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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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0011 OFFICER

Jean-Baptiste Kléber

1753 - 1800

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0063 OFFICER

Louis-Gustave Binger

1856 - 1936

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0075 OFFICER

Arbogast (general)

340 - 394

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0153 OFFICER

Ludwik Michał Pac

1778 - 1835

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0159 OFFICER

Walter Krüger (SS general)

1890 - 1945

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0266 OFFICER

Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont

1769 - 1810

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0415 OFFICER

Jürgen Wagner

1901 - 1947

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0467 OFFICER

Charles Niellon

1795 - 1871

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0475 OFFICER

Friedrich Freiherr von Broich

1896 - 1974

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0484 OFFICER

Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux

1842 - 1900

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0522 OFFICER

Jean-François Barbier

1754 - 1828

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0527 OFFICER

Georg Graf von Rittberg

1898 - 1973

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0671 OFFICER

Charles-Joseph Christiani

1772 - 1840

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0793 OFFICER

Heinz Cramer

1911 - 2003

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0808 OFFICER

Marc François Jérôme Wolff

1776 - 1848

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0811 OFFICER

Louis Chouard

1771 - 1843

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0995 OFFICER

Jean Ernest de Beurmann

1775 - 1850

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1157 OFFICER

Theodor Michelis

1872 - 1936

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1170 OFFICER

Franz Alexander Espiard von Colonge

1748 - 1814

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1266 OFFICER

François Louis Zaepffel

1782 - 1865

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1309 OFFICER

Edouard Dieffenbach

1897 - 1972

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1313 OFFICER

Auguste Hatry

1788 - 1863

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1320 OFFICER

Louis-Gaston Zopff

1871 - 1952

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1362 OFFICER

Chrétien Henri Schaeffer

1774 - 1842

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1481 OFFICER

Hermann Busch (Offizier)

Born 1902

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