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-Victor Poncelet
1788 - 1867
Henri-Joseph Paixhans
1783 - 1854
Olry Terquem
1782 - 1862
Claude Mangin
1786 - 1835
Guillaume Lallement
1782 - 1829
Antoine-Marie Roederer
1782 - 1865
François Aubertin
1783 - 1821
Pierre-Jacques de Potier
1780 - 1840
Dominique François Burthe
1785 - 1852
Jean-François Génot
1783 - 1850
Jacques Emmery de Grozyeulx
1783 - 1839
Moïse Cahen
1785 - 1852
Louis Buchoz-Hilton
Born 1788
Nicolas Martin Vesco
1789 - 1883