# Leo Hirsch

> Léo Hirsch was a German-born Jewish merchant who founded the Brussels fashion house Hirsch & Cie with his wife, Johanna Freudenberg, in 1869. The house became a supplier to the Belgian court, and Hirsch licensed its name to sister houses in Amsterdam, Cologne, Dresden and Hamburg run by former employees and relatives. Naturalised as a Belgian in 1879, he was made a knight of the Order of Leopold and sat on the boards of many Jewish institutions in Brussels.

*German-Belgian fashion designer and businessman (1842-1906)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Designer
- **Category:** Designers
- **Born:** 1842-04-27
- **Died:** 1906-01-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Léo Hirsch was a German-born Jewish merchant who founded the Brussels fashion house Hirsch & Cie with his wife, Johanna Freudenberg, in 1869. The house became a supplier to the Belgian court, and Hirsch licensed its name to sister houses in Amsterdam, Cologne, Dresden and Hamburg run by former employees and relatives. Naturalised as a Belgian in 1879, he was made a knight of the Order of Leopold and sat on the boards of many Jewish institutions in Brussels.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.7
- **Momentum:** 25.0

## Sources
- [Léo Hirsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Hirsch)
- [Léo Hirsch (Unternehmer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Hirsch_(Unternehmer))
- [Léo Hirsch](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Hirsch)
- [Léo Hirsch](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Hirsch)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35136220)

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