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Born in Strasbourg
Before 1750
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Eric of Friuli (8th century), Frankish duke of
Friuli
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Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (ca. 1205–ca. 1270), theologian
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Johannes Tauler (1300–1361), mystic and theologian
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Fritsche Closener (died before 1373), priest, historian
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Rulman Merswin (ca. 1307–1382), mystic
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Jakob Twinger von Königshofen (1346–1420), chronicler
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Martin Schott (d. 1499), printer
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Johannes Schott (1477–1550), printer
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Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450–ca. 1512), surgeon, alchemist and botanist
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Sebastian Brant (1457–1521), satirical poet and humanist
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Ottmar Luscinius (1478–1537), theologian and humanist
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Hans Kotter (1480–1541), composer and organist
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Wilhelm Stetter (1487–1552), painter and priest
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Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck (1489–1553), Protestant statesman and
reformist
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Andreas Cratander (1490–1540), printer
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Katharina Zell (1497–1568),
Protestant writer
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Jacob Micyllus (1503–1558), humanist and teacher
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Martin Schalling the Younger (1532–1608), Protestant theologian and writer
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Daniel Specklin (1536–1589), architect, engineer and cartographer
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Johann Fischart (1545–1591), satirical author
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Johannes Piscator (1546–1625), theologian and translator
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Johann Theodor de Bry (1561–1623), engraver and publisher
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Sebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657), painter
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Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1640), engraver, etcher and miniature painter
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Albrecht Kauw (1621–1681), painter
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Marie Luise von Degenfeld (1634–1677),
morganatic second wife of
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
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Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693)
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Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674–1735)
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Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1688–1750)
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Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721–1774)
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Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724–1797), Austrian field marshal
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Johann Georg Roederer (1726–1763), physician and obstetrician
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Richard François Philippe Brunck (1729–1803), French classical scholar
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Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), horn player, violinist and composer
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Jérémie-Jacques Oberlin (1735–1806), philologist and archaeologist
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François Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), French marshall
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Christoph Wilhelm von Koch (1737–1813), diplomat, politician, librarian and writer
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Philippe Rühl (1737–1795), politician
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Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), poet and President of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812), painter
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Jean-Frédéric Oberlin (1740–1826), pastor and philanthropist
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Johann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822), painter and architect
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Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779), writer
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Philippe Friedrich Dietrich (1748–1793), scholar and politician
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Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794), composer
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Johan Peter Rottler (1749–1836), missionary and botanist
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Johann von Türckheim (1749–1824), diplomat
Between 1750 and 1900
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Sébastien Érard (1752–1837), instrument maker
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Philippe-André Grandidier (1752–1787), priest and historian
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Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (1752–1831), politician
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Jean Baptiste Kléber (1753–1800), architect and general
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Jean-François Barbier (1754–1828), general
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Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827), politician, geologist and botanist
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Antoinette Saint-Huberty (1756–1812), opera singer
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Christophe Guérin (1758–1831), engraver and painter
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François Andrieux (1759–1833), playwright and poet
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Jacques Widerkehr (1759–1823), cellist and composer
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Joseph Ludwig Colmar (1760–1818), bishop of
Mainz
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Christian Kramp (1760–1826), mathematician
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Marie Tussaud (1761–1850), founder of
Madame Tussauds
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Johann Jakob Humann (1771–1834) Roman Catholic clergyman
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Charles-Joseph Christiani (1772–1840), Maréchal de camp of the French Army
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Louis-François Lejeune (1775–1848), general, painter, and lithographer
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Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856), clockmaker
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Chrétien Géofroy Nestler (1778–1832), botanist and pharmacist
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Johann Georg Daniel Arnold (1780–1829), lawyer and writer
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Samson Cerfberr (1780–1826), soldier and author
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Jean-Georges Humann (1780–1842), statesman
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Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim (1780–1850), politician
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Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), oboist and composer
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Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1784–1838), military officer
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Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868)
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Camille Pleyel (1788–1855), piano manufacturer and musical entrepreneur
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Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788–1851)
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Édouard Spach (1801–1879), botanist
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Marie-Théodore Ratisbonne (1802–1884), Catholic priest and missionary
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Baruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893), American businessman and politician
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August Stöber (1808–1884), poet, scholar and collector of folklore
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Louis Roederer (1809–1870), champagne maker
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Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867), composer and musicologist
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Adolphe Stoeber (1810–1892), ecclesiastic and writer
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Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), Catholic priest and missionary
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Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (1814–1885), painter
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Émile Küss (1815–1871), physician and politician
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Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1818–1884), chemist
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Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1818–1856), chemist
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Benjamin-Constant Martha (1820–1895), historian
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August Kayser (1821–1885), Protestant theologian
