No one from Hettenschlag is on the famous people list yet
Within 7 mi, Colmar lists the most: 194, with Auguste Bartholdi first. Famous people are on record for 118 of the towns in Haut-Rhin. Mulhouse has the most of any town in Haut-Rhin: 304.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Hettenschlag (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 Hettenschlag yet.
Famous people born near Hettenschlag
The longest list nearby is Colmar’s, with 194.
Colmar · 7 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 more
Ensisheim · 11 miLéon Boëllmann & 4 moreDSSainte-Croix-en-Plaine · 3 miDidier Schmidt & 2 moreFHHorbourg-Wihr · 6 miFrédéric Hunsinger & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 9 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 9 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 more
Turckheim · 10 miCharles Grad & 1 moreFFMarckolsheim · 12 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Hettenschlag
Who counts as from Hettenschlag?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hettenschlag 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
- Léon Boëllmann: photo Ch. Reutlinger, Paris, BNF Richelieu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florine Langweil: Dumas Roger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Grad: 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.