#1Jean Hermann
1738–1800French physician, zoologist and botanist (1738–1800)
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Best known of all is Jean Hermann, written about in 29 languages. Second and third on the list are Albert Wolff and Nadine Auzeil. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 4 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 14.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Bas-Rhin has 2.5.
Barr has 1.7× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1French physician, zoologist and botanist (1738–1800)
American fencer (1906–1989)
No decade has more births than the 1730s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The other 7 span the years 1743 to 1934.


French association football player (1934-2011)
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Close by, Obernai counts 11 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
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Dorlisheim · 8 miRoland BugattiJean Hermann (French physician, zoologist and botanist (1738–1800)) is the best known by our measure: 29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Albert Wolff and Nadine Auzeil.
10 people born in Barr have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Hermann, born in 1738. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Barr itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
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