- born on 23 October 1958 in Geneva, Switzerland and died on 11 January 2009 in Luxembourg 

- was an actor in several Andy Bausch films

- won the Adolf-Grimme Prize for his performance of Baba Can Rudolph in Buket Alakus' Eine andere Liga (2005)

- has had a career as a theatre actor on the Luxembourg stages and as a popular singer in various groups

 

(Source : wikipedia.fr)

- entered Pavel Gililov's virtuoso class at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne in 1999 at the age of 14

- continues his studies and improves his skills in masterclasses with Robert Levin in 2006

- studies at Fiesole, the Scuola di musica with Andrea Lucchesini

- plays regularly in the different festivals in Luxembourg

- in 2008, first recording of solo works (Scarlatti, Chopin, Haydn, Dutilleux and Müllenbach)

 

(Source: https://www.francemusique.fr/personne/cathy-krier-0)
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Age: 47 years old

Occupation: painter

He was greatly influenced by the Impressionists but developed his own distinctive Expressionist style.

In Kutter's paintings, the subjects often stand in the foreground as if being photographed. 
His portraits, painted with strong brushstrokes, typically show figures with excessively large noses, always attracting attention.

(Source: www.wikipedia.org)

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- Age: 61 years old

- Profession: Draftsman/Cartoonist

- Functions : Luxembourg comic strip designer, illustrator and caricaturist. 

He is best known for his series of Superjhemp comics that he created in cooperation with Lucien Czuga

(Source: www.wikipedia.org)

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- lived from 21.05.1820 to 07.09.1893 
- first studied philology at the Université libre de Bruxelles for a year. In 1842, he opted for the public service, first at the government secretariat and, from 1869, at the Chamber of Accounts.
- has written poems and songs mainly in Luxembourgish around themes such as 
love of the homeland, celebration of major events, poetry of social criticism, poetry of ideas or evocation of nature
- created our grand-ducal identity through our national anthem "Ons Heemécht", set to music by Jean-Antoine Zinnen in 1864 
- wrote the most frequently quoted sentence in Luxembourg literature, the last verse of the poem "Feierwon", created on the occasion of the inauguration of the first Luxembourg railway line, "Mir welle bleiwe wat mer sin".

(Source : autorenlexikon.lu)

Activity: poet, writer, translator 

 

A Luxembourg national, Anise Koltz is today one of the major writers of French literature. 

 

She is the grand-niece of Émile Mayrisch, co-founder of the Arbed 

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- is the granddaughter of Luxembourg politician and war-time member of the Luxembourg Resistance, Robert Krieps.

Profession: actress

Famous for: After taking part in several theater plays, the young actress plays her first role in front of a camera in Eileen Byrne's short film "La Nuit passé", which allows her to receive the prize for best hope at the Budapest Festival .

Best known : for the film Phantom Thread (2017)
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Death: August 27, 1876 

Age: 51 years old

Profession: Professor, writer and poet from Luxembourg

His big idea: He is known because he wrote Renert's famous satirical novel, the Luxembourgish version of "Reineke Fuchs", describing the characters of Luxembourg at that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaSWwXPVySU

He also gave his name to the Michel Rodange high school.

(Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rodange)
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Age: 65

Profession: She races bicycles.

Her big idea: Elsy Jacobs was Road World Champion in 1958, and held the hour record from 1958 to 1972. After her death in 1998, a mass participation ride, the Elsy Jacobs Randonnée was set up in her name, and then in 2008, the elite race, GP Elsy Jacobs was added.

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Age: 65 years old 

 

Profession: chemical engineer by profession and Commissioner for Water Protection, he was Minister from 16 September 1977 to 20 December 1984 (Resources: Transport, Energy, Environment, Tourism, Communications)

 

He won the 1500m race at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games after a phenomenal final sprint in front of US-American Bob McMillen and German Werner Lueg 

 

Josy Barthel is the only Luxembourg athlete in history to have won a world or Olympic title.  

From 1946 to 1956, he was 11 times in a row Luxembourg national champion. 

He also was President of the Luxembourg Athletics Federation from 1962 to 1972 and President of the Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Committee from 1972 to 1977.

The Josy-Barthel Stadium, an athletics and football stadium located in Luxembourg, bears his name.

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Age: 64 years old 

 

Profession: a Luxembourgish chef and the first woman in the world to win the Bocuse d'Or, a prestigious gastronomic competition, in 1989. 