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Théophile Schuler (1821–1878), painter and illustrator
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Hippolyte Pradelles (1824–1913), painter
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Oscar Berger-Levrault (1826–1903), philatelist
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Charles Netter (1826–1882), French Zionist
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Louis Ratisbonne (1827–1900), writer
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Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), chemist
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Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (1830–1903), botanist
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Gustave Doré (1832–1883), painter
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Charles Friedel (1832–1899), chemist and mineralogist
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Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1832–1899), theologian
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Mélanie de Pourtalès (1836–1914), socialite
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Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915), composer
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Édouard Schuré (1841–1929), philosopher
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Edward Dannreuther (1844–1905), pianist and musicologist
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Nicolas Delsor (1847–1927), priest and politician
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Alfred Morel-Fatio (1850–1924), hispanist
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Jules Martha (1853–1932), archaeologist
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Paul Émile Appell (1855–1930), mathematician
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Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), botanist and phytogeographer
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Léon Wieger (1856–1933), Jesuit missionary, medical doctor, theologist and sinologist
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Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), Christian mystic
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Franz Zorn von Bulach (1858–1925), Catholic bishop
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Charles Diehl (1859–1944), historian
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Hugo Becker (1863–1941), cellist, cello teacher, and composer
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Charles Andler (1866–1933), germanist and philosopher
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Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), lawyer, judge and writer
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Ernest Henri Demanne (1870–1938), comedian
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André Lichtenberger (1870–1940), novelist and sociologist
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Helmar Lerski (1871–1956), photographer
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Heinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematician
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Heinrich Liebmann (1874–1939), mathematician and geometer
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Max Looff (1874–1954), naval officer
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Karl Wendling (1875–1962), violinist and musical educator
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Léo Schnug (1878–1933), painter and illustrator
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Karl Klingler (1879–1971), violinist and composer
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Émile Mathis (1880–1956), car manufacturer
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Richard Laqueur (1881–1959), historian and philologist
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Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), educator and Nazi resistance fighter
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Ernst Damzog (1882–1945), Brigadeführer of the SS
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Robert Redslob (1882–1962), constitutional and public international law-scientist
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Georges Weill (1882–1970), German politician who defected to France
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Otto Froitzheim (1884–1962), tennis player
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Paul Gröber (1885–1964), geologist
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Jean/Hans Arp (1886–1966), artist
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René Beeh (1886–1822), painter and draughtsman
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Robert Heger (1886–1978), conductor
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Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), artist, museum director
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Jules Kruger (1891–1959), cinematographer
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Charles Münch (1891–1968), conductor
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Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt (1892–1964), general
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and the SS
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Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), artist
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Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895–1945), admiral of the
Kriegsmarine
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Paul Alverdes (1897–1979), novelist and poet
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Rudolf Schwarz (1897–1961), architect
After 1900
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Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1901–1988), musicologist
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Hans Bethe (1906–2005), physicist, Nobel Prize winner
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Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), zoologist
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Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), writer
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Max Bense (1910–1990), philosopher
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Georges Loinger (1910–2018), member of the
French Resistance
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Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1913–1957), poet and journalist
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Antoinette Becker (1920–1998), writer and translator
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Jacques Martin (1921–2010), comic-book artist
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Germain Muller (1923–1994), playwright, songwriter, poet, actor, humourist, politician
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Marcel Marceau (1923–2007), mime
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Serge Leclaire (1924–1994), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
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Pierre Weil (1924–2008), psychologist and educator
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Noah Klieger (1926–2018), journalist
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Francis Rapp (1926–2020), historian
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Claude Rich (1929–2017), actor
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Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019), writer, illustrator and caricaturist
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Solange Fernex (1934–2006), politician
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Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French Jewish community leader
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Gilbert Gress (born 1941), football coach
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Jean-Pierre Hubert (1941–2006), author
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Isoldé Elchlepp (born 1942) German protest song singer, and operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano
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Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), theologian and ethicist
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Bob Wollek (1943–2001), rally driver
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Herbert Léonard (born 1945), singer
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Jean-Louis Mandel (born 1946), geneticist
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Joseph Daul (born 1947), politician
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Thierry Mugler (1948–2022), fashion designer
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Francis Wurtz (born 1948), politician
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Michel Warschawski (born 1949), Israeli anti-Zionist writer and activist
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Arsène Wenger
OBE (born 1949), football manager
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Jean-Marie Bockel (born 1950), politician
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Catherine Trautmann (born 1951), politician
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Patrice Meyer (born 1957), guitarist
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Elizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianist
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Alain Weill (born 1961), business executive
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Patrick Cahuzac (born 1963), writer, winner of the
Prix Fénéon for literature in 1990
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Emmanuel Villaume (born 1964), conductor
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Carole Richert (born 1967), actress
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Christophe Ohrel (born 1968), football player
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Philippe Schaaf (born 1968), handball player
