page_title: Esch-sur-Alzette
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Esch-sur-Alzette / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Viviane Reding is a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Deutsch: Viviane Reding ist eine luxemburgische Journalistin und Politikerin (CSV und EVP-Fraktion), die zurzeit Vizepräsidentin der Europäischen Kommission und Kommissarin für das Ressort Justiz, Grundrechte und Bürgerschaft ist.
context_page_description: Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second "city", and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, as of 2018. It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the town. The town is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies 45 kilometres further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly 15 km to the north-east.
context_section_description: Pierre Brasseur (1832–1918) an entrepreneur, businessman and mining magnate, involved in founding what would become ARBED
  Jean Origer (1877-1942) a cleric and director of the newspaper Luxemburger Wort
  William Justin Kroll (1889–1973) a metallurgist, invented the Kroll process to extract metallic titanium from ore
  René Deltgen (1909-1979) a stage and film actor, worked in Germany 
  Camillo Felgen (1920–2005 in Esch-sur-Alzette) a singer, lyricist, disc jockey and TV presenter 
  Gust Graas (born 1924) an abstract painter and businessman and who developed RTL Group; lives in Pollença, Majorca
  Fernand Franck (born 1934) a Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Luxembourg 1990-2011
  Marcel Wengler (born 1946) conductor and composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber music and musicals 
  Michel Maquil (born 1950) president and CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange 2001-2012
  Raymond Freymann (born 1952) an engineering professor and researcher, works for BMW
  Nico Helminger (born 1953) an author, writes poetry, novels, plays and libretti for operas; lived in Esch-sur-Alzette since 1999
  Max Kohn (born 1954) a painter and sculptor
  Monique Philippart (born 1955) a children's writer who writes in German
  Guy Helminger (born 1963) an author, writes novels and plays in German
  François Besch (born 1963) a photographer, artist and autodidact
  Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965) a TV presenter and actress 
  Raoul Biltgen (born 1974) an actor and writer, lives in Vienna 
  Sport
  Nicolas Adam (1881-??) a gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
  Jean Welter (1901–1977) a light heavyweight boxer who competed in the 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics
  Jean Flammang (1905–1990) a featherweight boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
  Mathias Sancassiani (1907–1972) a boxer who competed in the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics
  André Wollscheidt (1914–1995) a lightweight boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Jean Majerus (1914 - 1983 in Esch-sur-Alzette) a professional cyclist 1936-1947
  Marcel Ernzer (1926–2003) a cyclist, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Fränz Ehringer (1928–1987) a boxer, competed as a lightweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Tilly Decker (born 1930) a sprinter, competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  François Fug (born 1931) a former sports shooter, competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  Ginette Rossini (born 1939) a fencer, competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
  Ray Cillien (1939–1991) a boxer, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  Louis Pilot (1940–2016) a football player and manager, played over 450 team games and 49 for the national side
  David Fiegen (born 1984) a middle distance runner, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Sascha Palgen (born 1984) a gymnast, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Mandy Minella (born 1985) a professional tennis player
  Gilles Bettmer (born 1989) a football player, 58 games for the national side
  Politics
  Dominique Brasseur (1833–1906) a politician and jurist, Mayor of Luxembourg City 1891-1894
  Victor Thorn (1844–1930) a politician, 11th Prime Minister of Luxembourg 1916-1917
  René Blum (1889–1967) a politician, diplomat and jurist
  Émile Hamilius (1897–1971) a politician, Mayor of Luxembourg City 1946-1963, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics playing football for the Luxembourg national team
  Émile Colling (1899–1981) a doctor and politician, the Luxembourgish ambassador to the Holy See 1967-1974
  Arthur Useldinger (1904–1978) a politician, served two stints as Mayor of Esch-sur-Alzette
  Paul Helminger (born 1940) a politician, Mayor of Luxembourg City 1999-2011
  Viviane Reding (born 1951) a politician, former MEP and European Commissioner
  Jean Colombera (born 1954) a politician and physician
  Pierre Gramegna (born 1958) a career diplomat, former lobbyist, currently Minister for Finances
  François Biltgen (born 1958) a lawyer and politician until 2013, then a Judge at the European Court of Justice
  Françoise Folmer (born 1961) an architect and politician, leader of The Greens 2015-2018
  Marc Spautz (born 19
caption: Viviane Reding, 2014
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