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Friedrich Jacob Bast
1771–1811French diplomat and hellenist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Buschwiller, Haut-Rhin
Friedrich Jacob Bast, born in 1771, is Buschwiller’s famous person on record
The French diplomat and hellenist Friedrich Jacob Bast was born in 1771. Their birth falls before the Revolution. 3 languages have an article about them. For more famous names, Huningue is 4 mi away: its list has 5, led by Maximilien Joseph Hurtault.
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Friedrich Jacob Bast
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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Friedrich Jacob Bast
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Huningue’s, with 5.
Questions about famous people from Buschwiller
Who is the most famous person from Buschwiller?
Friedrich Jacob Bast (French diplomat and hellenist) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Buschwiller?
1 people born in Buschwiller have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Buschwiller known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who counts as from Buschwiller?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Buschwiller 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.
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Photo credits (3)
- Maximilien Joseph Hurtault: Merry-Joseph Blondel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moïse Nordmann: Wolf, G. (lithogr). Fonction indéterminée, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lina Ritter: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0, 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.