List of Famous people born in Luxembourg
Gaston Thorn
Gaston Egmond Thorn was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were the 19th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1974–1979), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1975), and the seventh President of the European Commission (1981–1985).
Claude Meisch
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.
Erny Kirchen
Erny Kirchen is a former Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is the nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen and the father of cyclist Kim Kirchen.
Claude Schmit
Monique Melsen
Monique Melsen is a Luxembourgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. Melsen is one of only eight native Luxembourgians to have represented the country at Eurovision in 37 years of participation.
Sophie Carle
Sophie Carle is a Luxembourgish actress and singer mostly operating in France. She has appeared in several films, and represented Luxembourg in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "100% d'amour". She was only the fourth native Luxembourgian to represent the country, after Camillo Felgen, Chris Baldo (1968) and Monique Melsen (1971).
Pierre Prüm
Pierre Prüm was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for a year, from 20 March 1925 until 16 July 1926.
Victor Thorn
Victor Thorn was a Luxembourg politician. He was the 11th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for one year, from 24 February 1916 until 19 June 1917.
Frank Engel
Frank Engel is a Luxembourgish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party.
Nik Welter
Nikolaus “Nik” Welter was a Luxembourgish writer, playwright, poet, professor, literary critic, and statesman. He wrote predominantly in German. He also served as a Minister for Education in the government of Émile Reuter.