List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Dominique Desseigne

First Name Dominique
Last Name Desseigne
Born on August 19, 1944 (age 81)
Born in France, Grand Est

Dominique Desseigne is a French businessperson. He is the chief executive of Groupe Lucien Barrière.

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Jonathan Clauss

First Name Jonathan
Last Name Clauss
Born on September 25, 1992 (age 33)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Jonathan Clauss is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club RC Lens.

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Robert Pires

Robert Emmanuel Pires
First Name Robert
Last Name Pires
Born on October 29, 1973 (age 52)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Robert Emmanuel Pires is a French football coach and former professional player.

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Yannick Noah

First Name Yannick
Born on May 18, 1960 (age 66)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player and singer from France. He won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup team. During his career, which spanned almost two decades, Noah captured a total of 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the World No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of NBA player Joakim Noah.

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Mark Meadows

First Name Mark
Last Name Meadows
Born on July 28, 1959 (age 66)
Born in France, Grand Est

Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021. He served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Meadows chaired the House Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was considered one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress before his appointment as chief of staff.

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Annelise Hesme

First Name Annelise
Born in France, Grand Est

Annelise Hesme is a French actress. Her older sister Élodie Hesme and younger sister Clotilde Hesme are also actresses.

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Pierre Deladonchamps

First Name Pierre
Last Name Deladonchamps
Born on June 1, 1978 (age 48)
Born in France, Grand Est

Pierre Deladonchamps is a French actor. He is known for starring in the thriller film Stranger by the Lake (2013), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He went on to receive a nomination for the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in the drama A Kid (2016). He received the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France in 2015.

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Morgan Schneiderlin

Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin
First Name Morgan
Last Name Schneiderlin
Born on November 8, 1989 (age 36)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Nice and the France national team.

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Élodie Gossuin

First Name Élodie
Born on December 15, 1980 (age 45)
Born in France, Grand Est

Élodie Gossuin is a French beauty pageant titleholder, model, radio and television presenter, columnist and regional politician. She was elected Miss Picardy 2000, Miss France 2001, and Miss Europe 2001. Since 2016, she has been the French voting spokesperson in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Karl Brandt

First Name Karl
Last Name Brandt
Born on January 8, 1904
Died on June 2, 1948 (aged 44)
Born in France, Grand Est

Karl Brandt was a German physician and Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's escort doctor in August 1934. A member of Hitler's inner circle at the Berghof, he was selected by Philipp Bouhler, the head of Hitler's Chancellery, to administer the Aktion T4 euthanasia program. Brandt was later appointed the Reich Commissioner of Sanitation and Health. Accused of involvement in human experimentation and other war crimes, Brandt was indicted in late 1946 and faced trial before a U.S. military tribunal along with 22 others in United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al. He was convicted, sentenced to death, and later hanged on 2 June 1948.

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