List of Famous people born in Luxembourg

Caroline Mart

First Name Caroline
Last Name Mart
Born on October 10, 1960 (age 65)
Born in Luxembourg
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Ben Fayot

First Name Ben
Last Name Fayot
Born on June 25, 1937 (age 88)
Born in Luxembourg

Ben Fayot is a Luxembourgish politician from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). Fayot sat in the Chamber of Deputies for five years from 1984. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999, when he returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2004, he has been the president of the LSAP's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies.

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Michel Wolter

First Name Michel
Last Name Wolter
Born on September 13, 1962 (age 63)
Born in Luxembourg

Michel Wolter is a Luxembourgian politician. He was the youngest-ever member of the Chamber of Deputies when elected in 1984, and served as Minister for the Interior from 1995 to 2004. He is also a businessman and a former international table tennis player.

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Laurent Didier

First Name Laurent
Last Name Didier
Born on July 19, 1984 (age 41)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Laurent Didier is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the Kuota–Senges, Designa Køkken, Saxo Bank–SunGard and Trek–Segafredo teams.

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Tessy Antony de Nassau

First Name Tessy
Born on October 28, 1985 (age 40)
Born in Luxembourg

Tessy Antony de Nassau, formerly Princess Tessy of Luxembourg, is a Luxembourgish businesswoman and non-profit executive. She is a former member of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg as the ex-wife of Prince Louis of Luxembourg, the son of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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Jules Hoffmann

First Name Jules
Last Name Hoffmann
Born on August 2, 1941 (age 84)

Jules A. Hoffmann is a Luxembourg-born French biologist. During his youth, growing up in Luxembourg, he developed a strong interest in insects under the influence of his father, Jos Hoffmann. This eventually resulted in the younger Hoffmann's dedication to the field of biology using insects as model organisms. He currently holds a faculty position at the University of Strasbourg. He is a research director and member of the board of administrators of the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France. He was elected to the positions of Vice-President (2005-2006) and President (2007-2008) of the French Academy of Sciences. Hoffmann and Bruce Beutler were jointly awarded a half share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity,". [More specifically, the work showing increased Drosomycin expression following activation of Toll pathway in microbial infection.]

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Jean Spautz

First Name Jean
Last Name Spautz
Born on September 9, 1930 (age 95)

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.

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Victor Bodson

Victor Nicolas Bodson
First Name Victor
Last Name Bodson
Died on June 29, 1984 (aged 14)
Born in Luxembourg

Victor Nicolas Bodson was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who held a number of political posts during his career. He is recognised as Righteous Among the Nations award by Yad Vashem for his actions during the Holocaust in occupied Luxembourg, in which he helped Jews escape persecution from the German government.

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Jean-Jacques Willmar

First Name Jean-Jacques
Born on March 6, 1792
Died on November 26, 1866 (aged 74)
Born in Luxembourg

Jean-Jacques Madeleine Willmar was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. An Orangist, he was the second Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for five years, from 6 December 1848 until 23 September 1853.

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Kim Kirchen

First Name Kim
Last Name Kirchen
Born on July 3, 1978 (age 47)
Born in Luxembourg
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.

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