Next door to Soultz-les-Bains, Obernai lists 11 famous people
No entry yet names Soultz-les-Bains as a birthplace. The longest list in Bas-Rhin is Strasbourg’s, with 826 names. Haguenau has the second-longest list in Bas-Rhin, after Strasbourg, with 52. Across Bas-Rhin, the lists cover 145 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Soultz-les-Bains (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 Soultz-les-Bains yet.
Famous people born near Soultz-les-Bains
Obernai has the longest list next door: 11.
Molsheim · 2 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Rosheim · 5 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 more
Wasselonne · 5 miHenri Streicher & 4 more
Dorlisheim · 3 miRoland BugattiPMMarlenheim · 4 miPaul Messner
Bischoffsheim · 6 miFrançois Antoine KirmannQuestions about famous people from Soultz-les-Bains
Who counts as from Soultz-les-Bains?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Soultz-les-Bains 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)
- 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
- Henri Streicher: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Bugatti: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Antoine Kirmann: Tanconville (1845-1936), d'après un croquis du docteur de Bockenheim., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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