page_title: Colmar
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Colmar / Notable people
context_page_description: Colmar is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace, it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department and of the subprefecture of the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement.
  The city is renowned for its well-preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks, and its museums, among which is the Unterlinden Museum, which houses the Isenheim Altarpiece.
  Colmar is situated on the Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the "capital of Alsatian wine".
context_section_description: Caspar Isenmann (1410? – 1484?), painter
  Martin Schongauer (1450–1491), painter and engraver
  Georg Wickram (1502–1562), poet and novelist
  Jean-François Rewbell (1747–1807), diplomat and revolutionist
  Jean Rapp (1771–1821), lieutenant general
  Conrad Berg (1785–1852), composer
  Charles Xavier Thomas (1785–1870), inventor
  Marie Bigot (1786–1820), musician, French pianist and composer, friend of Haydn and Beethoven
  Armand Joseph Bruat (1796–1855), admiral
  Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812–1895), politician, killer of Alexander Pushkin in a duel
  Auguste Nefftzer (1820–1876), journalist
  Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), sculptor, created Liberty Enlightening the World (the Statue of Liberty)
  Camille Sée, (1847–1919), politician
  Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867–1945), composer
  Jean-Jacques Waltz (1873–1951), drawer and caricaturist
  Ernst Stadler (1883-1914), Alsatian poet
  Bernard Schmitt (economist) (1929-2014), economist and founder of the "Quantum Economics"
  Guy Roux (born 1938), French football coach
  Pierre Moerlen (1952-2005), musician, drummer and composer
  Pierre Hermé (born 1961), confectioner, entrepreneur and pastry chef
  Thomas Bloch (born 1962), musician
  Éric Straumann (born 1964), politician
  Marc Keller (born 1968), football player
  Cendrine Wolf (born 1969), children's author
  Pascal Johansen (born 1979), football player
  Amaury Bischoff (born 1987), football player
  Fabien Schmidt (born 1989), professional cyclist
  Ryad Boudebouz (born 1990), Algerian-French footballer
caption: Armand Joseph Bruat, amiral de France
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