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STRASBOURG

Most Famous People Born in Strasbourg, France

Notable people
1,527
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1894
Most distinctive
Theologian 5.8×

A French-German frontier city whose bench carries both languages. Strasbourg's distinctive professions are theologians, physicians, chemists, historians, painters, and mathematicians — the trades of a Reformation university town and of the Alsatian Jewish and Lutheran scholarly community that lived there until 1940. Gustave Doré, Marcel Marceau, Jean Arp, and Hans Bethe were all born here, and the medieval bench includes Gottfried von Strassburg and the mystic Johannes Tauler.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Strasbourg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Strasbourg Is Known For

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Politician is Strasbourg's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (154).

Strasbourg over-indexes on theologian — 5.8× the global rate.

Strasbourg under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician154
  2. Painter104
  3. Football82
  4. Writer62
  5. Actor54
  6. Historian46
  7. Physician39
  8. Theologian32
  1. Theologian325.8×
  2. Physician393.7×
  3. Chemist183.4×
  4. Historian462.9×
  5. Painter1042.6×
  6. Officer252.5×
  7. Mathematician172.2×
  8. Architect292.1×
  1. Football820.5×
  2. Actor540.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0038 PAINTER

Philip James de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812

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0039 PASTOR

J. F. Oberlin

1740 - 1826

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0074 POET

Heinrich Leopold Wagner

1747 - 1779

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0098 COMPOSER

Jean-Frédéric Edelmann

1749 - 1794

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0113 MINERALOGIST

Philippe Friedrich Dietrich

1748 - 1793

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0146 PAINTER

Johann Christian von Mannlich

1741 - 1822

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0263 SCHOLAR

Johann Schweighäuser

1742 - 1830

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0272 COMPOSER

Theodor von Schacht

1748 - 1823

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0309 ACADEMIC

Jean-Benoît Schérer

1741 - 1824

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0329 BOTANIST

Johan Peter Rottler

1749 - 1836

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0359 PHYSICIAN

Johann Christian Ehrmann

1749 - 1827

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0395 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Lorenz Blessig

1747 - 1816

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0466 POLITICIAN

Jacques Maurice Hatry

1742 - 1802

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0471 CHOREOGRAPHER

Charles Le Picq

1744 - 1806

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0546 PAINTER

Matthias Klotz (peintre)

1748 - 1821

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0997 PAINTER

Jean-Jacques Sorg

1743 - 1821

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1047 BANK

Guillaume Kornmann

Born 1741

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1147 PAINTER

Jean-Daniel Heimlich

1740 - 1796

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1150 DIPLOMAT

Johann von Türckheim (Diplomat)

1749 - 1824

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1170 OFFICER

Franz Alexander Espiard von Colonge

1748 - 1814

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1187 POLITICIAN

Jean-Gotthard Grimmer

1746 - 1820

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1255 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Carl Gambs

1747 - 1822

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1363 POLITICIAN

Louis Zoepffel

1745 - 1822

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1434 POLITICIAN

Joseph François Gau des Voves

1748 - 1825

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1445 POLITICIAN

François Xavier Sommervogel

1749 - 1811

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1501 BUSINESS

Jean de Dietrich (1746-1805)

1746 - 1805

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