No famous person from Sparsbach yet, but Saverne next door has 29
Across Bas-Rhin, the lists cover 145 towns. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52. The best known born in Saverne is Adrien Zeller.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sparsbach (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 Sparsbach yet.
Famous people born near Sparsbach
The longest list nearby is Saverne’s, with 29.
Saverne · 10 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Phalsbourg · 11 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreDOBitche · 12 miDavid Oberhauser & 12 moreRDIngwiller · 3 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 5 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 moreJHVal-de-Moder · 9 miJoseph Heckel & 6 more
Reichshoffen · 12 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Gundershoffen · 11 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sparsbach
Who counts as from Sparsbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sparsbach 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)
- 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 Rossé: Free son, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Reilinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.