No famous person yet from Grendelbruch
For more famous names, Obernai is 8 mi away: its list has 11, led by Aline Friess. In Bas-Rhin, 145 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Bas-Rhin belongs to Strasbourg, with 826. Haguenau has the second-longest list in Bas-Rhin, after Strasbourg, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grendelbruch (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 Grendelbruch as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Grendelbruch
Nearby, Obernai has the most on record, with 11.
Barr · 8 miJean Hermann & 9 more
Molsheim · 9 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Rosheim · 7 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 more
Wasselonne · 12 miHenri Streicher & 4 moreAVLa Broque · 5 miAlain Vigneron & 2 more
Dorlisheim · 8 miRoland BugattiQuestions about famous people from Grendelbruch
Who counts as from Grendelbruch?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grendelbruch 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)
- Jean Hermann: Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu from a portrait by Guérin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Joseph Westermann: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Lehn: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Streicher: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Bugatti: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.