49.1197° N, 6.1769° E
METZ
Most Famous People Born in Metz, France
- Notable people
- 824
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- Median birth year
- 1885
- Most distinctive
- Militar 6.7×
A garrison city on the French-German fault line, and it reads like one: the Militar and Officer benches are outsized for any town this size, with a Physician count bulging from the military medical tradition. Paul Verlaine was born in the shadow of those barracks, and the Painter thread hints at the Lorraine schools and the Pompidou-Metz generations still to come.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Metz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Metz Is Known For
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Politician is Metz's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (95).
Metz over-indexes on militar — 6.7× the global rate.
Metz under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Metz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Military
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Science
- Writing
- Other
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
1734 - 1781
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz
1731 - 1807
Marguerite Rutan
1736 - 1794
Louis Éthis de Corny
1736 - 1790
Claude-François de Lezay-Marnésia
1735 - 1800
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore de Tschudi
1734 - 1784
Louis-Marie Fouquet de Belle-Isle
1732 - 1758
Jean-Nicolas Beauregard
1733 - 1804
Nicolas Francin
1735 - 1802
Jean Pierre Goullet de Latour
1730 - 1809
Philippe Evrard de Longeville
1731 - 1807
Antoine Saint-Hillier
1737 - 1803
Hyacinthe Roger-Duprat
1732 - 1806