Wangenbourg-Engenthal has no famous person on record yet
Adrien Zeller tops the 29 names on record in Saverne, 8 mi away. The longest list of any town in Bas-Rhin belongs to Strasbourg, with 826. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52. Famous people are on record for 145 of the towns in Bas-Rhin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Wangenbourg-Engenthal (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 Wangenbourg-Engenthal yet.
Famous people born near Wangenbourg-Engenthal
Of the towns nearby, Saverne lists the most people: 29.
Saverne · 8 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Phalsbourg · 10 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreLAMutzig · 9 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Molsheim · 10 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Rosheim · 11 miJean-Marie Lehn & 5 more
Wasselonne · 6 miHenri Streicher & 4 more
Marmoutier · 6 miAlbert Kahn & 3 moreAVLa Broque · 12 miAlain Vigneron & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Wangenbourg-Engenthal
Who counts as from Wangenbourg-Engenthal?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wangenbourg-Engenthal 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
- 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
- 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.