Famous people born near Wittersheim
No famous person’s birth in Wittersheim is on record yet. The neighbour with the longest list is Haguenau, 6 mi away: 52, led by Sébastien Loeb. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin. 145 towns in Bas-Rhin have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Wittersheim (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 Wittersheim yet.
Famous people born near Wittersheim
Close by, the fullest list is Haguenau’s, at 52 names.
Questions about famous people from Wittersheim
Who counts as from Wittersheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wittersheim 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 (4)
- Bernard Stalter: CommAPCMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Bartholmèss: Schultz, C. ((lithogr)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Wackenheim: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amandus Acker: Spiritanerorden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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