Famous people near Saint-Jean-Saverne: 29 in Saverne
No famous person’s birth in Saint-Jean-Saverne is on record yet. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52. 145 towns across Bas-Rhin can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Jean-Saverne (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 Saint-Jean-Saverne yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Jean-Saverne
Saverne leads the towns around it, with 29 names.
Saverne · 2 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Phalsbourg · 5 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreRDIngwiller · 9 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 6 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 more
Wasselonne · 10 miHenri Streicher & 4 more
Marmoutier · 5 miAlbert Kahn & 3 moreJWDettwiller · 5 miJoseph Valentin WilhelmPMMarlenheim · 12 miPaul MessnerQuestions about famous people from Saint-Jean-Saverne
Who counts as from Saint-Jean-Saverne?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Jean-Saverne 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 (5)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mouton: Ary Scheffer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Georges Charles Petri: Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Karsten11 at German Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Streicher: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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