No famous person from Biding yet, but Saint-Avold next door has 24
Across Moselle, 162 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Moselle belongs to Metz, with 434. Thionville has the second-longest list in Moselle, after Metz, with 103. The best known born in Saint-Avold is Chadli Amri.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Biding (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Biding yet.
Famous people born near Biding
The longest list nearby is Saint-Avold’s, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Biding
Who counts as from Biding?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Biding 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 (4)
- Chadli Amri: Thomas Hilmes / http://www.der-betze-brennt.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- István Nyers: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Ordener: Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodore Paqué: Fabien GOTHIER, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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