Next door to Rodern, Colmar lists 194 famous people
No famous person’s birth in Rodern is on record yet. Famous people are on record for 118 of the towns in Haut-Rhin. Mulhouse’s 304 names make the longest list in Haut-Rhin. The best known born in Colmar is Auguste Bartholdi.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Rodern (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 Rodern yet.
Famous people born near Rodern
The neighbour with the most names is Colmar, at 194.
Colmar · 10 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreFKSélestat · 5 miFabienne Keller & 40 moreJDSainte-Marie-aux-Mines · 8 miJules Drach & 11 moreCLRibeauvillé · 3 miClaude Leron & 4 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 7 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreAHIngersheim · 9 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 moreFFMarckolsheim · 10 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 more
Turckheim · 10 miCharles Grad & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Rodern
Who counts as from Rodern?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rodern 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.