#1Famous people · Altkirch, Haut-Rhin
Leaders stand out among the 26 famous people born in Altkirch
Articles in 17 languages make the French road cyclist Hugo Hofstetter the best known. Yvan Muller and Nicolas Hartmann follow. In the Belle Époque, 8 were born, the most of any period. The list is still growing: 5 were born since 1970.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hugo Hofstetter
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1744
Jean-Adam Pflieger, l'aîné
Youngest
1994
Hugo Hofstetter
Most common field
Politics & Law
10 people
What stands out about Altkirch’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Altkirch is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Altkirch
The three best known are all athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Altkirch’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 3 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Altkirch
23 more, 10 of them leaders.
Emile Muller
1823–1889Engineer, ceramist and French entrepreneur (1823–1889)
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Mulhouse, at 304.
Mulhouse · 10 miAlfred Dreyfus & 303 moreFSSierentz · 10 miFrédéric Striby & 4 more
Lutterbach · 10 miJean-Julien Weber & 2 moreHERiedisheim · 11 miHenri Eberhardt & 2 moreAAPfastatt · 11 miAlphonse Anger & 2 more
Morschwiller-le-Bas · 8 miJulien Koszul & 1 more
Rixheim · 12 miHenri Zuber & 1 more
Brunstatt-Didenheim · 8 miMarie-Augustin ZwillerQuestions about famous people from Altkirch
Who is the most famous person from Altkirch?
Hugo Hofstetter (French road cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yvan Muller and Nicolas Hartmann.
How many famous people were born in Altkirch?
26 people born in Altkirch have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 38 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Altkirch known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 10 of the 26. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Altkirch?
Jean-Adam Pflieger, l'aîné, born in 1744. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Altkirch?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Altkirch 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 (16)
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvan Muller: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Hartmann: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Thérèse Kolb: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Jourdain: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Didier Lemaire: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emile Muller: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Gluck: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Adam Pflieger, l'aîné: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon Lehmann: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Adam Pflieger le Jeune: Charles Antoine Adam Goutzwiller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Dreyfus: Aron Gerschel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Julien Weber: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Koszul: Alphonse Colas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Zuber: A. Meyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Augustin Zwiller: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.