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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Paul Verlaine
1844 - 1896
Louis Le Prince
1842 - 1890
Victor Jaclard
1840 - 1903
Félix Alcan
1841 - 1925
Eugène Rolland
1846 - 1909
Henri-Félix de Lamothe
1843 - 1926
Jules-Dominique Antoine
1845 - 1917
Marie-Auguste Flameng
1843 - 1893
Émile Boilvin
1845 - 1899
Jean Baptiste Jules Dalstein
1845 - 1923
Léon Jean Benjamin de Lamothe
1849 - 1936
Edmond Robert
1849 - 1907
Charles Nauroy
1846 - 1919
Alfred Macherez
1841 - 1904
Nicolas Charles Chomer
1849 - 1915
Justin Dennery
1847 - 1928
Alfred Coupillaud
1844 - 1925
Charles Feldmann
1846 - 1929
Auguste Jacot (prêtre)
1845 - 1919