No one from Zaessingue is on the famous people list yet
Hugo Hofstetter tops the 26 names on record in Altkirch, 6 mi away. 118 towns across Haut-Rhin can name a famous person born there. No town in Haut-Rhin lists more than Mulhouse, with 304. After Mulhouse, the next longest list in Haut-Rhin is Colmar’s, with 194.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Zaessingue (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 Zaessingue yet.
Famous people born near Zaessingue
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Altkirch · 6 miHugo Hofstetter & 25 moreFSSierentz · 5 miFrédéric Striby & 4 moreHERiedisheim · 8 miHenri Eberhardt & 2 more
Hégenheim · 9 miMoïse Nordmann & 2 morePGBlotzheim · 6 miPaul Gégauff & 1 more
Rixheim · 9 miHenri Zuber & 1 moreRSBartenheim · 6 miRaymond Scholer
Brunstatt-Didenheim · 7 miMarie-Augustin ZwillerQuestions about famous people from Zaessingue
Who counts as from Zaessingue?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Zaessingue 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 (4)
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moïse Nordmann: Wolf, G. (lithogr). Fonction indéterminée, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Zuber: A. Meyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Augustin Zwiller: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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