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Famous people · Algrange, Moselle

Athletes stand out among the 13 famous people born in Algrange

The best known is the French association football player and manager Philippe Hinschberger, with articles in 14 languages. The largest group, 8, was born between 1914 and 1969. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. The first birth on record is Josef Wagner’s, in 1899, and the last Aurélien Salmon’s, in 1987.

#2 best knownJosef WagnerPolitics & Law · 1899–1945
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Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Philippe Hinschberger
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Josef Wagner
Youngest
1987
Aurélien Salmon
Most common field
Sports
5 people

What stands out about Algrange’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Algrange’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Philippe HinschbergerGilbert GrussFabien EngelmannJosef Wagner
SportsPolitics & LawNotableFilm, TV & Stage

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Algrange is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Algrange

Two of the three are leaders.

PH#1
Sports

Philippe Hinschberger

born 1959

French association football player and manager

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Josef Wagner#2
Politics & Law

Josef Wagner

1899–1945

German nazi politician (1899-1945)

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Christian Eckert#3
Politics & Law

Christian Eckert

born 1956

French politician

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Algrange

10 more, 4 of them athletes.

Fabien Engelmann

Fabien Engelmann

born 1979

French politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
ML

Michel Liebgott

born 1958

French politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Silvio Sérafin

Silvio Sérafin

1938–2021

French association football player (1938-2021)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, Thionville lists the most people: 103.

Questions about famous people from Algrange

Who is the most famous person from Algrange?

Philippe Hinschberger (French association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Josef Wagner and Christian Eckert.

How many famous people were born in Algrange?

13 people born in Algrange have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Algrange known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 13. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Algrange?

Josef Wagner, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.

Who counts as from Algrange?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Algrange itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.

Why is someone missing?

Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.

From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.