No famous person born in Courcelles is listed yet
The nearest list is in Altkirch, 11 mi away: 26 names, starting with Hugo Hofstetter. Across Territoire de Belfort, the lists cover 27 towns. The longest list of any town in Territoire de Belfort belongs to Belfort, with 145. Beaucourt has the second-longest list in Territoire de Belfort, after Belfort, with 5.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Courcelles (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Courcelles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Courcelles
The neighbour with the most names is Altkirch, at 26.
Altkirch · 11 miHugo Hofstetter & 25 more
Audincourt · 11 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Beaucourt · 7 miMarguerite Steinheil & 4 more
Hérimoncourt · 10 miJean Pierre Mégnin & 2 moreÉRSeloncourt · 10 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 moreMJSochaux · 12 miMichel Jacques & 1 more
Exincourt · 12 miJacques Fatton & 1 more
Étupes · 10 miJules-André PeugeotQuestions about famous people from Courcelles
Who counts as from Courcelles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Courcelles 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 (6)
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benoît Pedretti: mikeguib, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marguerite Steinheil: Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Pierre Mégnin: Auteur inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Fatton: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules-André Peugeot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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