#1Frédéric Alphonse Musculus
1829–1888French chemist
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The best known is the French chemist Frédéric Alphonse Musculus, with articles in 3 languages. Charles-Auguste Edelmann, the French artist, comes second, with Philippe Müntz third. Within 10 mi, Haguenau lists the most: 52, with Sébastien Loeb first. From Philippe Müntz to Charles-Auguste Edelmann, the births on the list run from 1783 to 1879.

Frédéric Alphonse Musculus has articles in 3 languages, Charles-Auguste Edelmann in 2 and Philippe Müntz in 1.
#1French chemist
French artist (1879-1950)
French politician (1783-1865)
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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The neighbour with the most names is Haguenau, at 52.
Wissembourg · 7 miChristophe Kern & 31 moreOMBischwiller · 12 miOtto Meissner & 14 more
Reichshoffen · 10 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Gundershoffen · 10 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 more
Schweighouse-sur-Moder · 11 miChristian Bartholmèss & 1 more
Niederbronn-les-Bains · 11 miRémy Bricka & 1 more
Soufflenheim · 8 miBiréli LagrèneFrédéric Alphonse Musculus (French chemist) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles-Auguste Edelmann and Philippe Müntz.
3 people born in Soultz-sous-Forêts have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Philippe Müntz, born in 1783. The youngest on the list was born in 1879.
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