No famous person from Obersteinbach yet, but Wissembourg next door has 32
145 of the towns in Bas-Rhin list at least one person. Strasbourg has the most of any town in Bas-Rhin: 826. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52. The best known born in Wissembourg is Christophe Kern.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Obersteinbach (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 Obersteinbach yet.
Famous people born near Obersteinbach
The fullest list close by belongs to Wissembourg, with 32.
Wissembourg · 12 miChristophe Kern & 31 moreDOBitche · 12 miDavid Oberhauser & 12 more
Reichshoffen · 7 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Soultz-sous-Forêts · 11 miFrédéric Alphonse Musculus & 2 more
Niederbronn-les-Bains · 6 miRémy Bricka & 1 more
Gundershoffen · 9 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 more
Mertzwiller · 12 miMichel WackenheimQuestions about famous people from Obersteinbach
Who counts as from Obersteinbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Obersteinbach 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 (6)
- 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
- Michel Wackenheim: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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