No famous person born in Sickert is listed yet
Go 12 mi to Belfort and the list grows to 145, with Tahar Rahim at the top. 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. 118 towns across Haut-Rhin can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sickert (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 Sickert yet.
Famous people born near Sickert
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Sickert, with how many people each has.
Thann · 6 miPatrick Strzoda & 22 more
Masevaux-Niederbruck · 1 miJacques-Louis Battmann & 3 more
Cernay · 9 miMaurice Gastiger & 3 more
Valdoie · 10 miAndré Maschinot & 2 moreCAVieux-Thann · 7 miCharles Édouard AmiotMGGiromagny · 8 miMaurice Georges
Offemont · 10 miJean-Marie LangQuestions about famous people from Sickert
Who counts as from Sickert?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sickert 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 (5)
- Patrick Strzoda: Markov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques-Louis Battmann: Hermann Raunheim, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Gastiger: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Maschinot: Philippe Maschinot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Lang: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, 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.