48.5733° N, 7.7522° E
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.
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.
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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Erwin von Steinbach
1244 - 1318
Rudolf Schwarz (architect)
1897 - 1961
Daniel Specklin
1536 - 1589
Charles Mewès
1858 - 1914
Émile Boeswillwald
1815 - 1896
Paul Friesé
1851 - 1917
Gustave Klotz
1810 - 1880
Friedrich Muck-Lamberty
1891 - 1984
Wilhelm Hallbauer
1889 - 1969
Rupert Bindenschu
1645 - 1698
Georg David Anthon
1714 - 1781
Ferdinand de Dartein
1838 - 1912
Christian Biecher
Born 1963
Franz Hitzel
1912 - 1994
Georg Ridinger
1568 - 1617
Joseph Hornecker
1873 - 1942
Jean Geoffroy Conrath
1824 - 1892
Edmond Jacques Eckel
1845 - 1934
Félix Fries
1800 - 1859
Gustave Adolphe Gerhardt
1843 - 1921
Johann Daniel Osterrieth
1768 - 1839
Pierre-Valentin Boudhors
1754 - 1831
Wilhelm Goette
1873 - 1927
Guy Clapot
1955 - 2010
Émile Salomon
1833 - 1913
Friedrich Stolberg
1892 - 1975
Paul Metz
Born 1882
Alfred Heydel
1861 - 1921
Heinrich Bresslau
Born 1912