List of personalities of the city of Metz
The list of personalities of the city of Metz includes sons and daughters of the city of Metz , as well as important personalities who worked in Metz.
sons and daughters of the town
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1757–1785), French physicist and one of the first aviation pioneers
Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867), French mathematician, engineer and physicist
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896), French composer
Paul Verlaine
(1844-1896), French poet
Until 1800
- Livarius (French: Livier), Christian martyr at the time of the Huns , one of the city patrons of Metz
- Claudius Cantiuncula (around 1495–1549), legal scholar
- Monsu Desiderio (1593–1640), painter, actually Français de Nome and Didier Barra
- Abraham de Fabert (1599–1660 / 62), military leader and military engineer, Marshal of France
- Friedrich von Nassau-Weilburg (1640–1675), Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- Abraham César Lamoureux (approx. 1640–1692), effective sculptor in Scandinavia
- Pierre Poiret (1646–1719), French mystic and Christian philosopher
- Charles Ancillon (1659–1715), French lawyer and diplomat
- Pierre Carita (1676–1756), French physician in Berlin
- Paul-Gédéon Joly de Maïzeroy (1719–1780), French officer
- Jean Baptiste Leprince (1734–1781), French painter
- Adam-Philippe de Custine (1740–1793), French general
- François de Barbé-Marbois (1745–1837), French statesman
- Nicolas Joseph Schreiber (1752–1833), French general
- Pierre-Louis Roederer (1754–1835), French statesman and publicist
- Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte (1754–1840), French officer
- Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754–1785), French physicist and one of the first aviation pioneers
- Simon de Faultrier (1763-1832), French general
- Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville (1763-1840), Austrian general
- Charles Victor Woirgard (1764-1810), French general
- Basile Guy Marie Victor Baltus de Pouilly (1766-1845), French general
- Antoine Richepanse (1770–1802), French general
- François-Etienne Kellermann (1770–1835), French cavalry general
- Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Semellé (1773–1839), French general
- François Antoine Charles Lallemand (1774–1839), French general
- Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775–1809), French general
- François Joseph Henrion (1776–1849), French officer
- Henry Dominique Lallemand (1777–1823), French general
- Henri-Joseph Paixhans (1783-1854), French officer
- Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867), French mathematician, engineer and physicist
- Claude François Lallemand (1790-1853), French surgeon
- Ferdinand von Parseval (1791–1854), Bavarian major general, grandfather of the airship August von Parseval
- Auguste Stourm (1797–1865), General Director of the French Post
- Maximilien Simon (1797–1861), French composer and civil servant
1801-1900
- Antoine Chautan de Vercly (1804-1891), French general
- Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896), French composer
- Gabriel Auguste Daubrée (1814–1896), geologist
- Jean Baptiste Henry Putz (1824–1903), French general
- Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835–1890), French mathematician
- Charles Victor Jaclard (1840–1903), journalist and revolutionary
- Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), French poet
- Jean Baptiste Jules Dalstein (1845–1923), French general
- Arthur Joseph Poline (1852-1934), French general
- Emmanuel Hannaux (1855–1934), French sculptor and medalist
- Hans von Winterfeld (1857–1914), Prussian general, governor of the Metz fortress.
