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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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0001 PAINTER

Gustave Doré

1832 - 1883

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0017 CONDUCTOR

Émile Waldteufel

1837 - 1915

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0034 CHEMIST

Charles Friedel

1832 - 1899

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0186 COURTIER

Mélanie de Pourtalès

1836 - 1914

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0251 JESUIT

Carlos Sommervogel

1834 - 1902

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0257 THEOLOGIAN

Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger

1832 - 1899

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0268 INDOLOGIST

Auguste Barth

1834 - 1916

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0368 ACADEMIC

Edmond Fuchs

1837 - 1889

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0387 HISTORIAN

Auguste Laugel

1830 - 1914

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0428 ILLUSTRATOR

Gustave Jundt

1830 - 1884

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0439 PAINTER

Frédéric Lix

1830 - 1897

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0441 PAINTER

François-Émile Ehrmann

1833 - 1910

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0487 CHEMIST

Charles Lauth

1836 - 1913

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0519 POLITICIAN

Auguste Schneegans

1835 - 1898

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0628 POLITICIAN

Armand Lederlin

1836 - 1919

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0635 PHYSICIAN

Eugène Boeckel

1831 - 1900

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0636 WRITER

Frédéric Louis Ritter

1834 - 1891

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0665 ARCHITECT

Ferdinand de Dartein

1838 - 1912

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0730 THÉOLOGIEN

Christian Karl Hackenschmidt

1839 - 1915

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0830 PHOTOGRAPHER

Émile Schweitzer

1837 - 1903

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0831 PAINTER

Carola Sorg

1833 - 1923

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0836 NAVY

Édouard Pottier

1839 - 1903

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0899 COMPOSER

Hector Salomon

1838 - 1906

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0987 MILITAR

Paul-Gustave Herbinger

1839 - 1886

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1038 TEACHER

Lucie Berger

1836 - 1906

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1148 ARCHITECT

Émile Salomon

1833 - 1913

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1205 ART HISTORIAN

Carle Wescher

1832 - 1904

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1303 THEOLOGE

Friedrich Ihme

1834 - 1915

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1308 CHEMIST

Daniel Auguste Rosenstiehl

1839 - 1916

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1482 BUSINESS

Charles Weyher

1836 - 1916

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