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This is an incomplete list of well-known Alsatians and Lorrainians (people from the region of Alsace and the region of Lorraine). Alsatian culture is Alemannic, with German and French influences. Alsatian culture is Alemannic, with German and French influences.
The majority of Alsace–Lorraine's inhabitants were sceptical of the German Empire during the first two decades and voted for regional parties (Alsace–Lorraine Protesters and Autonomists). After Chancellor Bismarck's dismissal in 1890, the party landscape loosened, and parties of the Empire (Social Democrats, Centre, National Liberals , Left ...
The Germans declared Alsace and Lorraine to be Judenrein (lit: cleansed of Jews). [16] Unlike most of the German-occupied region of France, Alsace was effectively annexed by Germany by 1942, when Alsatians became German citizens by decree, and Alsace formally became part of the administrative unit (Gau) of Baden-Elsaß. [17]
Sportspeople from Alsace-Lorraine (22 P) Pages in category "People from Alsace-Lorraine" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
George Clooney (1961–), American actor, nephew of Rosemary Clooney, descended from the Koch family of Alsace-Lorraine. [133] Rosemary Clooney (1928–2002), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, descended from the Koch family of Alsace-Lorraine. [133] Olivia Colman (1974–), English actress, descended from Anne Foissin of ...
Wolmarans is a surname from the Alsace-Lorraine region in France. The surname is mostly found in South Africa and was brought there by Joseph Wolmarans (Sources quote Wolmerans). Joseph Wolmarans arrived in Cape Town circa 1746 as a soldier for the Dutch East India Company. Later he held a wine and brandy license in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South ...
The Renaissance dukes of Lorraine tended to arrogate to themselves claims to Carolingian ancestry, as illustrated by Alexandre Dumas, père in the novel La Dame de Monsoreau (1846); [9] in fact, so little documentation survives on the early generations that the reconstruction of a family tree for progenitors of the House of Alsace involves a ...
The region of German Lorraine (German: Deutsch-Lothringen or Deutschlothringen) was the German-speaking part of Lorraine, now in France, that existed for centuries into the 20th century. Following its annexation by France in the 18th century, it became part of the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian War and ceased to exist permanently ...
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