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Famous people · Rothau, Bas-Rhin

4 famous people call Rothau their birthplace

Articles in 5 languages make the French painter Gustave Brion the best known. Jenny Dufau and Louis Champy follow. Over 54 years of births, the list goes from Gustave Brion (1824) to Jenny Dufau (1878). Fewer than a quarter of the 145 towns in Bas-Rhin with famous people list more.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gustave Brion
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1824
Gustave Brion
Youngest
1878
Jenny Dufau
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known

Born in Rothau

Gustave Brion has articles in 5 languages, Jenny Dufau in 4 and Louis Champy in 3.

GB#1
Writing & Arts

Gustave Brion

1824–1877

French painter (1824-1877)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JD#2
Music

Jenny Dufau

1878–1924

French soprano (1878–1924)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LC#3
Science & Medicine

Louis Champy

1870–1955

French engineer (1870–1955)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Rothau’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 2 births.

Revolution to EmpireBelle Époque180018501900Paul LederlinJenny DufauGustave Brion
Writing & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineBusiness

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Rothau is known for

Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Rothau

1 more, best known first.

PL

Paul Lederlin

1868–1949

French textile industrialist and politician (1868-1949)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, Barr lists the most people: 10.

Questions about famous people from Rothau

Who is the most famous person from Rothau?

Gustave Brion (French painter (1824-1877)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jenny Dufau and Louis Champy.

How many famous people were born in Rothau?

4 people born in Rothau have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Rothau known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rothau?

Gustave Brion, born in 1824. The youngest on the list was born in 1878.

Who counts as from Rothau?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rothau 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 (1)

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.