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 1930s Clear ×
Jacques Charrier
Born 1936
Isabelle Corey
1939 - 2011
Philippe Contamine
Born 1932
Nathan Wachtel
Born 1935
Louise Hay (mathematician)
1935 - 1989
Jean-François Burgelin
1936 - 2007
Renaud Matignon
1936 - 1998
Ali Tounsi
1937 - 2010
Marcel Husson
Born 1937
Claude Reichman
Born 1937
Hugues de Varine
Born 1935
Pierre Merlin
Born 1937
Bernard Decomps
1936 - 2016
Jacques Kraemer
Born 1938
Ronald Virag
Born 1938
Philippe Michel (economist)
1937 - 2004
Henri Prosi
1936 - 2010
Bernard Guerrier de Dumast
1932 - 2019
Nicolas Schiffler
Born 1936
Jean-Claude Kuhnapfel
Born 1931
Paul Bladt
Born 1931
Bernard Magné
1938 - 2012
André Forfert
1938 - 2012