#1Marie Hackin
1905–1941French archaeologist and resistance fighter (1905-1941)
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Articles in 8 languages make the French archaeologist and resistance fighter Marie Hackin the best known. Fewer than a quarter of the 162 towns in Moselle with famous people list more. Marie Hackin was born in 1905. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.4, while at least half the towns in Moselle list nobody born there.
Two of the three are scientists and doctors.
#1French archaeologist and resistance fighter (1905-1941)
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More were born in the 1900s than in any other decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
3 more, from 1786 to 1935.

No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Moyeuvre-Grande’s, at 24 names.
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Maizières-lès-Metz · 4 miMaurice QuentinMarie Hackin (French archaeologist and resistance fighter (1905-1941)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Dylan Lempereur and Alphonse Aubertin.
6 people born in Rombas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Nicolas Charpentier, born in 1786. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rombas 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.
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