No one born in Ranguevaux has made the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Moyeuvre-Grande (3 mi) counts 24 famous people, Denis Robert among them. The Moselle lists hold names for 162 towns. Metz’s 434 names make the longest list in Moselle. After Metz, the next longest list in Moselle is Thionville’s, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ranguevaux (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 Ranguevaux yet.
Famous people born near Ranguevaux
Close by, Moyeuvre-Grande counts 24 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Ranguevaux
Who counts as from Ranguevaux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ranguevaux 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)
- Marie Hackin: Anonymous Unknown author , no author disclosure, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Frisoni: PlayMistyForMe, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Jaminet: Ted Barrett, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphan Koziak: Le Gueulard, 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.