#1Famous people · Saint-Avold, Moselle
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 24 famous people born in Saint-Avold
Chadli Amri, the Algerian footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. The largest group, 11, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 16.3, while at least half the towns in Moselle list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 162 towns in Moselle with famous people list more.
Born here
24
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Chadli Amri
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1743
Joseph Becker
Youngest
2008
Rémi Himbert
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Saint-Avold’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Avold is known for
Saint-Avold has 5.1× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Saint-Avold’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 5 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Avold
The three are covered in 15, 13 and 8 languages: Chadli Amri, Umut Bozok and Rémi Himbert.
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Umut Bozok
born 1996Turkish association football player (born 1996)
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Avold
The rest number 21, with 6 athletes among them.
François d'Avrange d'Haugéranville
1745–1823French military personnel (1745–1823)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Creutzwald: 13.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Avold
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Avold?
Chadli Amri (Algerian footballer) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Umut Bozok and Rémi Himbert.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Avold?
24 people born in Saint-Avold have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 38 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 Saint-Avold known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 24. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Avold?
Joseph Becker, born in 1743. The youngest on the list was born in 2008.
Who counts as from Saint-Avold?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Avold 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 (9)
- Chadli Amri: Thomas Hilmes / http://www.der-betze-brennt.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Umut Bozok: ESTAC Troyes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Wolsztynski: SSGT Corey Clements, USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François d'Avrange d'Haugéranville: Robert Lefevre, Fremy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Franck: Fédération française de handball, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean François d'Avrange du Kermont: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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
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.