reding

Born 1975

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0368 POLITICIAN

Charles Simonis

1818 - 1875

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0369 PLAYER

Sharon Pesch

Born 1997

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0370 ARCHITECT

Tatiana Fabeck

Born 1970

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0371 POLITICIAN

Luc Housse

1871 - 1930

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0372 SPORT

Nick Clesen (Radsportler)

Born 1986

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0373 SPORT

Willy Heldenstein

1896 - 1990

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0374 POLITICIAN

Antoine Krier

1897 - 1983

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0375 SPORT

Vincenzo Centrone

Born 1976

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0376 RACING

Henri Ackermann

1922 - 2014

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0377 KAMPF

Paul Wilhelm Loehning

1889 - 1971

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0378 CONDUCTOR

Emile Boeres

1890 - 1944

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0379 ACTOR

Nathalie Brocker

Born 1980

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0380 FENCER

Michèle Wolf

Born 1961

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0381 FOOTBALL

Pierre Reuter

1904 - 1969

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0382 ACTOR

Enya Elstner

Born 1997

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0383 SWIMMER

Christine Mailliet

Born 1987

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0384 FOOTBALL

Joé Frising

Born 1994

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0385 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Pescatore

1791 - 1862

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0386 GYMNAST

Joseph Zuang

1891 - 1962

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0387 ARCHIVIST

Claude Meintz

1944 - 2014

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0388 HOCKEY

Philippe Lepage

Born 1986

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0389 SPORT

François Mersch

1913 - 1983

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0390 SAILOR

Marc Schmit

Born 1985

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0391 POLITICIAN

Théodore Eberhard

1812 - 1874

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0392 HISTORIAN

Jean Paul Lehners

Born 1948

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0393 SCULPTOR

Raymond Petit

Born 1954

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0394 POLITICIAN

Émile Mousel

1843 - 1910

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0395 MUSIC

Marc Demuth

Born 1978

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0396 SWIMMER

Rudy Muller

Born 1942

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0397 SWIMMER

Georges Welbes

Born 1944

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0398 ZOOLOGIST

Alphonse de la Fontaine

1825 - 1896

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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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0402 FENCER

Roger Theisen

Born 1932

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0403 HURDLER

Claude Godart

Born 1980

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0404 ENGINEER

Constant de Muyser

1851 - 1902

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0405 SWIMMER

Marie-Jeanne Bernard

1909 - 1979

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0406 LAWYER

Georges Wivenes

Born 1954

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0407 FOOTBALL

Jean Valin

Born 1899

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0408 POLITICIAN

Félix Welter

1898 - 1991

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0409 MILITAR

Jorge de Bande

1588 - 1643

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0410 ORGANBUILDER

Roman Benedikt Nollet

1710 - 1779

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0411 FENCER

Jean-Paul Olinger

Born 1943

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0412 POLITICIAN

Marguerite Thomas-Clement

1886 - 1979

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0413 LAWYER

Auguste Laval

1843 - 1915

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0414 GYMNAST

Maurice Palgen

1893 - 1951

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0415 POLITICIAN

Josy Simon

Born 1933

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0416 SWIMMER

Laure Koster

1902 - 1999

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0417 FENCER

Édouard Schmit

Born 1930

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0418 SWIMMER

Georges Tandel

1910 - 1981

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0419 SWIMMER

Virginie Rausch

1906 - 1993

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0420 POLITICIAN

Alain Meyer

Born 1949

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0421 FOOTBALL

Glenn Borges

Born 1995

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0422 GYMNAST

Jean-Pierre Frantzen

1890 - 1957

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0423 PAINTER

Max Dauphin

Born 1977

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0424 POLITICIAN

Lucien Thiel

1943 - 2011

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0425 SPORT

Jean Moulin (athlete)

