# List of people from Strasbourg
## Born in Strasbourg
### Before 1750

* Eric of Friuli (8th century), Frankish duke of Friuli
* Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (ca. 1205–ca. 1270), theologian
* Johannes Tauler (1300–1361), mystic and theologian
* Fritsche Closener (died before 1373), priest, historian
* Rulman Merswin (ca. 1307–1382), mystic
* Jakob Twinger von Königshofen (1346–1420), chronicler
* Martin Schott (d. 1499), printer
* Johannes Schott (1477–1550), printer
* Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450–ca. 1512), surgeon, alchemist and botanist
* Sebastian Brant (1457–1521), satirical poet and humanist
* Ottmar Luscinius (1478–1537), theologian and humanist
* Hans Kotter (1480–1541), composer and organist
* Wilhelm Stetter (1487–1552), painter and priest
* Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck (1489–1553), Protestant statesman and reformist
* Andreas Cratander (1490–1540), printer
* Katharina Zell (1497–1568), Protestant writer
* Jacob Micyllus (1503–1558), humanist and teacher
* Martin Schalling the Younger (1532–1608), Protestant theologian and writer
* Daniel Specklin (1536–1589), architect, engineer and cartographer
* Johann Fischart (1545–1591), satirical author
* Johannes Piscator (1546–1625), theologian and translator
* Johann Theodor de Bry (1561–1623), engraver and publisher
* Sebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657), painter
* Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1640), engraver, etcher and miniature painter
* Albrecht Kauw (1621–1681), painter
* Marie 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 marshal
* Johann Georg Roederer (1726–1763), physician and obstetrician
* Richard François Philippe Brunck (1729–1803), French classical scholar
* Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), horn player, violinist and composer
* Jérémie-Jacques Oberlin (1735–1806), philologist and archaeologist
* François Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), French marshall
* Christoph Wilhelm von Koch (1737–1813), diplomat, politician, librarian and writer
* Philippe Rühl (1737–1795), politician
* Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), poet and President of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
* Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812), painter
* Jean-Frédéric Oberlin (1740–1826), pastor and philanthropist
* Johann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822), painter and architect
* Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779), writer
* Philippe Friedrich Dietrich (1748–1793), scholar and politician
* Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794), composer
* Johan Peter Rottler (1749–1836), missionary and botanist
* Johann von Türckheim (1749–1824), diplomat

