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Born in Strasbourg
Johannes Tauler Sebastian Brant Jean-Baptiste Kléber Marie Tussaud Ludwig I of Bavaria Charles Adolphe Wurtz Gustave Doré Charles de Foucauld Hans Bethe Arsène Wenger Elif Şafak
Before 1750
Eric of Friuli (8th century), Frankish duke of Friuli Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (ca. 1205–ca. 1270), theologianJohannes Tauler (1300–1361), mystic and theologianRulman Merswin (ca. 1307–1382), mysticJakob Twinger von Königshofen (1346–1420), chroniclerHieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450–ca. 1512), surgeon, alchemist and botanistSebastian Brant (1457–1521), satirical poet and humanistOttmar Luscinius (1478–1537), theologian and humanistHans Kotter (1480–1541), composer and organistWilhelm Stetter (1487–1552), painter and priestJacob Sturm von Sturmeck (1489–1553), Protestant statesman and reformist Andreas Cratander (1490–1540), printerKatharina Zell (1497–1568), Protestant writerJacob Micyllus (1503–1558), humanist and teacherMartin Schalling the Younger (1532–1608), Protestant theologian and writerDaniel Specklin (1536–1589), architect, engineer and cartographerJohann Fischart (1545–1591), satirical authorJohannes Piscator (1546–1625), theologian and translatorJohann Theodor de Bry (1561–1623), engraver and publisherSebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657), painterJohann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1640), engraver, etcher and miniature painterAlbrecht Kauw (1621–1681), painterMarie Luise von Degenfeld (1634–1677), morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693)Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674–1735)Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1688–1750)Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721–1774)Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724–1797), Austrian field marshalJohann Georg Roederer (1726–1763), physician and obstetricianRichard François Philippe Brunck (1729–1803), French classical scholarJean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), horn player, violinist and composerJérémie-Jacques Oberlin (1735–1806), philologist and archaeologistFrançois Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), French marshallChristoph Wilhelm von Koch (1737–1813), diplomat, politician, librarian and writerPhilippe Rühl (1737–1795), politicianLudwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), poet and President of the St. Petersburg Academy of SciencesPhilip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812), painterJean-Frédéric Oberlin (1740–1826), pastor and philanthropistJohann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822), painter and architectHeinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779), writerPhilippe Friedrich Dietrich (1748–1793), scholar and politicianJean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794), composerJohan Peter Rottler (1749–1836), missionary and botanistJohann von Türckheim (1749–1824), diplomat
Between 1750 and 1900
Sébastien Érard (1752–1837), instrument makerPhilippe-André Grandidier (1752–1787), priest and historianBernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (1752–1831), politicianJean Baptiste Kléber (1753–1800), architect and generalJean-François Barbier (1754–1828), generalLouis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827), politician, geologist and botanistAntoinette Saint-Huberty (1756–1812), opera singerChristophe Guérin (1758–1831), engraver and painterFrançois Andrieux (1759–1833), playwright and poetJacques Widerkehr (1759–1823), cellist and composerJoseph Ludwig Colmar (1760–1818), bishop of Mainz Christian Kramp (1760–1826), mathematicianMarie Tussaud (1761–1850), founder of Madame Tussauds Johann Jakob Humann (1771–1834) Roman Catholic clergymanCharles-Joseph Christiani (1772–1840), Maréchal de camp of the French ArmyLouis-François Lejeune (1775–1848), general, painter, and lithographerJean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856), clockmakerChrétien Géofroy Nestler (1778–1832), botanist and pharmacistJohann Georg Daniel Arnold (1780-1829), lawyer and writerSamson Cerfberr (1780–1826), soldier and authorJean-Georges Humann (1780–1842), statesmanJean-Frédéric de Turckheim (1780–1850), politicianGustave Vogt (1781–1870), oboist and composerNicholas-Henri Schreider (1783-1832) champagne maker who laid the foundation for today's House of Louis Roederer, Rheims, France, starting with Dubois Père & Fils, Rheims, acquired circa 1800, followed by trading in his own name as Nicholas-Henri Schreider Negociant en vins, Rheims, France, starting in 1820; then bequeathed the business upon his death in 1832 to his nephew Louis Roederer (1809-1870), confirmed 2 years later by the probate court at Rheims in 1834.Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868)Camille Pleyel (1788–1855), piano manufacturer and musical entrepreneurPrincess Augusta of Bavaria (1788–1851)Édouard Spach (1801–1879), botanistBaruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893), American businessman and politicianAugust Stöber (1808–1884), poet, scholar and collector of folkloreLouis Roederer (1809-1870), champagne maker, founder Maison Louis Roederer, Reims, France 1834, by changing the name to his own of the wine & champagne business awarded to him by the probate court at Rheims of his uncle's estate, Nicholas-Henri Schreider (1783-1832) Negociant en vins, Rheims, FranceJean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867), composer and musicologistAdolphe Stoeber (1810–1892), ecclesiastic and writerMarie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), Catholic priest and missionaryLouis Charles Auguste Steinheil (1814–1885), painterÉmile Küss (1815–1871), physician and politicianCharles Adolphe Wurtz (1818–1884), chemistCharles Frédéric Gerhardt (1818–1856), chemistBenjamin-Constant Martha (1820–1895), historianAugust Kayser (1821–1885), Protestant theologianThéophile Schuler (1821–1878), painter and illustratorHippolyte Pradelles (1824–1913), painterOscar Berger-Levrault (1826–1903), philatelistCharles Netter (1826–1882), French ZionistLouis Ratisbonne (1827–1900), writerPaul Schützenberger (1829–1897), chemistFrédéric Albert Constantin Weber (1830–1903), botanistGustave Doré (1832–1883), painterCharles Friedel (1832–1899), chemist and mineralogistFrédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1832–1899), theologianMélanie de Pourtalès (1836–1914), socialiteÉmile Waldteufel (1837–1915), composerÉdouard Schuré (1841–1929), philosopherEdward Dannreuther (1844–1905), pianist and musicologistNicolas Delsor (1847–1927), priest and politicianAlfred Morel-Fatio (1850–1924), hispanistJules Martha (1853–1932), archaeologistPaul Émile Appell (1855–1930), mathematicianAndreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), botanist and phytogeographerLéon Wieger (1856–1933), Jesuit missionary, medical doctor, theologist and sinologistCharles de Foucauld (1858–1916), Christian mysticCharles Diehl (1859–1944), historianHugo Becker (1863–1941), cellist, cello teacher, and composerCharles Andler (1866–1933), germanist and philosopherEugène Wilhelm (1866-1951), lawyer, judge and writerErnest Henri Demanne (1870–1938), comedianAndré Lichtenberger (1870–1940), novelist and sociologistHelmar Lerski (1871–1956), photographerHeinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematicianHeinrich Liebmann (1874–1939), mathematician and geometerMax Looff (1874–1954), naval officerKarl Wendling (1875–1962), violinist and musical educatorLéo Schnug (1878–1933), painter and illustratorKarl Klingler (1879–1971), violinist and composerÉmile Mathis (1880–1956), car manufacturerRichard Laqueur (1881–1959), historian and philologistElisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), educator and Nazi resistance fighterErnst Damzog (1882–1945), Brigadeführer of the SSRobert Redslob (1882–1962), constitutional and public international law-scientistGeorges Weill (1882–1970), German politician who defected to FrancePaul Gröber (1885–1964), geologistJean/Hans Arp (1886–1966), artistRené Beeh (1886–1822), painter and draughtsmanRobert Heger (1886–1978), conductorHilla von Rebay (1890–1967), artist, museum directorJules Kruger (1891–1959), cinematographerCharles Münch (1891–1968), conductorFriedrich-Georg Eberhardt (1892–1964), generalFriedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and the SSMarcelle Cahn (1895–1981), artistHans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895–1945), admiral of the Kriegsmarine Paul Alverdes (1897–1979), novelist and poetRudolf Schwarz (1897–1961), architect
After 1900
Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1901–1988), musicologistHans Bethe (1906–2005), physicist, Nobel Prize winnerGerolf Steiner (1908–2009), zoologistHans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), writerMax Bense (1910–1990), philosopherGeorges Loinger (1910–2018), member of the French Resistance Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1913–1957), poet and journalistAntoinette Becker (1920–1998), writer and translatorJacques Martin (1921–2010), comic-book artistGermain Muller (1923–1994), playwright, songwriter, poet, actor, humourist, politicianMarcel Marceau (1923–2007), mimeSerge Leclaire (1924–1994), psychiatrist and psychoanalystPierre Weil (1924–2008), psychologist and educatorNoah Klieger (1926–2018), journalistFrancis Rapp (1926–2020), historianClaude Rich (1929–2017), actorTomi Ungerer (1931–2019), writer, illustrator and caricaturistSolange Fernex (1934–2006), politicianLiliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French Jewish community leaderGilbert Gress (born 1941), football coachJean-Pierre Hubert (1941–2006), authorIsoldé Elchlepp (born 1942) German protest song singer, and operatic mezzo-soprano and sopranoWolfgang Huber (born 1942), theologian and ethicistBob Wollek (1943–2001), rally driverHerbert Léonard (born 1945), singerJoseph Daul (born 1947), politicianThierry Mugler (born 1948), fashion designerFrancis Wurtz (born 1948), politicianMichel Warschawski (born 1949), Israeli anti-Zionist writer and activistArsène Wenger OBE (born 1949), football managerJean-Marie Bockel (born 1950), politicianCatherine Trautmann (born 1951), politicianPatrice Meyer (born 1957), guitaristElizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianistPatrick Cahuzac (born 1963), writer, winner of the Prix Fénéon for literature in 1990Emmanuel Villaume (born 1964), conductorChristophe Ohrel (born 1968), football playerEliette Abécassis (born 1969), writerYann Wehrling (born 1971), artist and leader of the French Green PartyElif Şafak (born 1971), writerAlexis Kohler (born 1972), politicianValérien Ismaël (born 1975), football playerArmando Teixeira (born 1976), football playerMehdi Baala (born 1978), athleteBlandine Brocard (born 1981), politicianPaul-Henri Mathieu (born 1982), tennis playerPio Marmaï (born 1984), actorKarim Matmour (born 1985), football playerM. Pokora (born 1985), singerCandice Didier (born 1988), figure skaterJonathan Schmid (born 1990), football player