1905 - 1988

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0426 POLITICIAN

Willy Bourg

1934 - 2003

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0427 SWIMMER

Renée Brasseur

1902 - 1929

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0428 SPORT

Alexandre Servais

1896 - 1949

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0429 SWIMMER

Pierre Hastert

1912 - 1972

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0430 SPORT

Jean Krombach

1910 - 1999

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0431 ARCHITECT

Jim Clemes

Born 1957

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0432 POLITICIAN

Xavier Brasseur

1865 - 1912

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0433 LAWYER

Robert Brasseur

1870 - 1934

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0434 BIOLOGIST

Edouard Luja

1875 - 1953

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0435 POLITICIAN

Gilles Baum

Born 1973

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0436 PLAYER

Laura Correia

Born 1995

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0437 HISTORIAN

Nikolaus von Butrinto

Died 1316

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0438 SPORT

Véronique Linster

Born 1968

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0439 WRESTLER

Raymond Schummer

1937 - 2009

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0440 MINISTER

Nico Ries

Born 1953

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0441 FENCER

Mariette Schmit

Born 1953

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0442 HANDBALL

Chris Zuidberg

Born 1994

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0443 FENCER

Aly Doerfel

Born 1949

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0444 WRESTLER

Michel Dechmann

1896 - 1957

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0445 ACTOR

Juliette François

1925 - 2007

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0446 FENCER

Léon Buck

1915 - 1972

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0447 ACTOR

Timo Wagner

Born 1993

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0448 SPORT

Fred Hammer

1930 - 2020

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0449 PLAYER

Tiffany Cornelius

Born 1989

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0450 POLITICIAN

Frank Colabianchi

Born 1962

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0451 SWIMMER

Simone Theis

Born 1940

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0452 FOOTBALL

Giuliano Jackson

Born 1994

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0453 SWIMMER

Arlette Wilmes

Born 1950

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0454 FOOTBALL

Tony Mastrangelo

Born 1994

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0455 BOBSLED

Gustav Wagner (bobsledder)

1901 - 1972

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0456 ATHLETIC

Roger Bofferding

Born 1934

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0457 SPORT

Triny Bourkel

1927 - 2019

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0458 SOCIOLOGIST

Charles Margue

Born 1956

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0459 PAINTER

Alo Bové

1906 - 1977

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0460 FOOTBALL

Pit Simon

Born 1998

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0461 POLITICIAN

Ernest Leclère

1865 - 1938

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0462 BOXER

Albert Nuss

1907 - 1969

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0463 OFFICER

Alfred von Keßler

1833 - 1907

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0464 POLITICIAN

Viviane Ecker

Born 1952

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0465 COMPOSER

Louis Beicht

1886 - 1943

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0466 SPORT

Louis Schmit

1908 - 2002

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0467 COMPOSER

Julien Hoffmann

1924 - 2007

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0468 BASKET

Alex Laurent

Born 1993

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0469 PRÍNCIPE

Noé de Nassau

Born 2007

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0470 POLITICIAN

Raymond de Waha

1886 - 1950

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0471 SCULPTOR

Tom Flick

Born 1968

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0472 OFFICER

Louis-Antoine de Bryas

1781 - 1855

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0473 PRELATE

Nicolas Le Ruistre

1442 - 1509

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0474 ACTOR

Katharina Bintz

Born 1987

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0475 BOXER

Léon Roller

1928 - 1993

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0476 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Couto Pinto

Born 1996

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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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0479 SOCIALITE

Cécile Papier

1845 - 1915

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0480 DIPLOMAT

Martine Schommer

Born 1961

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0481 FOOTBALL

Kenan Avdusinovic

Born 1998

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0482 POLITICIAN

Paul Beghin

1929 - 2004

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0483 LAWYER

Tony Biever

1908 - 1990

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0484 POLITICIAN

Jean François Probst

1776 - 1842

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0485 LAWYER

Alex Bonn

1908 - 2008

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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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0490 LAWYER

Alain de Muyser

Born 1961

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0491 LAWYER

François Goerens

1915 - 1992

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0492 ARCHITECT

Auguste van Werveke

1866 - 1927

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0493 LAWYER

Isabelle Schlesser

Born 1973

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0494 DENTIST

Marcelle Dauphin

1893 - 1976

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0495 ARTIST

Christian Lavey

Born 1976

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0496 JUDGE

Eugène Rodenbourg

1895 - 1975

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0497 FOOTBALL

Gilles Dhamen

Born 1983

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0498 JUNGE

Franz von Ensch

1778 - 1861

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0499 JOURNALIST

Isabelle de Muyser

Born 1960

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0500 INFANTERIE

Emil von Fischer

1831 - 1912

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0501 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Louis Stephan

1741 - 1803

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0502 DRIVER

Romain Wolff

Born 1951

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0503 DIPLOMAT

Stefan Krawielicki

Born 1956

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0504 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Orsini

1924 - 2008

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0505 FOOTBALL

Mike Federspiel

Born 1990

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0506 FOOTBALL

Ryan Johansson

Born 2001

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0507 SPORT

Julien Henx

Born 1995

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0508 FOOTBALL

Christophe de Sousa

Born 1992

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