Famous people from Heiligenstein
Just 3 mi away, Obernai’s list holds 11 names, Aline Friess the best known. No famous person’s birth in Heiligenstein is on record yet. 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 Heiligenstein (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Heiligenstein as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Heiligenstein
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Barr · 1 miJean Hermann & 9 moreLAMutzig · 8 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Molsheim · 8 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 moreFDErstein · 10 miFrançois-Joseph d'Offenstein & 6 more
Rosheim · 5 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 moreABBenfeld · 7 miAndré Burkhard & 3 morePRHuttenheim · 7 miPaul Rohmer & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Heiligenstein
Who counts as from Heiligenstein?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Heiligenstein 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 (3)
- 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
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.