#1Famous people · Forbach, Moselle
Musicians stand out among the 36 famous people born in Forbach
Most widely known is Patricia Kaas, the French singer, with articles in 52 languages. Close behind are Billel Omrani and Gennaro Bracigliano. More than half were born since 1970, 21 in all. The earliest on the list is Charles Grégoire Léonard Peyssard, born in 1816, and the youngest William Mikelbrencis, born in 2004.
Born here
36
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patricia Kaas
52 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1816
Charles Grégoire Léonard Peyssard
Youngest
2004
William Mikelbrencis
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Forbach’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Forbach is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Forbach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 7.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Forbach
By how many languages cover them, Patricia Kaas comes first (52), then Billel Omrani (17) and Gennaro Bracigliano (17).
#1
#2Sports
Billel Omrani
born 1993Algerian and French footballer
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Forbach
The rest number 33, with 12 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Freyming-Merlebach’s, at 7 names.
Questions about famous people from Forbach
Who is the most famous person from Forbach?
Patricia Kaas (French singer) is the best known by our measure: 52 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Billel Omrani and Gennaro Bracigliano.
How many famous people were born in Forbach?
36 people born in Forbach have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 52 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 Forbach known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 36. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Forbach?
Charles Grégoire Léonard Peyssard, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Forbach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Forbach 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 (21)
- Patricia Kaas: Daniel Kruczynski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billel Omrani: @8Dodo8, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gennaro Bracigliano: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Bauer: Stefan64, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Burger: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Mikelbrencis: Lanthan2003, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Éric Greff: Marie Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Céline Géraud: Jérémy Barande, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kévin Pfeffer: TrisHR, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Taesch: Le bateleur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bastian: Heinz Bunse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Drouin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maryse Delort: Unknown Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thierry Ferré: Fredamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Véronique Carrot: Laurent Dubois (photographer at the BCUL), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Grégoire Léonard Peyssard: Ccab2bb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- István Nyers: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Herly: Dan Hadani, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Ordener: Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Jung: Jung67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodore Paqué: Fabien GOTHIER, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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