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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Gustave Kahn
1859 - 1936
François, Vicomte de Curel
1854 - 1928
Louis de Maud'huy
1857 - 1921
Jules Lagneau
1851 - 1894
Albert Bettannier
1851 - 1932
Lucien Gallois
1857 - 1941
Henri Vever
1854 - 1942
Maurice Bompard
1854 - 1935
Paul Michaux
1854 - 1923
Marie-Anne de Bovet
1855 - 1936
Anthony Gildès
1856 - 1941
Emmanuel Hannaux
1855 - 1934
Henri Putz
1859 - 1925
Louis-Charles-Marie Champigneulle
1853 - 1905
Louis Hestaux
1858 - 1919
Albert de L'Espée
1852 - 1918
C. Leon Broutin
1859 - 1926
René Maizeroy
1856 - 1918
Louis Adrian
1859 - 1933
Louis Geisler
1852 - 1914
Lucien Bertholon
1854 - 1914
Arthur Joseph Poline
1852 - 1934
Paul Chevreux
1854 - 1913
Olivier de Fremond
1854 - 1940
Henri François Joseph Boudet de Puymaigre
1858 - 1940
Gaston Dupuis
1855 - 1914
Ernest Pantz
1858 - 1940