- Louis Ernest de Maud'huy (1857–1921), French general
- Otto Brucks (1858–1914), theater director in Metz
- Gabriel Henri Putz (1859–1925), French general
- Gustave Kahn (1859-1936), French writer
- Alfred Pérot (1863–1925), French physicist
- Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937), French composer
- Auguste Stéphane (1863–1947), French cyclist
- Charles de Lardemelle (1867–1935), French general
- Paul Pierné (1874–1952), French composer
- Willy Rohr (1877–1930), Prussian officer
- Antonie “Toni” Pfülf (1877–1933), socialist and member of the Reichstag (SPD) 1919–1933
- Hanns Benda (1877–1951), German admiral
- Arthur Kobus (1879–1945), German general
- Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956), German writer and translator
- Karl Süpfle (1880–1942), German hygienist
- Otto Flake (1880–1963), German writer
- Sigmund von Imhoff (1881–1967), major general in the Air Force in World War II
- Luise von Winterfeld (1882–1967), archivist
- Wilhelm Baur de Betaz (1883–1964), German general
- Joachim Degener (1883–1953), German general
- Rolf Mayer-Schalburg (1883–1976), German farmer and association official
- Günther Rüdel (1883–1950), German general
- Hermann Wendel (1884–1936), German writer
- Walter Behrendt (architect) (1884–1945), German architect, urban planner and author
- Hermann Schaefer (1885–1962), German general
- Rudolf John Gorsleben (1883–1930), German writer
- Bodo Zimmermann (1886–1963), German general
- Walther Kittel (1887–1971), German general staff doctor
- Ernst Terres (1887–1958), German chemist
- Maria Joseph Weber (1887–1949), German Spiritan Father
- Karl Kriebel (1888–1961), German general
- Gustav Klingelhöfer (1888–1961), German politician (SPD)
- Hans von Salmuth (1888–1962), German general
- Peter Bell (1889–1939), German politician (NSDAP)
- Fritz von Twardowski (1890–1970), German diplomat
- Klaus Graf von Baudissin (1891–1961), German art historian
- Emil Heinrich Diehl (1891-1933), German physician and politician (NSDAP)
- Eugen Müller (1891–1951), German general
- Arthur von Briesen (1891–1981), German general
- Ernst Schreder (1892–1941), German general
- Karl Spiewok (1892–1951), German politician (NSDAP)
- Ludwig Bieringer (1892–1975), German general
- Eduard Krüger (1893–1963), German equestrian
- Theodor Berkelmann (1894–1943), German general
- Hans-Edgar Endres (1894 – unknown), German bobsledder
- Edgar Feuchtinger (1894–1960), German general
- Raymond Schwartz (1894–1973), writer
- Hans-Albrecht Lehmann (1894–1976), German general
- Kurt Haseloff (1894–1978), German general
- Hans Leistikow (1895–1967), German general
- Hans Otto Glahn (1895–1979), German politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Schmundt (1896–1944), German general
- Julius von Bernuth (1897–1942), German general
- Wilhelm Falley (1897–1944), German general
- Tiana Lemnitz (1897–1994), German soprano
- Johannes Hintz (1898–1944), German general
- Ernst Moritz Mungenast (1898–1964), German writer and journalist
- Franz Siebe (1898–1970), politician (CDU), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Joachim-Friedrich Lang (1899–1945), German general
- Heinz Reitbauer (1899–1960), German bank director and politician
- Herbert Gundelach (1899–1971), German general
- Max Braubach (1899–1975), German historian
- Anny Wienbruch (1899–1976), German writer
- Leo Weisgerber (1899–1985), German linguist
1901-1950
- Gustave Abel (1901–1988), Austrian cave explorer
- Maxim Kuraner (1901–1978), German politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Troßbach (1903–1947), German athlete
- Michael Evenari (1904–1989, born Walter Schwarz ), Israeli botanist
- Max Walter (1905–1987), German weightlifter
- Heinz Harmel (1906-2000), German general
- Helmuth Bode (1907–1985), German officer
- Jean Burger (1907–1945), French resistance fighter
- Polly Maria Höfler (1907–1952), German writer
- Lotte Knabe (1907–1991), German archivist and historian
- Walter Sonntag (1907–1948), German dentist, SS-Hauptsturmführer and concentration camp doctor sentenced to death
