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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.

1 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

2 Architects

• Walter Gropius, (1883-1969)

3 Artists

• Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
• Hugo PrattHugo Pratt ( June 15, 1927 1995) was an Italian cartoonist and the creator of Corto Maltese. Hugo Pratt was born in Venice, Italy. His father was a professional soldier and 1937 his family moved to Ethiopia after Mussolini's Italy had conquered it. His fa, (1927-1995), : Corto MalteseCorto Maltese is sailor adventurer character of Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt. Corto Maltese (lit. short Maltese is a nominally landless sailor whose exploits are placed around the beginning of the 20th century ( 1900- 1920s). He is a treasure-hunter with, cartoonist

4 Composers

5 Computer Pioneers

• Jarkko OikarinenJarkko Oikarinen known on IRC as WiZ was the developer of the first Internet chat network, called IRC, short for Internet Relay Chat. He wrote the first server and client in August 1988. It was first written to replace a program called MUT (MultiUser Talk - creator of IRC
• Linus TorvaldsLinus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969) began the development of Linux, an operating system kernel, and today acts as the project coordinator (or Benevolent Dictator for Life). Inspired by the teaching system Minix (developed by Andrew Tanenbaum) - creator of LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n

6 Filmmakers

• Jean-Jacques AnnaudJean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1st, 1943) is a French film director. Jean-Jacques Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. Filmography 2004: Deux Freres 2000: Enemy at the Gates Stalingrad 1997: Seven Years in Tibet Sept ans au Tibet 1995: Wings of
• Michelangelo AntonioniMichelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912 in Ferrara, Italy) is an Italian film director, writer and painter. Life He graduated in economics at Bologna University, he reached Rome in 1940 where he attended specifical studies at Centro Sperimentale d, (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