No one born in Ringendorf has made the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Saverne, 10 mi away: 29, led by Adrien Zeller. Across Bas-Rhin, the lists cover 145 towns. The longest list in Bas-Rhin is Strasbourg’s, with 826 names. Haguenau has the second-longest list in Bas-Rhin, after Strasbourg, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ringendorf (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 Ringendorf as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Ringendorf
Of the towns nearby, Saverne lists the most people: 29.
Saverne · 10 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Brumath · 9 miBernard Stalter & 14 moreRDIngwiller · 6 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 4 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 moreJHVal-de-Moder · 4 miJoseph Heckel & 6 more
Reichshoffen · 10 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Schweighouse-sur-Moder · 8 miChristian Bartholmèss & 1 more
Gundershoffen · 8 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ringendorf
Who counts as from Ringendorf?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ringendorf 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)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Christian Bartholmèss: Schultz, C. ((lithogr)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Reilinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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