Strasbourg
Strasbourg ranks 160th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Honolulu, Dakar, and Saitama (city). Memorable people born in Strasbourg include Gustave Doré, Arsène Wenger, and Hans Bethe. Memorable people who died in Strasbourg include Georg Simmel, Hans Baldung, and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski. Strasbourg has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Strasbourg is located in France.
Strasbourg is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department and the official seat of the European Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 101 BC and 1999, Strasbourg was the birth place of 75 globally memorable people, including Gustave Doré, Arsène Wenger, and Hans Bethe. Additionaly, 38 globally memorable people have passed away in Strasbourg including Georg Simmel, Hans Baldung, and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski.
People Born in Strasbourg
Go to all RankingsGustave Doré
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 1
Arsène Wenger
COACH
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 2
Hans Bethe
PHYSICIST
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 3
Marcel Marceau
ACTOR
1923 - 2007
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 4
Ludwig I of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1868
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 5
Jean Arp
ARTIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 6
Charles de Foucauld
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1858 - 1916
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 7
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1800
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 8
Ariovistus
POLITICIAN
101 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 9
Marie Tussaud
SCULPTOR
1761 - 1850
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 10
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
1788 - 1851
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 11
Sebastian Brant
PHILOSOPHER
1458 - 1521
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Strasbourg
Go to all RankingsJ. F. Oberlin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1740 - 1826
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 36
Erich Buschenhagen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1994
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 40
Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1901
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 43
Édouard Spach
BIOLOGIST
1801 - 1879
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 49
Louis-Gustave Binger
EXPLORER
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 51
Jonathan Clauss
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 59
Charlotte Lembach
FENCER
1988 - Present
HPI: 24.50
Rank: 71
Sara Balzer
FENCER
1995 - Present
HPI: 22.14
Rank: 72
Benjamin Thomas
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 73
Lore Hoffmann
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 74
Ana Naimasi
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 75
People Deceased in Strasbourg
Go to all RankingsGeorg Simmel
SOCIOLOGIST
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 1
Hans Baldung
PAINTER
1484 - 1545
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1868
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 3
Sebastian Brant
PHILOSOPHER
1458 - 1521
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 4
Leopold I, Duke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1290 - 1326
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 5
Johannes Tauler
WRITER
1300 - 1361
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 6
Jean-Luc Nancy
PHILOSOPHER
1940 - 2021
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 7
Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1445 - 1510
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 8
Jacob Sprenger
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1435 - 1495
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 9
Johannes Sturm
PHILOSOPHER
1507 - 1589
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 10
Pierre Pflimlin
POLITICIAN
1907 - 2000
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 11
Johann Hermann
BIOLOGIST
1738 - 1800
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Strasbourg
Go to all RankingsBeatus Rhenanus
PHILOSOPHER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 16
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
POLITICIAN
1547 - 1601
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 18
Johann Carolus
BUSINESSPERSON
1575 - 1634
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 25
Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen
NOBLEMAN
1588 - 1635
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 26
Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1584 - 1636
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 27
Princess Leopoldine of Baden
NOBLEMAN
1837 - 1903
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 30
Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
CHEMIST
1835 - 1910
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 34
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
BIOLOGIST
1808 - 1880
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 37
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Strasbourg were soccer players (13), politicians (10), writers (7), military personnels (5), and athletes (5), while most who died were politicians (5), soccer players (5), philosophers (4), religious figures (4), and biologists (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Strasbourg, including François Remetter, Petit, and Gérard Hausser. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Strasbourg, including François Remetter, Petit, and Gérard Hausser.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Strasbourg since 1700.