Famous people from Willgottheim
Within 8 mi, Saverne lists the most: 29, with Adrien Zeller first. The longest list of any town in Bas-Rhin belongs to Strasbourg, with 826. Haguenau has the second-longest list in Bas-Rhin, after Strasbourg, with 52. No famous person on record lists Willgottheim as their birthplace yet.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Willgottheim (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 Willgottheim yet.
Famous people born near Willgottheim
Of the towns around it, Saverne has the most on record: 29.
Questions about famous people from Willgottheim
Who counts as from Willgottheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Willgottheim 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
- François-Joseph Westermann: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Streicher: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Schmidt: Aubry, Peter1610-1686, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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