Famous people born near Saint-Nabor
Aline Friess heads the list in Obernai, 3 mi away, which has 11 names. 145 towns across Bas-Rhin can name a famous person born there. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Saint-Nabor. The longest list of any town in Bas-Rhin belongs to Strasbourg, with 826.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Nabor (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-Nabor yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Nabor
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Nabor, with how many people each has.
Barr · 3 miJean Hermann & 9 moreLAMutzig · 6 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Molsheim · 7 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Rosheim · 4 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 moreABBenfeld · 9 miAndré Burkhard & 3 moreAVLa Broque · 10 miAlain Vigneron & 2 morePRHuttenheim · 9 miPaul Rohmer & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Nabor
Who counts as from Saint-Nabor?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Nabor 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 (3)
- Jean Hermann: Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu from a portrait by Guérin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Joseph Westermann: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Lehn: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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