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.
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- Military
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Science
- Writing
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Ambroise Thomas
1811 - 1896
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
1817 - 1898
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
1814 - 1896
Jean-Augustin Barral
1819 - 1884
Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy
1819 - 1897
Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse
1817 - 1881
Octavie Marie Elisabeth de Lasalle von Louisenthal
1811 - 1890
Louis-Théodore Devilly
1818 - 1886
Théodore-Joseph Boudet de Puymaigre
1816 - 1901
Jean Auguste Marc
1818 - 1886
Eugène Rolland (ingénieur)
1812 - 1885
Jean Louis Protche
1818 - 1886
Marie Octavie Sturel Paigné
1819 - 1854
Benjamin Lipman
1819 - 1886
Joseph Bettannier
1817 - 1877
Louis-Amédée Humbert
1814 - 1876
Maurice Desvignes
1816 - 1898
Charles-André Malardot
1817 - 1879
Adolphe Maillart
1810 - 1891
Charles Joseph du Pasquier de Dommartin
1817 - 1871
Jean-Jules Jacott
1812 - 1894
Wallerand-Léonce-Alcée Lagroy de Croutte de Sain
1812 - 1889
Jean Durand de Villers
1814 - 1886
Charles Eugène Durand de Villers
1816 - 1893
Joseph Fayard
1816 - 1908
Amélie Doumet
1817 - 1898
Jean-Pierre Delatte
1818 - 1881
Jean Nicolas Eugène Vesco
1816 - 1880
Friedrich Joseph August von Haeseler
1812 - 1889