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
- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Gabriel Pierné
1863 - 1937
Ker-Xavier Roussel
1867 - 1944
Alfred Perot
1863 - 1925
Émile Fabre
1869 - 1955
Auguste Stéphane
1863 - 1947
Georges Leredu
1860 - 1943
Valerie Bergere
1867 - 1938
Charles de Lardemelle
1867 - 1935
Mayer Lambert
1863 - 1930
Eugène Decisy
1866 - 1936
Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph Champigneulle
1860 - 1942
Achille Broutin
1860 - 1918
Georges Varney
1864 - 1930
Michel Thiria
1867 - 1938
Albert Thiery
1868 - 1958
Georges Pichon
1865 - 1953
Émile de Lacoste
1864 - 1949
Émile Kraeutler
Born 1866
Pierre de Lacombe
1868 - 1933
Edmond Berthélémy
1866 - 1961