Famous people born near Engwiller
Go 9 mi to Haguenau and the list grows to 52, with Sébastien Loeb at the top. The list for Engwiller is empty for now. Across Bas-Rhin, 145 towns list someone born there. Strasbourg has the most of any town in Bas-Rhin: 826.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Engwiller (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 Engwiller yet.
Famous people born near Engwiller
Close by, Haguenau counts 52 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Brumath · 11 miBernard Stalter & 14 moreRDIngwiller · 6 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 8 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 moreJHVal-de-Moder · 3 miJoseph Heckel & 6 more
Reichshoffen · 4 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Gundershoffen · 3 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 more
Niederbronn-les-Bains · 5 miRémy Bricka & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Engwiller
Who counts as from Engwiller?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Engwiller 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 (5)
- Bernard Stalter: CommAPCMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Georges Charles Petri: Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Karsten11 at German Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Rossé: Free son, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Reilinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémy Bricka: Tom53, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.