#1Jean-Marie Lehn
born 1939French chemist
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Jean-Marie Lehn, the French chemist, is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. Second and third on the list are Modeste Andlauer and Heinrich Eggestein. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 3 were born, the most of any period. Only 18 of the 145 towns in Bas-Rhin with anyone on record list more.
Three names lead: Jean-Marie Lehn (59 languages), Modeste Andlauer (7) and Heinrich Eggestein (6).
#1French chemist
#2French jesuit, missionary, martyr, Catholic saint (1847-1900)
#3Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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The other 3 span the years 1796 to 1940.
No one matches both filters.
Obernai leads the towns around it, with 11 names.
Barr · 6 miJean Hermann & 9 more
Molsheim · 3 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 morePLGeispolsheim · 9 miPaul Pierre Lopinot & 1 more
Bischoffsheim · 1 miFrançois Antoine Kirmann
Dorlisheim · 2 miRoland BugattiPMMarlenheim · 9 miPaul MessnerJean-Marie Lehn (French chemist) is the best known by our measure: 59 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Modeste Andlauer and Heinrich Eggestein.
6 people born in Rosheim have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Heinrich Eggestein, born in 1415. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rosheim 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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