List of EU people
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This list is specific to the EU. For a list of people from Europe who had significant impact outside their home country, see List of important Europeans
This is a list of well-known people from the European Union. It should only include people who did not die before their country's entry into the EU or one of its predecessors. This includes:
- French, West Germans, Italians, Dutch, Belgians, Luxemburgians after 1950
- Irish, Britons, Danes after 1973
- Greeks after 1981
- Spaniards and Portuguese after 1986
- East Germans after 1990
- Finns, Swedes and Austrians after 1995
- Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Czechs, Hungarians, Slovakians, Slovenians, Maltese and Cypriots after 2004
- Romanians and Bulgarians after 2007
For State specific lists, see List of people by EU state.
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Actors
- Monica Bellucci, (born 1964)
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, (born 1944)
- Gérard Depardieu, (born 1948), French actor
- Anna-Leena Härkönen, (born 1965)
- Hildegard Knef, (1925-2002), actress, singer, writer
- Sophia Loren, (born 1934), Italian actress
- Marcello Mastroianni, (1924-1996)
- Sophie Marceau, (born 1966), French actress
- Franka Potente, (born 1974), heroine of Run Lola Run
Architects
- Walter Gropius, (1883-1969)
Artists
- Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
- Hugo Pratt, (1927-1995), : Corto Maltese, cartoonist
Composers
Computer Pioneers
- Jarkko Oikarinen - creator of IRC
- Linus Torvalds - creator of Linux
Filmmakers
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Michelangelo Antonioni, (born 1912), Italian film director
- Luis Buñuel
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Federico Fellini
- Renny Harlin
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Wolfgang Petersen, (born 1941), German film director
- Istvan Szabo
- Tom Tykwer
Musicians
- Andy McCoy
- Paul McCartney, (born 1942), member of The Beatles
- Ville Valo
- Michael Schenker, (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo career
- Luciano Pavarotti, (born 1935), Italian tenor
Philosophers
- Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975), political theorist
- Karl Popper
Politicians
- Gerhard Schröder, (born 1944), federal chancellor of Germany (SPD)
- Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)
- Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Jacques Chirac
- Margaret Thatcher
Royalty
Sportspersons
- Kimi Räikkonen - racing driver
- Marcus Grönholm - rally driver
- Mika Häkkinen - racing driver
- Juha Kankkunen - rally driver
- Lasse Virén - runner
- Michael Schumacher, (born 1969), racing driver
- Annika Sörenstam, golf player
- Dino Zoff, (born 1942), Italian soccer player
Writers
- Günter Grass, (born 1927), German author
- Tove Jansson -- children's author of Moomin fame
- Imre Kertész, (born 1929), Hungarian novelist
- Emilio Lussu, (1890-1975), Italian novelist
- Ilkka Remes, (born 1963), Finnish author
Other notables
- Karl Fazer -- confectionery manufacturer
- Fredrik Idestam -- industrialist, founder of Nokia
See also: List of important Europeans, List of people by nationality, List of people by EU state