List of Famous people born in Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Germaine Damar is a Luxembourg actress and dancer. Sometimes she used the stage name Ria Poncelet. She started her career as an acrobat and played in nearly 30 German films, including three films in which she was the partner of Peter Alexander.

Jean Spautz is a politician in Luxembourg, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. 1930, Schifflange (L), Worker (ouvrier-lamineur) at ARBED-Belval, trade unionist and secretary of the worker's delegation.

Fernand Franck is a Luxembourgian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Luxembourg from 1990 to 2011.

Claude Meisch is a Luxembourg politician with a degree in financial mathematics from Trier university. Meisch was appointed Minister of Education in 2013 in the government of Xavier Bettel. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 1999 and Mayor of Differdange since 2002. He was President of the Democratic Party (DP) from 2004 until 2013, of which he has been a member since 1994.

Raoul Biltgen is a Luxembourgish actor and writer.

Mars Di Bartolomeo is a Luxembourgish politician.

François Biltgen is a Luxembourgish politician, who served as Minister for Justice, Minister for Communications and the Media, and Minister for Religious Affairs, the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, and the Minister for Higher Education and Research, in the government of Luxembourg until 2013.

Marie Ruggeri, better known as Mary Christy, is a singer who represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Toi, la musique et moi". Her entry received 93 points, ranking 3rd out of 18 participants.

Nathalie Lamborelle is a road cyclist from Luxembourg. She participated at the 2007, 2010 and 2011 UCI Road World Championships.

Tom Flammang is a Luxembourgish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2003 and in 2006. He also worked as a directeur sportif for the UCI Continental team Leopard Development Team from 2014 to 2018.