Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY 4.0No famous person yet from Scherwiller
A short trip away, Sélestat (2 mi) counts 41 famous people, Fabienne Keller among them. 145 of the towns in Bas-Rhin list at least one person. No town in Bas-Rhin lists more than Strasbourg, with 826. Haguenau has the second-longest list in Bas-Rhin, after Strasbourg, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Scherwiller (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 Scherwiller yet.
Famous people born near Scherwiller
Close by, Sélestat counts 41 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Barr · 8 miJean Hermann & 9 moreCLRibeauvillé · 8 miClaude Leron & 4 moreABBenfeld · 10 miAndré Burkhard & 3 morePRHuttenheim · 9 miPaul Rohmer & 1 moreFFMarckolsheim · 10 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Scherwiller
Who counts as from Scherwiller?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Scherwiller 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)
- Jean Hermann: Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu from a portrait by Guérin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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