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Eliette Abécassis (born 1969), writer
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Yvon Riemer (born 1970), wrestler
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Yann Wehrling (born 1971), artist and leader of the French Green Party
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Elif Şafak (born 1971), writer
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Alexis Kohler (born 1972), politician
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Valérien Ismaël (born 1975), football player
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Armando Teixeira (born 1976), football player
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Mehdi Baala (born 1978), athlete
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Nicolas Mougin (born 1979), professional vert skater
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Blandine Brocard (born 1981), politician
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Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 1982), tennis player
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Antoine Grauss (born 1984), football player
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Pio Marmaï (born 1984), actor
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Karim Matmour (born 1985), football player
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Laura Weissbecker (born 1984), actress
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M. Pokora (born 1985), singer
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Candice Didier (born 1988), figure skater
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Jonathan Schmid (born 1990), football player
Notable residents of Strasbourg
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Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), philosopher
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Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468), inventor of printing with movable type
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Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445–1510), preacher
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Erasmus (1467–1536), humanist
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Hans Baldung (1484–1545), painter
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Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547), humanist
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Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489–1561), theologian
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Martin Bucer (1491–1551), Reformation leader
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Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), German historian, the annalist of the
Reformation
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Johannes Sturm (1507–1589), teacher and pedagogue
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John Calvin (1509–1564), Reformation leader
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Michael Servetus (1511–1553), Spanish theologian, physician and humanist
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Joachim Meyer (1537?–1571), fencer, author of an influential
fechtbuch
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Tobias Stimmer (1539–1584), Swiss painter
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Johann Carolus (1575–1634), German publisher
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François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671–1745), marshall and governor of Strasbourg
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Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771), historian and jurist, Goethe's teacher at
Strasbourg University
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Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789), composer, eminent member of the
Mannheim school
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Johann Hermann (1738–1800), French physician and naturalist
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), poet, playwright, novelist, researcher
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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), poet
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Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825), spent several years in Strasbourg
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer, spent 23 days there in 1778
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Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), served as Kapellmeister at the Cathedral in 1789
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Maximilian von Montgelas (1759–1838), Bavarian statesman
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), composer of the
Marseillaise
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Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), studied in Strasbourg from 1788 to 1790
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Georg Büchner (1813–1837), writer
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Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830–1889), historian
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Louis Pasteur (1830–1895), scientist
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Viktor Nessler (1841–1890), composer
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Lujo Brentano (1844–1931), economist
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Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel Prize
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Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), medical doctor, Nobel Prize
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Georg Simmel (1858–1918), sociologist
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Georges Friedel (1865–1933), mineralogist, son of
Charles Friedel
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Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composer
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Fritz Beblo (1872–1947), architect
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Jean-Jacques Waltz aka Hansi (1873–1951), artist
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Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, philosopher, physician and musician
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Paul Rohmer (1876–1977), physician, considered as one of the fathers of modern paediatrics
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Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), sociologist
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Otto Meißner (1880–1953), politician, father of
Hans-Otto Meissner
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Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), conductor
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Marc Bloch (1886–1944), historian and resistant
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Hans Rosbaud (1895–1962), conductor
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George Szell (1897–1970), conductor
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Emmanuel Lévinas (1906–1995), philosopher
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Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), writer and philosopher
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Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000), politician
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Lucie Aubrac (born 1912) and
Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), founding members of the
Résistance
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Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912–2003), jurist, member of the Résistance
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Ernest Bour (1913–2001), conductor
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Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005), philosopher
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Salomon Gluck (1914–1944), physician, member of the Résistance
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Rose Warfman (born 1916), nurse, survivor of Auschwitz and member of the Résistance
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Hélène Boschi (1917–1990) pianist
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René Thom (1923–2002), mathematician
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Guy Debord (1931–1994), philosopher
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Sarkis Zabunyan (born 1938), painter
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Alberto Fujimori (born 1938), Peruvian president
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Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize for chemistry 1987
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Alain Lombard (born 1940), conductor
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007), philosopher
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Jean-Luc Nancy (born 1940), philosopher
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Jules Hoffmann (born 1941), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011
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Georges Aperghis (born 1945), composer
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Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989), playwright
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Barbara Honigmann (born 1949), German writer and painter
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Pierre Moerlen (1952–2005), musician
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Ségolène Royal (born 1953), leading member of the Parti Socialiste, went to school in Strasbourg
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Thomas Ebbesen (born 1954), physical chemist
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John Howe (born 1957), artist
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Mireille Delunsch (born 1962), soprano
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Marjane Satrapi (born 1969), comic-strip artist