Famous people from Sewen
Within 12 mi, Belfort lists the most: 145, with Tahar Rahim first. The list for Sewen is empty for now. In Haut-Rhin, 118 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Haut-Rhin belongs to Mulhouse, with 304.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sewen (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 Sewen yet.
Famous people born near Sewen
Close by, the fullest list is Belfort’s, at 145 names.
Thann · 9 miPatrick Strzoda & 22 more
Cornimont · 11 miHubert Curien & 7 more
Masevaux-Niederbruck · 5 miJacques-Louis Battmann & 3 more
Valdoie · 10 miAndré Maschinot & 2 moreMGGiromagny · 6 miMaurice GeorgesJBLe Thillot · 8 miJean-Claude BerthommierCAVieux-Thann · 10 miCharles Édouard AmiotQuestions about famous people from Sewen
Who counts as from Sewen?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sewen 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)
- Patrick Strzoda: Markov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Curien: Jean Weber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques-Louis Battmann: Hermann Raunheim, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Maschinot: Philippe Maschinot, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.