This is a list of people from Luxembourg.

Politics

  • Jean (1921–2019), Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
  • Henri (born 1955), Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000-2025)
  • Guillaume V (born 1981), Grand Duke of Luxembourg (since 2025)
  • Victor Bodson (1902–1984), Minister for Justice (1940-1947; 1951-1959), Righteous Among the Nations
  • Félicie Erpelding-Schlesser (1883–1970), municipal politician
  • Jean-Claude Juncker (born 1954), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013), EC president (2014-2019)
  • Jacques Santer (born 1937), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1984-1995), EC president (1995-1999)
  • Xavier Bettel (born 1973), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (2013-2023)
  • Luc Frieden (born 1963), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (since 2023)
  • Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French prime minister, founding father of the European Union
  • Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1974-1979), EC president (1981-1985)
  • Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974; 1979-1984), EEC figure

Arts and culture

  • Pol Albrecht (1874–1975), composer
  • Jana Bahrich (born 2002), musician
  • Louis Beicht (1886–1943), composer
  • Charles Bernhoeft (1859–1933), photographer
  • Emile Boeres (1890–1944), composer
  • Pierre Brandebourg (1824–1878), painter and photographer
  • Josy Braun (1938–2012), writer
  • Elisabeth Calmes (born 1947), painter
  • Sandrine Cantoreggi (born 1969), violinist
  • Sophie Carle (born 1964), singer and actress
  • Claus Cito (1882–1965), sculptor
  • Jim Clemes (born 1957), architect
  • Simone Decker (born 1968), artist
  • Michel Engels (1851–1901), illustrator, painter
  • Tatiana Fabeck (born 1970), architect
  • Batty Fischer (1877–1958), amateur photographer
  • Jean-Baptiste Fresez (1800–1867), artist
  • Johny Fritz (born 1944), composer
  • Patrick Galbats (born 1978), photographer
  • Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), writer, editor, publisher
  • Thérèse Glaesener-Hartmann (1858–1923), painter
  • Gust Graas (1924–2020), artist and businessman
  • Françoise Groben (1965–2011), cellist
  • Ernie Hammes (born 1968), trumpeter
  • Georges Hausemer (born 1957), writer
  • Guy Helminger (born 1963), writer
  • Nico Helminger (born 1953), writer
  • Max Jacoby (born 1977), filmmaker
  • Pierre Joris (1946–2025), poet
  • Gustave Kahnt (1848–1923), composer
  • Jean-Pierre Kemmer (1923–1991), composer, conductor, choir master
  • Mariette Kemmer (born 1953), opera singer
  • Théo Kerg (1909–1993), artist
  • Camille Kerger (born 1957), composer, opera singer
  • Will Kesseler (1899–1983), painter
  • Jean-Marie Kieffer (1960–2023), composer
  • Emile Kirscht (1913–1994), painter
  • Nico Klopp (1894–1930), painter
  • Anise Koltz (1928–2023), poet
  • Vicky Krieps (born 1983), actress
  • Jean Krier (1949–2013), poet
  • Leon Krier (1946–2025), architect
  • Edouard Kutter (1887–1978), photographer
  • Edouard Kutter (1934–2022), photographer
  • Joseph Kutter (1894–1941), painter
  • Paul Kutter (1863–1937), photographer
  • Yvon Lambert (born 1955), photographer
  • Dominique Lang (1874–1919), painter
  • Claude Lenners (born 1956), composer
  • Georges Lentz (born 1965), composer
  • Michel Lentz (1820–1893), poet
  • Nicolas Liez (1809–1892), lithographer, painter
  • Hana Sofia Lopes (born 1990), actress
  • Marianne Majerus (born 1956), photographer
  • Michel Majerus (1967–2002), artist, victim of Luxair Flight 9642
  • Laurent Menager (1835–1902), composer
  • Antoine Meyer (1801–1857), poet and mathematician
  • Bady Minck (born 1960), artist and filmmaker
  • Alexander Mullenbach (born 1949), composer
  • Jean Muller (born 1979), pianist
  • Joseph-Alexandre Müller (1854–1931), composer
  • Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965), actress
  • Joseph Probst (1911–1997), artist
  • Harry Rabinger (1895–1966), painter
  • Michel Reis (born 1982), jazz pianist
  • Jérôme Reuter (born 1981), musician
  • Guy Rewenig (born 1947), writer
  • Nathalie Ronvaux (born 1977), poet, playwright
  • Pol Sax (born 1960), writer
  • Lambert Schlechter (born 1941), writer
  • Francesco Tristano Schlimé (born 1981), pianist
  • Arlette Schneiders (born late 1950s), architect
  • Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini (born 1942), sculptor
  • Pascal Schumacher (born 1979), jazz musician
  • Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934), painter
  • Edward Steichen (1879–1973), photographer
  • Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930), writer
  • Michel Stoffel (1903–1963), painter
  • Félix Thyes (1830–1855), writer
  • Foni Tissen (1909–1975), artist
  • Su-Mei Tse (born 1973), musician, photographer, sculptor
  • Nora Wagener (born 1989), writer
  • Gast Waltzing (born 1956), jazz musician, composer
  • Batty Weber (1860–1940), writer
  • Sosthène Weis (1872–1941), painter, architect
  • Marcel Wengler (born 1946), composer
  • Lucien Wercollier (1908–2002), sculptor

Academia

  • Emil Hirsch (1851–1923), rabbi
  • William Justin Kroll (1889–1973), metallurgical engineer
  • Christiane Linster (born 1962), neuroscientist
  • Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), physicist (Luxembourg-born)
  • Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023), historian
  • Félicien M. Steichen (1926–2011), surgeon

Sports

  • Josy Barthel (1927–1992), athlete, Olympic gold in 1952
  • François Faber (1887–1915), cyclist
  • Nicolas Frantz (1899–1985), cyclist
  • Charly Gaul (1932–2005), cyclist
  • Marc Girardelli (born 1963), skier
  • John Grün (1868–1912), strongman
  • Bob Jungels (born 1992), cyclist
  • Kim Kirchen (born 1978), cyclist
  • Mike Krack (born 1972), Formula One team principal
  • Anne Kremer (born 1975), tennis player
  • Christine Majerus (born 1987), cyclist
  • Gilles Müller (born 1983), tennis player
  • Ni Xialian (born 1963), table tennis player
  • Andy Schleck (born 1985), cyclist
  • Fränk Schleck (born 1980), cyclist
  • Michel Théato (1878–1919), runner
  • Fiona Steil-Antoni (born 1989), chess player, Woman International Master and gold medalist at the Women's Chess Olympiad

Other

  • Jean-Claude Biver (born 1949), watchmaker, cheese maker and businessman, currently president of LVMH watch division
  • Katell Guillou (born 1972), French-born restaurateur running two Michelin-starred restaurants in Luxembourg
  • Wilhelm von Knyphausen (1716–1800), general during the American Revolution (Luxembourg-born)
  • Norbert von Kunitzki (1934–2005), businessman and economist
  • René Arend (1928-2016), chef
  • Léa Linster (born 1955), chef
  • Susanna van Tonder (born 1988), disability rights activist, patient advocate and blogger
  • Henri Tudor (1859–1928), inventor and industrialist