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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Jean-Charles Chenu
1808 - 1879
Tobias Cohn
1652 - 1729
Pierre Simon (médecin)
1925 - 2008
Adolphe-Marie Gubler
1821 - 1879
Walter Sonntag
1907 - 1948
Émile Bégin
1802 - 1888
Pierre Carita
1676 - 1756
Anuce Foës
1528 - 1586
Léon Legouest
1820 - 1889
Lucien Bertholon
1854 - 1914
Reinhold Busch
Born 1942
Joseph Charles Daga
1825 - 1885
Étienne Pierre Morlanne
1772 - 1862
Moses Salomon Gumpertz
Died 1742
Georges Pichon
1865 - 1953
Simon Alexandre Ernest Aubertin
1825 - 1893
Henry Michel du Tennetar
1742 - 1800
Samuel Duclos
1589 - 1654
Moïse Cahen
1785 - 1852
Charles Monard
1795 - 1854
Jean Nicolas Eugène Vesco
1816 - 1880