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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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0006 PRIEST

Charles de Foucauld

1858 - 1916

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0027 POLITICIAN

Georges Picquart

1854 - 1914

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0041 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul Émile Appell

1855 - 1930

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0045 HISTORIAN

Charles Diehl

1859 - 1944

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0046 BOTANIST

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

1856 - 1901

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0062 PRINCESS

Princess Marie of Battenberg

1852 - 1923

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0063 OFFICER

Louis-Gustave Binger

1856 - 1936

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0127 LINGUIST

Alfred Morel-Fatio

1850 - 1924

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0176 MEDICAL

Léon Wieger

1856 - 1933

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0199 ARCHITECT

Charles Mewès

1858 - 1914

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0237 ACTOR

Albert Carré

1852 - 1938

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0270 ART HISTORIAN

Paul Durrieu

1855 - 1925

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0328 PHYSICIST

Frédéric Kastner

1852 - 1882

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0341 ARCHITECT

Paul Friesé

1851 - 1917

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0356 MATHEMATICIAN

Jules Molk

1857 - 1914

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0435 PRIEST

Franz Zorn von Bulach

1858 - 1925

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0462 PHYSICIAN

Arnold Netter

1855 - 1936

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0478 POLITICIAN

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

1851 - 1921

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0501 EDITOR

Maurice Schwob

1859 - 1928

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0502 PHILOSOPHER

Gustave Belot

1859 - 1929

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0505 ORGANIST

Marie-Joseph Erb

1858 - 1944

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0512 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jules Martha

1853 - 1932

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0576 POLITICIAN

Anselme Laugel

1851 - 1928

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0750 MILITAR

Louis Kreitmann (général)

1851 - 1914

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0771 POLITICIAN

Émile Taufflieb

1857 - 1938

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0823 CHEMIST

Eduard Hepp

1851 - 1917

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0838 PASTOR

Alfred Boegner

1851 - 1912

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0865 MILITAR

Paul Constant Caudrelier

1858 - 1914

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0888 POET

Fritz Kieffer

1854 - 1933

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0910 NOVELIST

Jules Hoche

1858 - 1926

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0967 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Arthur Engel

1855 - 1935

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1124 MILITAR

Émile Zimmer

1851 - 1925

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1188 MILITAR

Paul Leblois

1857 - 1930

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1192 POLITICIAN

Edmond Gast

1857 - 1944

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1204 HORTICULTURIST

Paul Marmy

1851 - 1897

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1254 BANK

Alfred von Kaulla

1852 - 1924

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1318 JOURNALIST

Alfred Mühleisen

1856 - 1931

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1399 MILITAR

Prosper Keller

1854 - 1931

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