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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Metz during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1890s with 62 notable births.

What Metz Is Known For

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Politician is Metz's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (95).

Metz over-indexes on militar6.7× the global rate.

Metz under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician95
  2. Militar67
  3. Painter57
  4. Football54
  5. Officer30
  6. Actor27
  7. Writer24
  8. Physician21
  1. Militar676.7×
  2. Officer305.5×
  3. Physician213.7×
  4. Handball93.5×
  5. Painter572.6×
  6. Sculptor112.0×
  7. Mathematician81.9×
  8. Engineer91.7×
  1. Football540.6×
  2. Actor270.6×

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.

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  • Politics & Law
  • Military
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Writing
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Showing 25 of 824 notable people

0030 FOOTBALL

Arnaud Lusamba

Born 1997

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0076 FOOTBALL

Romain Métanire

Born 1990

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0104 SKIER

Adrien Backscheider

Born 1992

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0126 ATHLETIC

Ninon Guillon-Romarin

Born 1995

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0154 PLAYER

Ugo Humbert

Born 1998

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0195 FOOTBALL

Bryan Nouvier

Born 1995

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0239 FOOTBALL

Lucas Toussaint

Born 1996

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0294 SKI

Paul Brasme

Born 1997

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0311 FOOTBALL

Matthieu Udol

Born 1996

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0323 WRITER

Loulou Robert

Born 1992

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0352 ATHLETE

Jeanne Lehair

Born 1996

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0373 PLAYER

Bun Kenny

Born 1990

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0380 BASKET

Vincent Pourchot

Born 1992

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0392 FOOTBALL

Héloïse Mansuy

Born 1997

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0459 HANDBALL

Déborah Dangueuger

Born 1994

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0520 BASKET

Alexandre Karolak

Born 1995

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0531 BASKET

Étienne Ory

Born 1996

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0550 HANDBALL

Ophélie Tonds

Born 1998

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0564 HANDBALL

Sabrina Abdellahi

Born 1992

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0579 HANDBALL

Djénéba Tandjan

Born 1993

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0655 FOOTBALL

Olivier Lusamba

Born 1993

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0671 SINGER

Lionel Stoffel

Born 1991

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0701 PLAYER

Léo Bastien

Born 1993

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0727 FOOTBALL

Gautier Bernardelli

Born 1992

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0822 FOOTBALL

Vincent Peugnet

Born 1998

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