No famous person yet from Zimmerbach
Colmar, 5 mi away, has 194 on its list, the best known Auguste Bartholdi. Famous people are on record for 118 of the towns in Haut-Rhin. The longest list of any town in Haut-Rhin belongs to Mulhouse, with 304.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Zimmerbach (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 Zimmerbach yet.
Famous people born near Zimmerbach
The fullest list close by belongs to Colmar, with 194.
Colmar · 5 miAuguste Bartholdi & 193 moreDWMunster · 5 miDaniel Walther & 9 moreASKaysersberg Vignoble · 5 miAlbert Schweitzer & 4 moreCLRibeauvillé · 9 miClaude Leron & 4 moreDSSainte-Croix-en-Plaine · 8 miDidier Schmidt & 2 more
Turckheim · 2 miCharles Grad & 1 more
Wintzenheim · 3 miFlorine Langweil & 1 moreAHIngersheim · 4 miAlphonse Hurth & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Zimmerbach
Who counts as from Zimmerbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Zimmerbach 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
- Charles Grad: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florine Langweil: Dumas Roger, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.