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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Émile Léonard Mathieu
1835 - 1890
Lorédan Larchey
1831 - 1902
Emile Hirsch (painter)
1832 - 1904
Joseph Décembre
1836 - 1906
Nicolas Adolphe Bellevoye
1830 - 1908
Édouard Jaunez (1834-1918)
1834 - 1916
Gabriel Adrien Robinet de Cléry
1836 - 1914
Albert Terquem
1831 - 1887
Joseph Faller
1834 - 1914
Édouard Cahen
1837 - 1892
Alfred Mayrargues
1833 - 1901
Eugène Billy
1830 - 1878
Alexandre Émile Auburtin
1838 - 1899
Maurice Du Coëtlosquet
1836 - 1904
Léon Simon
1836 - 1910
Joseph Ernest Joba
1836 - 1900
Alexandre François Frédéric Bexon d'Ormeschevil
1836 - 1911
Henri Lanique
1839 - 1898
Henri Jeandelize
1832 - 1914