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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.

What Strasbourg Is Known For

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

Strasbourg over-indexes on theologian5.8× 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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Showing 54 of 1,527 notable people

0010 ACTOR

Claude Rich

1929 - 2017

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0029 ACTOR

Pio Marmaï

Born 1984

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0037 ACTOR

André Wilms

Born 1947

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0151 ACTOR

Laura Weissbecker

Born 1984

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0156 ACTOR

Bernard Woringer

1931 - 2014

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0205 ACTOR

Gérard Buhr

1928 - 1988

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0237 ACTOR

Albert Carré

1852 - 1938

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0241 ACTOR

Liza Manili

Born 1986

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0274 ACTOR

Marguerite Deval

1866 - 1955

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0280 ACTOR

Amélie Diéterle

1871 - 1941

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0301 ACTOR

Joe Frank

1938 - 2018

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0302 ACTOR

Antoinette Saint-Huberty

1756 - 1812

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0310 ACTOR

Roland Monod

1929 - 2015

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0336 ACTOR

Monica Strebel

Born 1948

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0377 ACTOR

Jeanne Quinault

1699 - 1788

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0378 ACTOR

Claude Sainval

1911 - 1994

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0431 ACTOR

Abraham Belaga

Born 1987

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0463 ACTOR

Valérie Stroh

Born 1958

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0481 ACTOR

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault

1695 - 1791

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0483 ACTOR

Maïdi Roth

Born 1973

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0491 ACTOR

Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann

1757 - 1775

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0495 ACTOR

Étienne Draber

Born 1939

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0504 ACTOR

Carole Richert

Born 1967

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0514 ACTOR

Vera Hartegg

1902 - 1981

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0520 ACTOR

Rudy Lenoir

1913 - 1995

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0526 ACTOR

Eugénie Fougère

1870 - 1934

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0538 ACTOR

Hubert de Lapparent

Born 1919

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0549 ACTOR

Bernard Freyd

Born 1939

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0563 ACTOR

Jean-Michel Tinivelli

Born 1967

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0569 ACTOR

Ann-Gisel Glass

Born 1964

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0571 ACTOR

Jacques Penot (acteur)

1959 - 2017

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0572 ACTOR

Reno Nonsens

1919 - 2001

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0598 ACTOR

Francette Vernillat

1937 - 2019

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0622 ACTOR

Catherine Lascault

Born 1961

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0656 ACTOR

Georges Du Fresne

Born 1984

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0685 ACTOR

Ulrich Frank (Synchronsprecher)

1943 - 2017

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0709 ACTOR

Ben Dova

1905 - 1986

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0753 ACTOR

Vanina Michel

Born 1946

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0792 ACTOR

Thomas Schulte-Michels

Born 1944

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0819 ACTOR

J. Joachim Bartsch

1903 - 1965

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0844 ACTOR

Catherine Erard

1928 - 2009

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0849 ACTOR

Hermann Mayer-Falkow

1898 - 1963

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0867 ACTOR

Yvan Burger

1957 - 1990

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1037 ACTOR

Max Ballmann

1798 - 1859

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1078 ACTOR

Yves Reynaud

Born 1947

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1132 ACTOR

Pierre Danny

1928 - 1989

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1151 ACTOR

Alphonse Martell

1890 - 1976

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1183 ACTOR

Ferdinand Neukäufler

1785 - 1860

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1202 ACTOR

Friedrich Kolander

1904 - 1979

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1218 ACTOR

Ernest Henri Demanne

1870 - 1938

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1273 ACTOR

Pauline Laulhe

Born 1989

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1305 ACTOR

Ernest Demanne

1848 - 1902

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1325 ACTOR

Mathilde Irrmann

Born 1993

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1496 ACTOR

François Quinault

Died 1765

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