- Émile Veinante (1907–1983), French footballer
- Gerhard Fischer (1908–1994), German politician (NSDAP)
- Willy Huhn (1909–1970), German councilor communist theorist
- Viktor Warnach (1909–1970), Benedictine priest of Maria Laach Abbey and philosopher
- Robert Folz (1910–1996), French historian
- Friedrich Hunzinger (1910–1979), German local politician
- Johannes Mühlenkamp (1910–1986), German officer
- Erich Schmidt (1910–2005), German church musician
- Walter Ulbrich (1910–1991), German film producer
- Heinrich Bensing (1911–1955), German tenor
- Peter-Erich Cremer (1911–1992), German naval officer
- Oskar Kurt Döbrich (1911–1970), German painter
- Joachim Pötter (1913–1992), German officer
- Anni Steuer (1913 - after 1995), German athlete and Olympic medalist
- Ludwig Weißmüller (1915–1943), German officer
- Camille Hilaire (1916-2004), French painter
- Helmut Sinn (1916–2018), German pilot
- Walter Bordellé (1918–1984), German officer
- Hans Lautenschlager (1919-2007), German politician (SPD)
- Marthe Cohn (* 1920), author and former spy
- Simone Mayer (1920–2006), French doctor and hematologist
- Jean Laurain (1921–2008), French politician
- Monique Berlioux (1923–2015), French swimmer
- Jean-Marie , known as Arcabas (1926-2018), painter of Christian art
- André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006), French writer
- Philippe Contamine (* 1932), French historian
- Jean-Marie Straub (* 1933), French film director
- Jacques Charrier (born 1936), French actor
- Monique Messine (1940–2003), actress
- Frank-Lothar Hossfeld (1942–2015), German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Dieter Lösgen (* 1942), German Jiu-Jitsu teacher
- Hans Pizka (* 1942), Austrian horn player
- Rainer Negrelli (* 1943), German artist
- Hans Christian Rudolph (1943–2014), German actor
- Joachim Schultz-Tornau (* 1943), German politician (FDP)
- Volker Hassemer (* 1944), Senator in Berlin (CDU)
- Jean-Jacques Aillagon (* 1946), French cultural functionary and politician
- Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989), French playwright
- Stanislas Lalanne (* 1948), French bishop
- Régis Wargnier (* 1948), French film producer
From 1951
- Olivier Français (* 1955), Swiss politician
- Nathalie Griesbeck (* 1956), French politician
- Vincent Éblé (* 1957), French politician
- Thierry Lentz (* 1959), French historian
- Thierry Antinori (* 1961), French manager
- Jean-Philippe Rohr (* 1961), French football player
- Olivier Delaître (* 1967), French tennis player
- Didier Lang (* 1970), French football player
- Catherine Marsal (* 1971), French cyclist
- Cyril Serredszum (* 1971), French football player
- Cyrille Pouget (* 1972), French football player
- Raphaël Lenglet (* 1976), French actor and film director
- Bouabdellah Tahri (* 1978), French athlete
- Julien François (* 1979), French football player
- Julia Cagé (* 1984), French economist
- Julien Humbert (* 1984), French football player
- Hugo Becker (* 1986), French actor
- Nicolas Farina (* 1986), French football player
- Emmanuel Françoise (* 1987), French football player
- Cédric Anton (* 1988), French football player
- Romain Métanire (* 1990), French football player
- Ninon Guillon-Romarin (* 1995), French pole vaulter
- Jeanne Lehair (* 1996), French triathlete
- Ugo Humbert (* 1998), French tennis player
- Harold Mayot (* 2002), tennis player
Personalities associated with the city of Metz
- Odo von Metz , a Franconian master builder who lived at the time of Charlemagne and on whose behalf he built the chapel of the Aachen royal palace
- Louis de Cormontaigne (1695–1752), fortress builder Louis XV, genius director of Metz and field marshal
- Roger Joseph Foret , Mayor of Metz (1911–1918)
- Josef Meinrad (1913–1996), German-Austrian actor from 1940 to 1944 at the Deutsches Theater Metz
- Raymond Mondon , Mayor of Metz (1947–1970)
- Ludovic Obraniak (* 1984), French-Polish football player
- Adrienne Thomas (pseudonym for Hertha Adrienne Strauch; 1897–1980), German writer
- Victor Zvunka (* 1951), French-Hungarian football player and coach