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Famous people · Sierentz, Haut-Rhin

Sierentz’s famous people span 190 years: 5 births from 1771 to 1961

Articles in 3 languages make the French politician Frédéric Striby the best known. Second place goes to the French priest Joseph Koerber, third to Louis Dagobert Scherer. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 3 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 118 towns in Haut-Rhin with famous people list more.

#3 best knownLouis Dagobert SchererMilitary · 1771–1844
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frédéric Striby
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1771
Louis Dagobert Scherer
Youngest
1961
Mito Loeffler
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Sierentz

Languages with an article: 3 for Frédéric Striby, 3 for Joseph Koerber, 2 for Louis Dagobert Scherer.

FS#1
Politics & Law

Frédéric Striby

1943–2013

French politician (1943-2013)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Louis Dagobert Scherer#3
Military

Louis Dagobert Scherer

1771–1844

French military personnel

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Sierentz’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century17501800185019001950Frédéric HaasLouis Dagobert SchererFrédéric Striby
Politics & LawFaithMilitaryMusic

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Sierentz is known for

The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Sierentz

2 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Huningue: 5.

Questions about famous people from Sierentz

Who is the most famous person from Sierentz?

Frédéric Striby (French politician (1943-2013)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Koerber and Louis Dagobert Scherer.

How many famous people were born in Sierentz?

5 people born in Sierentz have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Sierentz known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sierentz?

Louis Dagobert Scherer, born in 1771. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.

Who counts as from Sierentz?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sierentz 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)

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.