Next door to Saint-Hippolyte, Colmar lists 194 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Saint-Hippolyte. The longest list in Haut-Rhin is Mulhouse’s, with 304 names. In all of Haut-Rhin, the famous people on record come from 118 towns. Colmar’s list is led by Auguste Bartholdi.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Hippolyte (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Hippolyte as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saint-Hippolyte
Close by, the fullest list is Colmar’s, at 194 names.
Colmar · 11 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreFKSélestat · 4 miFabienne Keller & 40 moreJDSainte-Marie-aux-Mines · 9 miJules Drach & 11 moreCLRibeauvillé · 3 miClaude Leron & 4 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 8 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreFFMarckolsheim · 9 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 10 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 moreFHHorbourg-Wihr · 10 miFrédéric Hunsinger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Hippolyte
Who counts as from Saint-Hippolyte?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Hippolyte 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 (1)
- Auguste Bartholdi: Nadar, 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.