List of Famous people with last name Strass

Georg Friedrich Strass

First Name Georg

Last Name Strass

Born on May 29, 1701

Died on December 22, 1773 (aged 72)

Born in France, Grand Est

Georg Friedrich Strass was an Alsatian jeweler and inventor of imitation gemstones. He is best known as the inventor of the rhinestone, called strass in many European languages, from a particular type of crystal he found in the river Rhine.

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