 

Great idea: Since the opening of its Luxembourg gastronomic restaurant in Frisange, it has excelled in gastronomic culture and the art of the table. 

Date of birth: August 16, 1845 

Date of death: July 13, 1921 

Profession: physicist 

His idea: He won the Nobel Prize in Physics of 1908 for his method of reproducing colors in photography.

(Source: https: //fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Lippmann)

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68 years old 

September 30, 1859 

May 31, 1928 

engineer, inventor and industrial engineer 

He is best known for the technical and economic improvements. He has made the lead-acid battery. 

Moreover, the name Tudor is still associated with the battery today.

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His big idea: He created Luxembourg, called Lucilinburhuc.

- Date and place of death: 9 July 1985, Fischbach Castle

- Husband: Félix de Bourbon-Parme (d. 1919)

- Children : Jean, Marie-Gabrielle de Luxembourg, Alix de Luxembourg, Marie-Adélaïde de Luxembourg, Charles de Luxembourg, Élisabeth de Luxembourg

- Parents : William IV, Mary Ann of Braganza

- Sister: Marie-Adélaïde

- receives the Golden Rose, awarded by Pope Pius XII

- abdicated on November 12, 1964 in favour of his eldest son, who became Grand Duke Jean

- returned to Luxembourg on 14 April 1945, when order and security were ensured, and undertook a tour of the regions devastated by the war

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Date of birth: 9 December 1954

Age: 64 years old

Occupation: Master of Laws

Functions : 

- President of the European Commission since 2014

- Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013

- On 1 January 2005, he also accepted the presidency of the Eurogroup

- President of the Christian Social People's Party in 1990

- after the June 1989 parliamentary elections, Minister of Finance and Minister of Labour.

- In June 1984, first elected to the Luxembourg Parliament and appointed Minister of Labour and Minister Delegate for the Budget in the first government led by Jacques Santer

(Source: www.wikipedia.org)

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June 29, 1886
His father was French, but became a German when the region in which he lived, was annexed. His mother was a Luxembourger. Schuman himself was born as a German citizen. When the Alsace-Lorraine region became part of France again after the First World War in 1919, he became French.

 

September 4, 1963

 

Lawyer and 1948-1952 French Minister of Foreign Affairs     

Robert Schuman is considered one of the founding fathers of the European construction alongside Jean Monnet, Konrad Adenauer, Johan Willem Beyen, Paul-Henri Spaak, Joseph Bech and Alcide De Gasperi.

 
He also gave his name to the Robert Schuman high school.

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Date of death: March 5, 1928

 

Profession: industrialist and businessman 

 

His big idea: In 1911, he succeeded in merging three large steel companies with Luxembourg capital, thus creating Arbed (Aciéries Réunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange), of which he became the technical director. 

 

Source: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Mayrisch

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Age: 66 years old 

 

Profession: architect and professor at the "De Tao Master Academy" in Shanghai, China since 2011 

 

His great idea: He was the first representative of Luxembourg at the Biennale d'Architecture de 

Venise 

Among other interesting things: the Luxembourg Pavilion for the Universal Exhibition in Shanghai (2010)

2010-2014 Construction of a new open-air amphitheater « Mozarteum » in Trancoso, Bresil

http://www.valentiny-foundation.com/fileadmin/user_upload/videos/trancoso/Projeto Anfiteatro Trancoso_copyright Paolo Lacombe.mp4.mp4
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 - was born in Berg Castle on 5 January 1921 and died on 23 April 2019

 - took courses in law and political science at Laval University

 - married Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, who died in January 2005

 - had five children, including Prince Henry, our current Grand Duke

 - became Grand Duke of Luxembourg on 12 November 1964 

 - abdicated on 7 October 2000 in favour of his eldest son Prince Henry
- was particularly interested in environmental issues, the protection of fauna and flora
- loved sports, photography and music.
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In 1987 Ranga Yogeshwar began working as a science editor under Jean Pütz at Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Until 1990, he moderated numerous programmes of the science show with Pütz.

In September 2008, Yogeshwar ended his career as an editor at WDR and has since worked as a freelance presenter. He regularly hosts the major shows of the Highlights of Physics and IdeenExpo. His books are bestsellers and have been translated into several languages.

In 1993 Yogeshwar was assaulted in Prague and since then he has been increasingly involved in initiatives against racism.

(Source: wikipedia)

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