Next door to Weckolsheim, Colmar lists 194 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Weckolsheim. No town in Haut-Rhin lists more than Mulhouse, with 304. Across Haut-Rhin, 118 towns list someone born there. Colmar’s list is led by Auguste Bartholdi.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Weckolsheim (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 Weckolsheim yet.
Famous people born near Weckolsheim
Close by, the fullest list is Colmar’s, at 194 names.
Colmar · 9 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreDSSainte-Croix-en-Plaine · 6 miDidier Schmidt & 2 moreFHHorbourg-Wihr · 8 miFrédéric Hunsinger & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 11 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreFFMarckolsheim · 11 miFrançois Xavier Jacob Freytag & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 11 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 more
Rouffach · 10 miFrançois-Joseph LefebvreQuestions about famous people from Weckolsheim
Who counts as from Weckolsheim?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Weckolsheim 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 (3)
- Auguste Bartholdi: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florine Langweil: Dumas Roger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Joseph Lefebvre: Césarine Davin-Mirvault, 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.