Famous people born near Bust
Within 8 mi, Saverne lists the most: 29, with Adrien Zeller first. No famous person’s birth in Bust is on record yet. 145 towns in Bas-Rhin have at least one famous person on record. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bust (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bust as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bust
Saverne has the longest list next door: 29.
Saverne · 8 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Sarrebourg · 11 miCharles Mangin & 26 more
Phalsbourg · 5 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreRDIngwiller · 11 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 11 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 more
Sarre-Union · 10 miErnest Wittmann & 4 more
Marmoutier · 11 miAlbert Kahn & 3 moreJWDettwiller · 12 miJoseph Valentin WilhelmQuestions about famous people from Bust
Who counts as from Bust?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bust 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 (6)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Mangin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mouton: Ary Scheffer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Georges Charles Petri: Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Karsten11 at German Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Wittmann: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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