No famous person born in Grussenheim is listed yet
The nearest list is in Colmar, 8 mi away: 194 names, starting with Auguste Bartholdi. 118 towns across Haut-Rhin can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Haut-Rhin is Mulhouse’s, with 304 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grussenheim (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Grussenheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Grussenheim
Of the towns around it, Colmar has the most on record: 194.
Colmar · 8 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreFKSélestat · 8 miFabienne Keller & 40 moreCLRibeauvillé · 8 miClaude Leron & 4 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 10 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreFFMarckolsheim · 3 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 moreFHHorbourg-Wihr · 6 miFrédéric Hunsinger & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 9 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 10 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Grussenheim
Who counts as from Grussenheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grussenheim 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 (2)
- Auguste Bartholdi: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florine Langweil: Dumas Roger, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.