Next door to Gunsbach, Colmar lists 194 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Gunsbach. 118 towns across Haut-Rhin can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Haut-Rhin belongs to Mulhouse, with 304. Colmar’s list is led by Auguste Bartholdi.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Gunsbach (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 Gunsbach yet.
Famous people born near Gunsbach
Of the towns around it, Colmar has the most on record: 194.
Colmar · 8 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 more
Guebwiller · 10 miAlfred Kastler & 27 moreDWMunster · 2 miDaniel Walther & 9 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 8 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreDSSainte-Croix-en-Plaine · 10 miDidier Schmidt & 2 more
Turckheim · 6 miCharles Grad & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 6 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 7 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Gunsbach
Who counts as from Gunsbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gunsbach 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)
- Auguste Bartholdi: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Kastler: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Grad: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.