Aline Friess
born 2003French artistic gymnast
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The best known is the French artistic gymnast Aline Friess, with articles in 11 languages. Charles Pisot is second and Charles-Émile Freppel third. Most were born since 1970: 6 of them. Only 9 of the 145 towns in Bas-Rhin with anyone on record list more.
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
First, Aline Friess (11 languages), then Charles Pisot (8) and Charles-Émile Freppel (8).
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Here are 8 more, born from 1770 to 1992.

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The neighbour with the most names is Barr, at 10.
Barr · 4 miJean Hermann & 9 moreLAMutzig · 5 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Molsheim · 5 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 moreFDErstein · 9 miFrançois-Joseph d'Offenstein & 6 more
Rosheim · 3 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 moreABBenfeld · 8 miAndré Burkhard & 3 morePRHuttenheim · 8 miPaul Rohmer & 1 more
Bischoffsheim · 2 miFrançois Antoine KirmannAline Friess (French artistic gymnast) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Pisot and Charles-Émile Freppel.
11 people born in Obernai have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 26 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 11. That is 36% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Nicolas Léonard Bagert Beker, born in 1770. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Obernai 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.
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