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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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0026 POET

Édouard Schuré

1841 - 1929

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0128 MUSIC

Edward Dannreuther

1844 - 1905

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0300 ENGINEER

Alfred Picard

1844 - 1913

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0312 PAINTER

Élodie La Villette

1848 - 1917

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0315 HISTORIAN

Rodolphe Reuss

1841 - 1924

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0398 PLAYER

Chrétien Waydelich

Born 1841

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0437 PRIEST

Nicolas Delsor

1847 - 1927

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0452 LAWYER

Geoffroi Jacques Flach

1846 - 1919

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0474 PAINTER

Joseph Wencker

1848 - 1919

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0482 WRITER

Clarisse Bader

1840 - 1902

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0484 OFFICER

Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux

1842 - 1900

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0556 MILITAR

Léon de Beylié

1849 - 1910

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0676 ORIENTALIST

Charles Huber (explorateur)

1847 - 1884

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0714 POLITICIAN

Charles Emile Wickersheimer

1849 - 1915

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0723 BROKER

Léopold Émile Aron

1849 - 1905

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0725 LAWYER

Paul Masson (écrivain)

1849 - 1896

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0809 COLLECTOR

Ernest May

1845 - 1925

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0833 PAINTER

Eugène Cottin

1841 - 1902

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0847 HISTORIAN

Adolphe Seyboth

1848 - 1907

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0913 ARCHITECT

Edmond Jacques Eckel

1845 - 1934

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0965 ARCHITECT

Gustave Adolphe Gerhardt

1843 - 1921

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1051 POLITICIAN

Charles Léon Ungemach

1844 - 1928

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1055 ASTRONOMER

Philippe-Eugène Hatt

1840 - 1915

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1080 SOLDIER

John Chapman (soldier)

1844 - 1905

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1181 PSYCHIATRIST

Antoine Ritti

1844 - 1920

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1216 SCULPTOR

Louis Stienne

1845 - 1908

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1224 MISSING

Ernest de Lipowski

1843 - 1904

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1281 BUSINESS

Marc Eugene Meyer

1842 - 1925

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1305 ACTOR

Ernest Demanne

1848 - 1902

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1345 NAVY

Charles-Alfred Mallarmé

1842 - 1923

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1490 PHYSICIAN

Arthur Wœhrlin

1847 - 1900

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1518 AUTHOR

Charles Frédéric Kettner

1844 - 1899

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