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-François Pilâtre de Rozier
1754 - 1785
Pierre Louis Roederer
1754 - 1835
Pierre Louis de Lacretelle
1751 - 1824
Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte
1754 - 1840
Jacques Louis, Comte de Bournon
1751 - 1824
Nicolas Villeroy
1759 - 1843
Anne-Marie Krumpholtz
1755 - 1824
Joseph Mathieu Sganzin
1750 - 1837
Jean-Victor Colchen
1751 - 1830
Charlotte de Bournon
1753 - 1842
Philippe Antoine Vogt d'Hunolstein
1750 - 1830
François Le Goullon
1757 - 1839
Pierre Ignace Jaunez-Sponville
1750 - 1805
Claude Nicolas François Colchen
1755 - 1833
Dominique Joba
1759 - 1809
Jean Nicolas Humbert de Fercourt
1751 - 1823
Nicolas Joseph Schreiber
1752 - 1833
Pierre-Sylvestre Jaunez
1755 - 1844
Moses Ensheim
1750 - 1839