No one born in Lelling has made the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Saint-Avold, 5 mi away, lists the most: 24, Chadli Amri first. 162 of the towns in Moselle list at least one person. No town in Moselle lists more than Metz, with 434. Thionville has the second-longest list in Moselle, after Metz, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lelling (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 Lelling yet.
Famous people born near Lelling
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Avold, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Lelling
Who counts as from Lelling?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lelling 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 (5)
- 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
- Jean-Yves Masson: Theodiscus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Ordener: Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodore Paqué: Fabien GOTHIER, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.