Wilwisheim has no famous person on record yet
Saverne, 7 mi away, has 29 on its list, the best known Adrien Zeller. No town in Bas-Rhin lists more than Strasbourg, with 826. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52. 145 of the towns in Bas-Rhin list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Wilwisheim (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Wilwisheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Wilwisheim
The neighbour with the most names is Saverne, at 29.
Saverne · 7 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Brumath · 9 miBernard Stalter & 14 moreRDIngwiller · 9 miRégis Dorn & 11 more
Bouxwiller · 5 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 moreJHVal-de-Moder · 8 miJoseph Heckel & 6 more
Wasselonne · 8 miHenri Streicher & 4 more
Marmoutier · 7 miAlbert Kahn & 3 moreJWDettwiller · 2 miJoseph Valentin WilhelmQuestions about famous people from Wilwisheim
Who counts as from Wilwisheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wilwisheim 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
- Bernard Stalter: CommAPCMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Georges Charles Petri: Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Karsten11 at German Wikipedia ., Public domain, 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.