page_title: Dudelange
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Dudelange / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portretten deelnemers Tour de France, [Jean "Jängy"] Schmit (Luxemburg)
context_page_description: Dudelange is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.
  As of 2015, the town of Dudelange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 19,734, making it Luxembourg's third-most populous town. The commune also includes the smaller town of Budersberg, to the north-west. The Mont Saint-Jean, close to Budersberg, hosts the ruins of a medieval castle.
  Dudelange is an important industrial town that grew out of the three villages and a steel mill in 1900. The D in the name of the ARBED steel company, later merged into ArcelorMittal, stood for Dudelange. As well as the Dudelange Radio Tower, an FM radio and television transmitter, it is also the site of the Centre national de l’audiovisuel, a cultural institute founded in 1989 under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture in order to preserve, promote and exhibit Luxembourg's audiovisual and photographic heritage. The centre hosts a two-screen cinema, a restaurant and a library focused on the visual arts.
  Dudelange is home to Luxembourg's most successful football club in recent times.
context_section_description: Dominique Lang (1874–1919), Impressionist painter 
  Jean Hengen (1912–2005) was a Luxembourgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Luxembourg 1971-1990
  Pierre Cao (born 1937) a Luxembourgian composer and conductor
  Germaine Goetzinger (born 1947) a Luxembourg writer, historian, educator and feminist
  Jean Back (born 1953) a Luxembourg writer, photographer and civil servant
  Roland Bombardella (born 1957) a Luxembourgian soldier and retired sprinter, competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Andy Bausch (born 1959) studied painting and photography, interested in rock music
  Sport
  Ernest Mengel (1913–1968) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Jos Romersa (1915–2016) a Luxembourgian gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Camille Libar (1917–1991) a football player and manager from Luxembourg
  Nicolas Pauly (1919–1981) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Raymond Wagner (1921–1997) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Bernard Michaux (1921–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Victor Feller (1923–1997) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Bruno Mattiussi (1926–1981) a Luxembourgian boxer, competed at light middleweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  Fred Stürmer (1927–2014) a Luxembourgian boxer, competed in the middleweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  Jean Schmit (1931–2010) a Luxembourgian cyclist, competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  Jean Aniset (born 1934) a Luxembourgian long-distance runner, competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Robert Schiel (born 1939) a Luxembourgian fencer, competed at the 1960, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics
  Roger Gilson (1947–1995) a Luxembourgian cyclist, competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  René Peters (born 1981) a Luxembourgish football player, former captain of the national team
  Kari Peters (born 1985) a Luxembourger cross-country skier, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  Ben Gastauer (born 1987), professional cyclist
  Fleur Maxwell (born 1988) a Luxembourgian figure skater, competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics
  Politics
  Nicolas Biever (1894–1965) a Luxembourgian politician
  Nicolas Estgen (1930–2019) a retired Luxembourgish politician
  Bernard Berg (1931–2019) a Luxembourgish politician and trade unionist
  Colette Flesch (born 1937) a Luxembourgish politician and former fencer, competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics
  Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (born 1941) a Luxembourgish politician
  Mars Di Bartolomeo (born 1952) a Luxembourgish politician
  Alex Bodry (born 1958) a politician from Luxembourg.
  Lydia Mutsch (born 1961) a Luxembourgish politician
  Etienne Schneider (born 1971) a Luxembourg politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy.
caption: Jean Schmit, 1954
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