Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0Kingersheim has no famous person on record yet
Within 3 mi, Mulhouse lists the most: 304, with Alfred Dreyfus first. The Haut-Rhin lists hold names for 118 towns. The longest list of any town in Haut-Rhin belongs to Mulhouse, with 304. Colmar has the second-longest list in Haut-Rhin, after Mulhouse, with 194.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Kingersheim (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Kingersheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Kingersheim
Nearby, Mulhouse has the most on record, with 304.
Questions about famous people from Kingersheim
Who counts as from Kingersheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Kingersheim 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)
- Alfred Dreyfus: Aron Gerschel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cléopâtre Darleux: Lyesmaha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Julien Weber: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Hassenforder: Profilm, 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.