No one born in Houssen has made the famous people list yet
Auguste Bartholdi heads the list in Colmar, 4 mi away, which has 194 names. The longest list in Haut-Rhin is Mulhouse’s, with 304 names. The Haut-Rhin lists hold names for 118 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Houssen (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 Houssen yet.
Famous people born near Houssen
Of the towns nearby, Colmar lists the most people: 194.
Colmar · 4 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreFKSélestat · 10 miFabienne Keller & 40 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 5 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreCLRibeauvillé · 5 miClaude Leron & 4 moreDSSainte-Croix-en-Plaine · 8 miDidier Schmidt & 2 moreFHHorbourg-Wihr · 3 miFrédéric Hunsinger & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 4 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 5 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Houssen
Who counts as from Houssen?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Houssen 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.