Batzendorf has no famous person on record yet
Haguenau, 4 mi away, has 52 on its list, the best known Sébastien Loeb. The Bas-Rhin lists hold names for 145 towns. The longest list of any town in Bas-Rhin belongs to Strasbourg, with 826.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Batzendorf (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Batzendorf yet.
Famous people born near Batzendorf
Of the towns nearby, Haguenau lists the most people: 52.
Brumath · 3 miBernard Stalter & 14 moreOMBischwiller · 7 miOtto Meissner & 14 moreJHVal-de-Moder · 6 miJoseph Heckel & 6 more
Schweighouse-sur-Moder · 3 miChristian Bartholmèss & 1 moreRMGeudertheim · 5 miRoger Mühl
Mertzwiller · 6 miMichel Wackenheim
Weyersheim · 6 miAmandus AckerQuestions about famous people from Batzendorf
Who counts as from Batzendorf?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Batzendorf 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.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Bernard Stalter: CommAPCMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Bartholmèss: Schultz, C. ((lithogr)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Wackenheim: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amandus Acker: Spiritanerorden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.