Alphonse Jenn
1916–1996French politician
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
At the top of the list is the French politician Alphonse Jenn, covered in 2 languages. The list has one more: the French politician and trade unionist Auguste Wicky. Thann, 3 mi off, can claim 23 famous people, the best known Patrick Strzoda. Born in 1873, Auguste Wicky is the first name on record, and Alphonse Jenn, born in 1916, the most recent.
French politician
French politician and trade unionist (1873-1947)
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Thann · 3 miPatrick Strzoda & 22 more
Soultz-Haut-Rhin · 11 miBernard Genghini & 7 more
Masevaux-Niederbruck · 3 miJacques-Louis Battmann & 3 more
Cernay · 6 miMaurice Gastiger & 3 moreCNWittelsheim · 9 miCasimir Nowotarski & 3 more
Lutterbach · 10 miJean-Julien Weber & 2 more
Morschwiller-le-Bas · 10 miJulien Koszul & 1 moreCLBollwiller · 11 miCharles Henry Lea & 1 moreAlphonse Jenn (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Auguste Wicky.
2 people born in Bourbach-le-Bas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Auguste Wicky, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 1916.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourbach-le-Bas 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.
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).
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.