Notable residents of Strasbourg
Johannes Gutenberg John Calvin Johann Wolfgang Goethe Klemens von Metternich Louis Pasteur Hans Pfitzner Albert Schweitzer Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), philosopherJohannes Gutenberg (1400–1468), inventor of printing with movable typeJohann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445–1510), preacherErasmus (1467–1536), humanistHans Baldung (1484–1545), painterBeatus Rhenanus (1485–1547), humanistCaspar Schwenckfeld (1489–1561), theologianMartin Bucer (1491–1551), Reformation leaderJohannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), German historian, the annalist of the Reformation Johannes Sturm (1507–1589), teacher and pedagogueJohn Calvin (1509–1564), Reformation leaderMichael Servetus (1511–1553), Spanish theologian, physician and humanistJoachim Meyer (1537?–1571), fencer, author of an influential fechtbuch Tobias Stimmer (1539–1584), Swiss painterJohann Carolus (1575–1634), German publisherFrançois-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671–1745), marshall and governor of StrasbourgJohann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771), historian and jurist, Goethe's teacher at Strasbourg University Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789), composer, eminent member of the Mannheim school Johann Hermann (1738–1800), French physician and naturalistJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), poet, playwright, novelist, researcherJakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), poetKing Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825), spent several years in Strasbourg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer, spent 23 days there in 1778Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), served as Kapellmeister at the Cathedral in 1789Maximilian von Montgelas (1759–1838), Bavarian statesmanClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), composer of the Marseillaise Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), studied in Strasbourg from 1788 to 1790Georg Büchner (1813–1837), writerNuma Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830–1889), historianLouis Pasteur (1830–1895), scientistViktor Nessler (1841–1890), composerLujo Brentano (1844–1931), economistKarl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel PrizeAlbrecht Kossel (1853–1927), medical doctor, Nobel PrizeGeorg Simmel (1858–1918), sociologistGeorges Friedel (1865–1933), mineralogist, son of Charles Friedel Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composerFritz Beblo (1872–1947), architectJean-Jacques Waltz aka Hansi (1873–1951), artistAlbert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, philosopher, physician and musicianPaul Rohmer (1876–1977), physician, considered as one of the fathers of modern paediatricsMaurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), sociologistOtto Meißner (1880–1953), politician, father of Hans-Otto Meissner Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), conductorMarc Bloch (1886–1944), historian and resistantHans Rosbaud (1895–1962), conductorGeorge Szell (1897–1970), conductorEmmanuel Lévinas (1906–1995), philosopherMaurice Blanchot (1907–2003), writer and philosopherPierre Pflimlin (1907–2000), politicianLucie Aubrac (born 1912) and Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), founding members of the Résistance Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912–2003), jurist, member of the RésistanceErnest Bour (1913–2001), conductorPaul Ricoeur (1913–2005), philosopherSalomon Gluck (1914–1944), physician, member of the RésistanceRose Warfman (born 1916), nurse, survivor of Auschwitz and member of the RésistanceHélène Boschi (1917–1990) pianistRené Thom (1923–2002), mathematicianGuy Debord (1931–1994), philosopherSarkis Zabunyan (born 1938), painterAlberto Fujimori (born 1938), Peruvian presidentJean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize for chemistry 1987Alain Lombard (born 1940), conductorPhilippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007), philosopherJean-Luc Nancy (born 1940), philosopherJules Hoffmann (born 1941), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011Georges Aperghis (born 1945), composerBernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989), playwrightBarbara Honigmann (born 1949), German writer and painterPierre Moerlen (1952–2005), musicianSégolène Royal (born 1953), leading member of the Parti Socialiste , went to school in StrasbourgThomas Ebbesen (born 1954), physical chemistJohn Howe (born 1957), artistMireille Delunsch (born 1962), sopranoMarjane Satrapi (born 1969), comic-strip artist
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