An appreciable number of people from Mulhouse established themselves in different fields like science and culture. Mulhouse people bore excellent tastes in art and manners that are favored by people from every corners of the society. Mulhouse has a rich heritage of art and culture.
Prominent Personalities in Mulhouse
Mulhouse is a place, where many renowned individuals were born and they had established themselves by their outstanding works. A few among them are Artur Dinter, Alfred Dreyfus,William Wyler, Jean de Beaugrand, Mireille Delunsch, Karl Brandt, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Charles Frédéric Girard, Georges Friedel, Marc Pfertzel, Friedrich Wilhelm Levi, Katia and Maurice Krafft, Robert Wyler, Alfred Werner and Antoine Waechter.
Artur Dinter was a celebrated German writer and politician, who is famous for his popular play "Die Schmuggler", means "The Smugglers".
Alfred Dreyfus was the youngest son of a Jewish textile manufacturer in Mulhouse. He was a French army officer and was charged for an act of deliberate betrayal, known as the Dreyfus Affair.
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- William Wyler was a notable American filmmaker. He won three Oscar awards. Some of his best films include Ben Hur, Funny Girl, Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives.
- Johann Heinrich Lambert was an esteemed Mathematician, Astronomer and Physicist. He was famous for his significant works on theory of conic section, non-Euclidean geometry and cosmological letters. Some of his widely praised books include "Hygrometrie", Photometria, and "Cosmologische Briefe".
- Jean de Beaugrand was born in 1584 in Mulhouse. In 1581, he moved to Paris. He was an artist.
- Mireille Delunsch was born on 2nd November 1962 in Mulhouse, France. She was a female opera singer, who learned musicology in Strasbourg. She is widely known for her opera songs including Armide by Gluck and Dardanus by Rameau.
- Robert Wyler was born on 25th September, 1900 in Mulhouse. He was an American film producer, who produced films like The Children's Hour, The Big Country and The Desperate Hours. He was the brother of renowned film director, William Wyler.
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