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.

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

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

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.

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Other
Search
Theologian32
Sort By

Showing 32 of 1,527 notable people

0033 THEOLOGIAN

Oscar Cullmann

1902 - 1999

Preview
0061 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Huber

Born 1942

Preview
0178 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Piscator

1546 - 1625

Preview
0210 THEOLOGIAN

Ulrich of Strasburg

1220 - 1277

Preview
0218 THEOLOGIAN

Martin Schalling the Younger

1532 - 1608

Preview
0227 THEOLOGIAN

Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg

1210 - 1270

Preview
0257 THEOLOGIAN

Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger

1832 - 1899

Preview
0262 THEOLOGIAN

August Eduard Cunitz

1812 - 1886

Preview
0271 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Lippius

1585 - 1612

Preview
0391 THEOLOGIAN

Isabelle Graesslé

Born 1959

Preview
0395 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Lorenz Blessig

1747 - 1816

Preview
0470 THEOLOGIAN

Jean Georges Dorsch

1597 - 1659

Preview
0508 THEOLOGIAN

Balthasar Bebel

1632 - 1686

Preview
0577 THEOLOGIAN

Jean Joachim Zentgraff

1643 - 1707

Preview
0604 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Schott der Jüngere

1460 - 1490

Preview
0607 THEOLOGIAN

Emil Heitz (Altphilologe)

1825 - 1890

Preview
0610 THEOLOGIAN

Otto Michaelis

1875 - 1949

Preview
0648 THEOLOGIAN

Matthieu Arnold

Born 1965

Preview
0732 THEOLOGIAN

Pierre Lenhardt

1927 - 2019

Preview
0773 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Grappe

Born 1957

Preview
0805 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Bader

1487 - 1545

Preview
0863 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Smend

1893 - 1980

Preview
1020 THEOLOGIAN

Christoph Lasius

1504 - 1572

Preview
1044 THEOLOGIAN

Frédéric-Charles-Timothée Emmerich

1786 - 1820

Preview
1076 THEOLOGIAN

Heinz Renkewitz

1902 - 1974

Preview
1095 THEOLOGIAN

Elias Stöber

1718 - 1778

Preview
1189 THEOLOGIAN

Jean Philippe Beyckert

1713 - 1787

Preview
1223 THEOLOGIAN

Gervasius Schuler

1495 - 1563

Preview
1242 THEOLOGIAN

Symphorian Altbießer

1475 - 1537

Preview
1255 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Carl Gambs

1747 - 1822

Preview
1259 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Gottfried Zentgrav

1722 - 1762

Preview
1315 THEOLOGIAN

August Kayser

1821 - 1885

Preview