LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.strasbourg.fr/

Population:
612,104 (1999 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Strasbourg	1621

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Aventis	1999

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean Arp	Sculptor	16-Sep-1887	7-Jun-1966	Avant-garde sculptor, Dadaist
Hans Bethe	Physicist	2-Jul-1906	6-Mar-2005	Atomic scientist
Sebastian Brant	Author	1457	10-May-1521	Ship of Fools
Gustave Doré	Engraver	6-Jan-1832	23-Jan-1883	Book illustrator on steelplate
Marcel Marceau	Performance Artist	22-Mar-1923	22-Sep-2007	Mime, created Bip the clown
Rudolph Minkowski	Astronomer	28-May-1895	4-Jan-1976	Galaxies in collision
Johann Tauler	Religion	c. 1300	16-Jun-1361	German mystic
Madame Tussaud	Sculptor	1-Dec-1761	16-Apr-1850	Wax sculptor
Arsène Wenger	Soccer	22-Oct-1949		Arsenal manager

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sebastian Brant	Author	1457	10-May-1521	Ship of Fools
Wolfgang Capito	Religion	1478	4-Nov-1541	German Protestant reformer
Heinrich Anton de Bary	Botanist	26-Jan-1831	19-Jan-1888	Founder of modern mycology
Melchior Hofmann	Religion	c. 1495	c. 1543	German Anabaptist mystic
Georg Simmel	Sociologist	1-Mar-1858	26-Sep-1918	Philosophy of Money
Johann Tauler	Religion	c. 1300	16-Jun-1361	German mystic

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