Joseph Heckel
1922–2011Business owner and French footballer (1922-2011)
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Articles in 5 languages make the business owner and French footballer Joseph Heckel the best known. Behind the leader come Roger Heckel and Walter Biel. Between 1914 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period. Alfred Krieger, born in 1903, is the earliest name and Jean-Claude Ernwein, born in 1937, the latest.
By how many languages cover them, Joseph Heckel comes first (5), then Roger Heckel (4) and Walter Biel (3).
Business owner and French footballer (1922-2011)
#2French catholic bishop (1922–1982)
#3Swiss politician (1933–2024)
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Another 4, the earliest born in 1903.

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The neighbour with the most names is Haguenau, at 52.
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Niederbronn-les-Bains · 7 miRémy Bricka & 1 moreJoseph Heckel (Business owner and French footballer (1922-2011)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roger Heckel and Walter Biel.
7 people born in Val-de-Moder have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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, leaders: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Alfred Krieger, born in 1903. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Val-de-Moder 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.
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