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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Amable Tastu
1798 - 1885
Claude François Lallemand
1790 - 1854
Olry Terquem (paleontologist)
1797 - 1887
Samuel Cahen
1796 - 1862
Narcisse Parant
1794 - 1842
Ferdinand von Parseval
1791 - 1854
Augustin African Stourm
1797 - 1865
Maximilien Simon
1797 - 1861
Auguste Rolland
1797 - 1859
Charles François Woirhaye
1798 - 1878
Félix Maréchal
1798 - 1871
Étienne Antoine
1793 - 1855
Pascal Monard
1795 - 1874
Eugénie Charmeil
1797 - 1855
Aimé Nicolas Derode
1795 - 1872
Charles-Narcisse Oulif
1794 - 1867
Charles Monard
1795 - 1854
Édouard Jaunez
1795 - 1876