Famous people near Drachenbronn-Birlenbach: 32 in Wissembourg
145 towns in Bas-Rhin have at least one famous person on record. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Drachenbronn-Birlenbach. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Drachenbronn-Birlenbach (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 Drachenbronn-Birlenbach yet.
Famous people born near Drachenbronn-Birlenbach
Close by, the fullest list is Wissembourg’s, at 32 names.
Wissembourg · 5 miChristophe Kern & 31 more
Reichshoffen · 10 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Soultz-sous-Forêts · 3 miFrédéric Alphonse Musculus & 2 more
Niederbronn-les-Bains · 11 miRémy Bricka & 1 more
Gundershoffen · 11 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 more
Soufflenheim · 11 miBiréli Lagrène
Mertzwiller · 12 miMichel WackenheimQuestions about famous people from Drachenbronn-Birlenbach
Who counts as from Drachenbronn-Birlenbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Drachenbronn-Birlenbach 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 (7)
- Christophe Kern: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Rossé: Free son, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Alphonse Musculus: Antoine Meyer, Colmar , Photographe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémy Bricka: Tom53, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Reilinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Biréli Lagrène: Pastorius54, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Wackenheim: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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