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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 100 notable births.

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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0071 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Schmid

Born 1990

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0116 FOOTBALL

Mickaël Cuisance

Born 1999

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0193 FOOTBALL

Jean-David Beauguel

Born 1992

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0255 FOOTBALL

Aleksandar Damčevski

Born 1992

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0295 HANDBALL

Laura Flippes

Born 1994

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0299 PLAYER

Nicolas Peifer

Born 1990

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0317 WRESTLER

Cynthia Vescan

Born 1992

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0321 RAPPER

Marwa Loud

Born 1996

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0406 FOOTBALL

Cyriaque Rivieyran

Born 1991

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0464 FOOTBALL

Jérémy Malherbe

Born 1991

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0585 FOOTBALL

Rayane Boukemia

Born 1992

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0677 SKIER

Thibaut Favrot

Born 1994

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0680 PLAYER

Fabrice Metz

Born 1991

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0683 FENCER

Sara Balzer

Born 1995

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0707 CHESS

Bilel Bellahcene

Born 1998

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0778 ATHLETIC

Émilie Tissot

Born 1993

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0801 BASKET

Alexandre Gavrilovic

Born 1991

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0826 FOOTBALL

Hicham Benkaid

Born 1990

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1004 BADMINTON

Julien Maio

Born 1994

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1008 BASKET

Dzenan Kurtic

Born 1992

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1058 FOOTBALL

Cyril Dreyer

Born 1994

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1063 WEIGHTLIFTER

Manon Lorentz

Born 1991

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1073 CANOE

Quentin Dazeur

Born 1991

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1079 FOOTBALL

David Viana

Born 1992

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1139 FOOTBALL

Sofiane Tergou

Born 1991

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1208 FOOTBALL

Yann Benedick

Born 1992

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1215 BASKET

Louise Dambach

Born 1996

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1229 BASKET

Marie-Paule Foppossi

Born 1998

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1233 HOCKEY

Timothée Franck

Born 1991

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1243 HOCKEY

Aziz Baazzi

Born 1992

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1244 BASKET

Ludovic Beyhurst

Born 1999

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1250 BASKET

Antony Labanca

Born 1994

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1306 FOOTBALL

Abdelhak Belahmeur

Born 1991

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1325 ACTOR

Mathilde Irrmann

Born 1993

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1377 SWIMMER

Chloé Kautzmann

Born 1991

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1388 FOOTBALL

Ruben Droehnlé

Born 1998

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1418 HANDBALL

Awa Diop (handball)

Born 1991

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1427 PLAYER

Ornel Demua

Born 1991

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1439 HANDBALL

Julie Godel

Born 1993

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1446 SPORT

Sandie Thibaut

Born 1996

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1494 BASKET

Stanislas Heili

Born 1993

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