### Between 1750 and 1900

* Sébastien Érard (1752–1837), instrument maker
* Philippe-André Grandidier (1752–1787), priest and historian
* Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (1752–1831), politician
* Jean Baptiste Kléber (1753–1800), architect and general
* Jean-François Barbier (1754–1828), general
* Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827), politician, geologist and botanist
* Antoinette Saint-Huberty (1756–1812), opera singer
* Christophe Guérin (1758–1831), engraver and painter
* François Andrieux (1759–1833), playwright and poet
* Jacques Widerkehr (1759–1823), cellist and composer
* Joseph Ludwig Colmar (1760–1818), bishop of Mainz
* Christian Kramp (1760–1826), mathematician
* Marie Tussaud (1761–1850), founder of Madame Tussauds
* Johann Jakob Humann (1771–1834) Roman Catholic clergyman
* Charles-Joseph Christiani (1772–1840), Maréchal de camp of the French Army
* Louis-François Lejeune (1775–1848), general, painter, and lithographer
* Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856), clockmaker
* Chrétien Géofroy Nestler (1778–1832), botanist and pharmacist
* Johann Georg Daniel Arnold (1780–1829), lawyer and writer
* Samson Cerfberr (1780–1826), soldier and author
* Jean-Georges Humann (1780–1842), statesman
* Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim (1780–1850), politician
* Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), oboist and composer
* Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1784–1838), military officer
* Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868)
* Camille Pleyel (1788–1855), piano manufacturer and musical entrepreneur
* Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788–1851)
* Édouard Spach (1801–1879), botanist
* Marie-Théodore Ratisbonne (1802–1884), Catholic priest and missionary
* Baruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893), American businessman and politician
* August Stöber (1808–1884), poet, scholar and collector of folklore
* Louis Roederer (1809–1870), champagne maker
* Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867), composer and musicologist
* Adolphe Stoeber (1810–1892), ecclesiastic and writer
* August Eduard Cunitz (1812–1886), Protestant theologian
* Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), Catholic priest and missionary
* Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (1814–1885), painter
* Émile Küss (1815–1871), physician and politician
* Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1818–1884), chemist
* Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1818–1856), chemist
* Benjamin-Constant Martha (1820–1895), historian
* August Kayser (1821–1885), Protestant theologian
* Théophile Schuler (1821–1878), painter and illustrator
* Hippolyte Pradelles (1824–1913), painter
* Oscar Berger-Levrault (1826–1903), philatelist
* Charles Netter (1826–1882), French Zionist
* Louis Ratisbonne (1827–1900), writer
* Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), chemist
* Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (1830–1903), botanist
* Gustave Doré (1832–1883), painter
* Charles Friedel (1832–1899), chemist and mineralogist
* Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1832–1899), theologian
* Mélanie de Pourtalès (1836–1914), socialite
* Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915), composer
* Édouard Schuré (1841–1929), philosopher
* Edward Dannreuther (1844–1905), pianist and musicologist
* Nicolas Delsor (1847–1927), priest and politician
* Alfred Morel-Fatio (1850–1924), hispanist
* Jules Martha (1853–1932), archaeologist
* Paul Émile Appell (1855–1930), mathematician
* Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), botanist and phytogeographer
* Léon Wieger (1856–1933), Jesuit missionary, medical doctor, theologist and sinologist
* Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), Christian mystic
* Franz Zorn von Bulach (1858–1925), Catholic bishop
* Charles Diehl (1859–1944), historian
* Hugo Becker (1863–1941), cellist, cello teacher, and composer
* Charles Andler (1866–1933), germanist and philosopher
* Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), lawyer, judge and writer
* Ernest Henri Demanne (1870–1938), comedian
* André Lichtenberger (1870–1940), novelist and sociologist
* Helmar Lerski (1871–1956), photographer
* Heinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematician
* Heinrich Liebmann (1874–1939), mathematician and geometer
* Max Looff (1874–1954), naval officer
* Karl Wendling (1875–1962), violinist and musical educator
* Léo Schnug (1878–1933), painter and illustrator
* Karl Klingler (1879–1971), violinist and composer
* Émile Mathis (1880–1956), car manufacturer
* Richard Laqueur (1881–1959), historian and philologist
* Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), educator and Nazi resistance fighter
* Ernst Damzog (1882–1945), Brigadeführer of the SS
* Robert Redslob (1882–1962), constitutional and public international law-scientist
* Georges Weill (1882–1970), German politician who defected to France
* Otto Froitzheim (1884–1962), tennis player
* Paul Gröber (1885–1964), geologist
* Jean/Hans Arp (1886–1966), artist
* René Beeh (1886–1822), painter and draughtsman
* Robert Heger (1886–1978), conductor
* Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), artist, museum director
* Jules Kruger (1891–1959), cinematographer
* Charles Münch (1891–1968), conductor
* Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt (1892–1964), general
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and the SS
* Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), artist
* Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895–1945), admiral of the Kriegsmarine
* Paul Alverdes (1897–1979), novelist and poet
* Rudolf Schwarz (1897–1961), architect

### After 1900

* Robert Kuven (1901-1983), German/French artist
* Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1901–1988), musicologist
* Charles Ehresmann (1905–1979), mathematician
* Hans Bethe (1906–2005), physicist, Nobel Prize winner
* Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), zoologist
* Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), writer
* Max Bense (1910–1990), philosopher
* Georges Loinger (1910–2018), member of the French Resistance
* Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1913–1957), poet and journalist
* Antoinette Becker (1920–1998), writer and translator
* Jacques Martin (1921–2010), comic-book artist
* Germain Muller (1923–1994), playwright, songwriter, poet, actor, humourist, politician
* Marcel Marceau (1923–2007), mime
* Serge Leclaire (1924–1994), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
* Pierre Weil (1924–2008), psychologist and educator
* Noah Klieger (1926–2018), journalist
* Francis Rapp (1926–2020), historian
* Claude Rich (1929–2017), actor
* Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019), writer, illustrator and caricaturist
* Solange Fernex (1934–2006), politician
* Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French Jewish community leader
* Gilbert Gress (born 1941), football coach
* Jean-Pierre Hubert (1941–2006), author
* Isoldé Elchlepp (born 1942) German protest song singer, and operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano
* Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), theologian and ethicist
* Bob Wollek (1943–2001), rally driver
* Herbert Léonard (born 1945), singer
* Jean-Louis Mandel (born 1946), geneticist
* Joseph Daul (born 1947), politician
* Thierry Mugler (1948–2022), fashion designer
* Francis Wurtz (born 1948), politician
* Michel Warschawski (born 1949), Israeli anti-Zionist writer and activist
* Arsène Wenger OBE (born 1949), football manager
* Jean-Marie Bockel (born 1950), politician
* Catherine Trautmann (born 1951), politician
* Patrice Meyer (born 1957), guitarist
* Elizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianist
* Alain Weill (born 1961), business executive
* Patrick Cahuzac (born 1963), writer, winner of the Prix Fénéon for literature in 1990
* Emmanuel Villaume (born 1964), conductor
* Carole Richert (born 1967), actress
* Christophe Ohrel (born 1968), football player
* Philippe Schaaf (born 1968), handball player
* Eliette Abécassis (born 1969), writer
* Yvon Riemer (born 1970), wrestler
* Yann Wehrling (born 1971), artist and leader of the French Green Party
* Elif Şafak (born 1971), writer
* Alexis Kohler (born 1972), politician
* Valérien Ismaël (born 1975), football player
* Armando Teixeira (born 1976), football player
* Mehdi Baala (born 1978), athlete
* Nicolas Mougin (born 1979), professional vert skater
* Blandine Brocard (born 1981), politician
* Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 1982), tennis player
* Antoine Grauss (born 1984), football player
* Pio Marmaï (born 1984), actor
* Karim Matmour (born 1985), football player
* Laura Weissbecker (born 1984), actress
* M. Pokora (born 1985), singer
* Candice Didier (born 1988), figure skater
* Jonathan Schmid (born 1990), football player

