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André Goerig
1944–2009French association football player (1944-2009)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Walheim, Haut-Rhin
André Goerig is the only name on the Walheim list
The French association football player André Goerig was born in 1944. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. Mulhouse, 8 mi off, can claim 304 famous people, the best known Alfred Dreyfus.
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André Goerig
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1944
André Goerig
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Walheim
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Mulhouse counts 304 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Mulhouse · 8 miAlfred Dreyfus & 303 more
Altkirch · 2 miHugo Hofstetter & 25 moreFSSierentz · 9 miFrédéric Striby & 4 more
Lutterbach · 8 miJean-Julien Weber & 2 moreHERiedisheim · 9 miHenri Eberhardt & 2 moreAAPfastatt · 9 miAlphonse Anger & 2 more
Morschwiller-le-Bas · 7 miJulien Koszul & 1 more
Rixheim · 10 miHenri Zuber & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Walheim
Who is the most famous person from Walheim?
André Goerig (French association football player (1944-2009)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Walheim?
1 people born in Walheim have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Walheim known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Walheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Walheim 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)
- Alfred Dreyfus: Aron Gerschel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Julien Weber: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Koszul: Alphonse Colas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Zuber: A. Meyer, 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.