Zittersheim has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 11 mi away, Saverne’s list holds 29 names, Adrien Zeller the best known. 145 towns across Bas-Rhin can name a famous person born there. Strasbourg has the most of any town in Bas-Rhin: 826. After Strasbourg, the next longest list in Bas-Rhin is Haguenau’s, with 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Zittersheim (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 Zittersheim yet.
Famous people born near Zittersheim
Close by, the fullest list is Saverne’s, at 29 names.
Questions about famous people from Zittersheim
Who counts as from Zittersheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Zittersheim 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)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mouton: Ary Scheffer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Georges Charles Petri: Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Karsten11 at German Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Wittmann: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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