No famous person born in Rantzwiller is listed yet
For more famous names, Mulhouse is 7 mi away: its list has 304, led by Alfred Dreyfus. The longest list in Haut-Rhin is Mulhouse’s, with 304 names. After Mulhouse, the next longest list in Haut-Rhin is Colmar’s, with 194. Famous people are on record for 118 of the towns in Haut-Rhin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Rantzwiller (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 Rantzwiller yet.
Famous people born near Rantzwiller
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Mulhouse · 7 miAlfred Dreyfus & 303 more
Altkirch · 7 miHugo Hofstetter & 25 moreFSSierentz · 4 miFrédéric Striby & 4 moreHERiedisheim · 6 miHenri Eberhardt & 2 morePGBlotzheim · 7 miPaul Gégauff & 1 more
Rixheim · 7 miHenri Zuber & 1 more
Morschwiller-le-Bas · 8 miJulien Koszul & 1 moreRSBartenheim · 5 miRaymond ScholerQuestions about famous people from Rantzwiller
Who counts as from Rantzwiller?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rantzwiller 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
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Zuber: A. Meyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Koszul: Alphonse Colas, 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.