Next door to Sommerau, Saverne lists 29 famous people
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Sommerau. 145 towns across Bas-Rhin can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Bas-Rhin is Strasbourg’s, with 826 names. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sommerau (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 Sommerau yet.
Famous people born near Sommerau
The neighbour with the most names is Saverne, at 29.
Saverne · 5 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Phalsbourg · 8 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreLAMutzig · 10 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Bouxwiller · 12 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 more
Molsheim · 10 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Wasselonne · 4 miHenri Streicher & 4 more
Marmoutier · 2 miAlbert Kahn & 3 morePMMarlenheim · 6 miPaul MessnerQuestions about famous people from Sommerau
Who counts as from Sommerau?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sommerau 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 (6)
- 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
- François-Joseph Westermann: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Streicher: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.