## Notable residents of Strasbourg

* Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), philosopher
* Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468), inventor of printing with movable type
* Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445–1510), preacher
* Erasmus (1467–1536), humanist
* Hans Baldung (1484–1545), painter
* Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547), humanist
* Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489–1561), theologian
* Martin Bucer (1491–1551), Reformation leader
* Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), German historian, the annalist of the Reformation
* Johannes Sturm (1507–1589), teacher and pedagogue
* John Calvin (1509–1564), Reformation leader
* Michael Servetus (1511–1553), Spanish theologian, physician and humanist
* Joachim Meyer (1537?–1571), fencer, author of an influential fechtbuch
* Tobias Stimmer (1539–1584), Swiss painter
* Johann Carolus (1575–1634), German publisher
* François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671–1745), marshall and governor of Strasbourg
* Johann 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 naturalist
* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), poet, playwright, novelist, researcher
* Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), poet
* King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825), spent several years in Strasbourg
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer, spent 23 days there in 1778
* Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), served as Kapellmeister at the Cathedral in 1789
* Maximilian von Montgelas (1759–1838), Bavarian statesman
* Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), composer of the Marseillaise
* Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), studied in Strasbourg from 1788 to 1790
* Georg Büchner (1813–1837), writer
* Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830–1889), historian
* Louis Pasteur (1830–1895), scientist
* Viktor Nessler (1841–1890), composer
* Lujo Brentano (1844–1931), economist
* Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel Prize
* Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), medical doctor, Nobel Prize
* Georg Simmel (1858–1918), sociologist
* Georges Friedel (1865–1933), mineralogist, son of Charles Friedel
* Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composer
* Fritz Beblo (1872–1947), architect
* Jean-Jacques Waltz aka Hansi (1873–1951), artist
* Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, philosopher, physician and musician
* Paul Rohmer (1876–1977), physician, considered as one of the fathers of modern paediatrics
* Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), sociologist
* Otto Meißner (1880–1953), politician, father of Hans-Otto Meissner
* Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), conductor
* Marc Bloch (1886–1944), historian and resistant
* Hans Rosbaud (1895–1962), conductor
* George Szell (1897–1970), conductor
* Emmanuel Lévinas (1906–1995), philosopher
* Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), writer and philosopher
* Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000), politician
* Lucie Aubrac (born 1912) and Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), founding members of the Résistance
* Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912–2003), jurist, member of the Résistance
* Ernest Bour (1913–2001), conductor
* Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005), philosopher
* Salomon Gluck (1914–1944), physician, member of the Résistance
* Rose Warfman (born 1916), nurse, survivor of Auschwitz and member of the Résistance
* Hélène Boschi (1917–1990) pianist
* René Thom (1923–2002), mathematician
* Guy Debord (1931–1994), philosopher
* Sarkis Zabunyan (born 1938), painter
* Alberto Fujimori (born 1938), Peruvian president
* Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize for chemistry 1987
* Alain Lombard (born 1940), conductor
* Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007), philosopher
* Jean-Luc Nancy (born 1940), philosopher
* Jules Hoffmann (born 1941), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011
* Georges Aperghis (born 1945), composer
* Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989), playwright
* Barbara Honigmann (born 1949), German writer and painter
* Pierre Moerlen (1952–2005), musician
* Ségolène Royal (born 1953), leading member of the Parti Socialiste, went to school in Strasbourg
* Thomas Ebbesen (born 1954), physical chemist
* John Howe (born 1957), artist
* Mireille Delunsch (born 1962), soprano
* Marjane Satrapi (born 1969), comic-strip artist