1. Chris Marques (1978)

Dancer

Dancer and choreographer who was crowned as the Salsa World Champion three consecutive years from 2004 to 2006. Since then, he has been a choreographer on Strictly Come Dancing and a judge...

2. Pierre Hermé (1961)

French Pastry Chef

Several years after opening his first Pierre Herme Paris shop in Tokyo, Japan, this famous pastry chef established a branch of the company in his native France. He subsequently became...

3. Ryad Boudebouz (1990)

Footballer

Attacking midfielder who debuted professionally for Sochaux in 2008 and has played for the Algerian national team.

4. Jean-Marcellin Buttin (1991)

Rugby Player

Jean-Marcellin Buttin is a French rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14. He plays as a Fullback.

5. Lætitia Bléger (1981)

Miss France 2004

Lætitia Bléger is a beauty queen who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant. Bléger won the Miss France title in 2004 and represented France at the Miss Universe 2004...

6. Romain Heinrich (1990)

French Bobsledder

Romain Heinrich January 30 1990 in Colmar) is a French bobsledder. Heinrich competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for France. He teamed with driver Loic Costerg in the two-man event...

7. Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (1958)

Footballer

Jean-Christophe Thouvenel is a French former professional football player. Thouvenel was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles...

8. Amaury Bischoff (1987)

Portuguese Footballer

Amaury Armindo Bischoff is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for SC Preußen Münster in Germany as a central midfielder.

9. Jean Rapp (1771)

French General

Jean Rapp was a French Army general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Rapp was born the son of the janitor of the town-hall of Colmar. He...

10. Guy Roux (1938)

Footballer

Guy Roux is a former French football player and manager known for being in charge of French side AJ Auxerre for the remarkable period of more than forty years and...

11. Nicolas Armindo (1982)

French Racing Driver

Nicolas Armindo is a race car driver born in Colmar France. As a child he enjoyed Karting and raced in many local races. Starting his career in French Formula Campus...

12. Camille Sée (1847)

French Politician

Camille Sée was a French politician who was born in Colmar. As the pioneer of the 1880 French law which established Lycées for girls he also created the École normale...

13. Émile Zurlinden (1837)

French Minister Of War

Émile Zurlinden was French Minister of War between 5 September 1898 and 17 September 1898. He succeeded Godefroy Cavaignac. A general he was previously governor of Paris and he accepted...

14. Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812)

French Soldier And Politician

Baron Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès was a French military officer and politician. Despite his later career as a senator under the Second French Empire d'Anthès's name is most famous because...

15. Nicolas Haussmann (1760)

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16. Victor Chauffour (1819)

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17. Ignace Chauffour (1808)

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18. Louis Chauffour (1816)

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19. Pierre Moerlen (1952)

French Musician

Pierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield.

20. Éric Straumann (1964)

French Politician

Éric Straumann is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haut-Rhin department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

21. Marc Keller (1968)

French Footballer

Marc Keller is a French former professional footballer who played primarily as a midfielder. In his club career he played in France Germany and England. For the national side he...

22. Franck Rolling (1968)

Footballer

Rolling is a French former football defender. Rolling began his career as an attacking player at RC Strasbourg making his debut in a game against Sporting Club Toulon on October...

23. Jean-Christian Bourcart (1960)

French Photographer

After a career as photojournalist Jean-Christian Bourcart first gained attention in the art world for Infertile Madonnas a series of photographs taken in Frankfurt brothels which was widely exhibited and...

24. Béatrice Hess (1961)

French Swimmer

Béatrice Pierre Hess is a French Paralympic swimmer. The French newspaper L'Humanité has described her as one of the best swimmers in the world while the magazine Marianne has described...

25. Louis Marie Baptiste Atthalin (1784)

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Louis Marie Baptiste Atthalin Baron Atthalin was a French Army officer politician painter watercolorist and lithographer. He died in Colmar on 3 September 1856. Louis-Philippe I sent Atthalin to Nicholas...

26. Vincent Boury (1969)

French Paralympic Table Tennis P

Vincent Boury born in 1969 is a French table tennis player. He represented France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in class 2 and beat fellow French competitor Stéphane Molliens to...

27. Cendrine Wolf (1969)

French Writer

Cendrine Wolf is a French children's writer known for co-writing the Oksa Pollock series with Anne Plichota. In 2012 the two announced that they would be collaborating on a new...

28. Jean-François Rewbell (1747)

French Lawyer And Diplomat

Jean-François Rewbell was a French lawyer diplomat and politician of the Revolution.

29. Armando Álvarez (1970)

Spanish Footballer

Armando Álvarez Álvarez simply known as Armando is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right defender.

30. René Wolff (1978)

German Racing Cyclist

René Wolff is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany. Wolff specializes in the Sprint Team Sprint and Kierin events and teamed up with multiple Olympic champion Jens...

31. Fabien Schmidt (1989)

French Cyclist

bien Schmidt is a French cyclist. He is currently a member of the amateur Team U Nantes Atlantique. He won the Paris–Tours Espoirs in 2011 and was a stagiaire at...

32. Georg Wickram (Unknow)

German Writer

Georg Wickram was a German poet and novelist. Wickram was born at Colmar in Alsace; the exact date of his birth and death are unknown. He founded a Meistersinger school...

33. Ernst Stadler (1883)

German Poet

Ernst Stadler was a German Expressionist poet.

34. Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (1736)

German Writer

Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel was a French-German writer and translator whose texts were put to music by Ludwig van Beethoven Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert. He is sometimes also known as...

35. Pascal Johansen (1979)

Footballer

Pascal Johansen is a French football midfielder currently playing for Grenoble Foot 38. He is a younger brother of Frédéric Johansen former player of FC Mulhouse and one of France's...

36. Nicolas Rostoucher (1981)

French Swimmer

Nicolas Rostoucher is a freestyle and medley swimmer from France who is on the French National Swimming Team since 2000. He has competed for his native country at three consecutive...