JH#1
Sports
Jean-Louis Heinrich
1943–2012French association football player (1943-2012)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ars-sur-Moselle, Moselle
Ars-sur-Moselle is the birthplace of 6 famous people
Jean-Louis Heinrich, the French association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The next two names are Suzanne Citron and Ernest Bussière. Born in 1858, Henri Corr is the first name on record, and Jean-Louis Heinrich, born in 1943, the most recent. Only 17 of the 162 towns in Moselle with anyone on record list more.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Louis Heinrich
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1858
Henri Corr
Youngest
1943
Jean-Louis Heinrich
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ars-sur-Moselle
Jean-Louis Heinrich has articles in 6 languages, Suzanne Citron in 5 and Ernest Bussière in 3.
SC#2
Science & Medicine
Suzanne Citron
1922–2018French academic historian (1922–2018)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Ernest Bussière
1863–1913French sculptor and ceramist (1863–1913)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Ars-sur-Moselle’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ars-sur-Moselle is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ars-sur-Moselle
Still to come: 3 more, from 1858 to 1940.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Metz counts 434 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Metz · 6 miPaul Verlaine & 433 moreKSMontigny-lès-Metz · 4 miKiliann Sildillia & 11 more
Longeville-lès-Metz · 4 miLudovic Obraniak & 7 more
Le Ban-Saint-Martin · 5 miVictor Zvunka & 3 more
Woippy · 6 miVincent Gérard & 3 more
Scy-Chazelles · 3 miPierre-Dominique Bazaine & 1 moreVBMarange-Silvange · 10 miVincent Bracigliano & 1 moreHBMoulins-lès-Metz · 3 miHenri BerrangQuestions about famous people from Ars-sur-Moselle
Who is the most famous person from Ars-sur-Moselle?
Jean-Louis Heinrich (French association football player (1943-2012)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Suzanne Citron and Ernest Bussière.
How many famous people were born in Ars-sur-Moselle?
6 people born in Ars-sur-Moselle have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Ars-sur-Moselle known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ars-sur-Moselle?
Henri Corr, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Ars-sur-Moselle?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ars-sur-Moselle 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 (6)
- Ernest Bussière: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Verlaine: Otto Wegener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludovic Obraniak: Roger Goraczniak, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Zvunka: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Gérard: Cyrille Largillier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Dominique Bazaine: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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.