#1Cléopâtre Darleux
born 1989French handball goalkeeper
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Most widely known is Cléopâtre Darleux, the French handball goalkeeper, with articles in 20 languages. Behind the leader come Jean-Jérôme Adam and Julien Baumgartner. The first birth on record is Sébastien Gegauff’s, in 1862, and the last Cléopâtre Darleux’s, in 1989. Only 13 of the 118 towns in Haut-Rhin with anyone on record list more.
Cléopâtre Darleux, Jean-Jérôme Adam and Julien Baumgartner are written about in 20, 5 and 4 languages.
#1French handball goalkeeper
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The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 1 births.
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Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Around it, Mulhouse has the most people on record, 304 of them.
Cléopâtre Darleux (French handball goalkeeper) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Jérôme Adam and Julien Baumgartner.
4 people born in Wittenheim have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Sébastien Gegauff, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wittenheim 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.
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