Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0Orbey has yet to put a famous person on the list
Within 10 mi, Colmar lists the most: 194, with Auguste Bartholdi first. The Haut-Rhin lists hold names for 118 towns. No town in Haut-Rhin lists more than Mulhouse, with 304.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Orbey (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 Orbey as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Orbey
Colmar leads the towns around it, with 194 names.
Colmar · 10 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreJDSainte-Marie-aux-Mines · 8 miJules Drach & 11 moreDWMunster · 6 miDaniel Walther & 9 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 6 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreCLRibeauvillé · 9 miClaude Leron & 4 moreRRFraize · 8 miRégis Roch & 3 more
Turckheim · 6 miCharles Grad & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 7 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Orbey
Who counts as from Orbey?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Orbey 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
- 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.