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This is a list of people from Luxembourg.

Politics

• Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), former Grand Duke
• Henri of Luxembourg (born 1955), current Grand Duke
• Victor Bodson (1902–1984), justice minister, Righteous Among the Nations
• Jean-Claude Juncker (born 1954), Luxembourg prime minister, EC president
• Jacques Santer (born 1937), Luxembourg prime minister, EC president
• Martine Schommer (born 1961), diplomat
• Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French prime minister, EU co-founder
• Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician, EC president
• Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourg prime minister, EEC figure

Arts and culture

• Pol Albrecht (1874–1975), composer
• Louis Beicht (1886–1943), composer
• Charles Bernhoeft (1859–1933), photographer
• Emile Boeres (1890–1944), composer
• Pierre Brandebourg (1824–1878), painter and photographer
• Josy Braun (1938–2012), writer
• Elisabeth Calmes (born 1947), painter
• Sandrine Cantoreggi (born 1969), violinist
• Sophie Carle (born 1964), singer and actress
• Claus Cito (1882–1965), sculptor
• Jim Clemes (born 1957), architect
• Simone Decker (born 1968), artist
• Michel Engels (1851–1901), illustrator, painter
• Tatiana Fabeck (born 1970), architect
• Batty Fischer (1877–1958), amateur photographer
• Jean-Baptiste Fresez (1800–1867), artist
• Johny Fritz (born 1944), composer
• Patrick Galbats (born 1978), photographer
• Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), writer, editor, publisher
• Thérèse Glaesener-Hartmann (1858–1923), painter
• Gust Graas (1924–2020), artist and businessman
• Françoise Groben (1965–2011), cellist
• Ernie Hammes (born 1968), trumpeter
• Georges Hausemer (born 1957), writer
• Guy Helminger (born 1963), writer
• Nico Helminger (born 1953), writer
• Max Jacoby (born 1977), filmmaker
• Pierre Joris (born 1946), poet
• Gustave Kahnt (1848–1923), composer
• Jean-Pierre Kemmer (1923–1991), composer, conductor, choir master
• Mariette Kemmer (born 1953), opera singer
• Théo Kerg (1909–1993), artist
• Camille Kerger (born 1957), composer, opera singer
• Will Kesseler (1899–1983), painter
• Jean-Marie Kieffer (born 1960), composer
• Emile Kirscht (1913–1994), painter
• Nico Klopp (1894–1930), painter
• Anise Koltz (born 1928), poet
• Vicky Krieps (born 1983), actress
• Jean Krier (born 1949), poet
• Leon Krier (born 1946), architect
• Edouard Kutter (1887–1978), photographer
• Edouard Kutter (born 1934), photographer
• Joseph Kutter (1894–1941), painter
• Paul Kutter (1863–1937), photographer
• Yvon Lambert (born 1955), photographer
• Dominique Lang (1874–1919), painter
• Claude Lenners (born 1956), composer
• Georges Lentz (born 1965), composer
• Michel Lentz (1820–1893), poet
• Nicolas Liez (1809–1892), lithographer, painter
• Hana Sofia Lopes (born 1990), actress
• Marianne Majerus (born 1956), photographer
• Michel Majerus (born 1967–2002), artist
• Laurent Menager (1835–1902), composer
• Antoine Meyer (1801–1857), poet and mathematician
• Bady Minck (born 1960), artist and filmmaker
• Alexander Mullenbach (born 1949), composer
• Jean Muller (born 1979), pianist
• Joseph-Alexandre Müller (1854–1931), composer
• Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965), actress
• Joseph Probst (1911–1997), artist
• Harry Rabinger (1895–1966), painter
• Michel Reis (born 1982), jazz pianist
• Jérôme Reuter (born 1981), musician
• Guy Rewenig (born 1947), writer
• Nathalie Ronvaux (born 1977), poet, playwright
• Pol Sax (born 1960), writer
• Marco Serafini (born 1956), tv-film director, producer
• Lambert Schlechter (born 1941), writer
• Francesco Tristano Schlimé (born 1981), pianist
• Arlette Schneiders (born late 1950s), architect
• Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini (born 1942), sculptor
• Pascal Schumacher (born 1979), jazz musician
• Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934), painter
• Edward Steichen (1879–1973), photographer
• Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930), writer
• Michel Stoffel (1903–1963), painter
• Félix Thyes (1830–1855), writer
• Foni Tissen (1909–1975), artist
• Su-Mei Tse (born 1973), musician, photographer, sculptor
• Nora Wagener (born 1989), writer
• Gast Waltzing (born 1956), jazz musician, composer
• Batty Weber (1860–1940), writer
• Sosthène Weis (1872–1941), painter, architect
• Marcel Wengler (born 1946), composer
• Lucien Wercollier (1908–2002), sculptor

Academia

• Emil Hirsch (1851–1923), rabbi
• William Justin Kroll (1889–1973), metallurgical engineer
• Christiane Linster (born 1962), neuroscientist
• Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), physicist (Luxembourg-born)
• Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023), historian
• Félicien M. Steichen (1926–2011), surgeon

Sports

• Josy Barthel (1927–1992), athlete, Olympic gold in 1952
• François Faber (1887–1915), cyclist
• Nicolas Frantz (1899–1985), cyclist
• Charly Gaul (1932–2005), cyclist
• Marc Girardelli (born 1963), skier
• John Grün (1868–1912), strongman
• Bob Jungels (born 1992), cyclist
• Kim Kirchen (born 1978), cyclist
• Mike Krack (born 1972), Formula One team principal
• Anne Kremer (born 1975), tennis player
• Gilles Müller (born 1983), tennis player
• Andy Schleck (born 1985), cyclist
• Fränk Schleck (born 1980), cyclist
• Michel Théato (1878–1919), runner
• Christine Majerus (born 1987), cyclist

Other

• Katell Guillou (born 1972), French-born restaurateur running two Michelin-starred restaurants in Luxembourg
• Wilhelm von Knyphausen (1716–1800), general during the American Revolution (Luxembourg-born)
• Norbert von Kunitzki (1934–2005), businessman and economist
• Léa Linster (born 1955), award-winning chef
• Henri Tudor (1859–1928), inventor and industrialist
• Susanna van Tonder (born 1988), disability rights activist, patient advocate and blogger
• Jean-Claude Biver (born 1949), watchmaker, cheese maker and businessman, currently president of LVMH watch division

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