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Famous people · Stiring-Wendel, Moselle

Stiring-Wendel is the birthplace of 4 famous people

Most widely known is Camille Fischbach, the French association football player, with articles in 5 languages. Laurent Kalinowski is second and Émile Grosshans third. Over 23 years of births, the list goes from Camille Fischbach (1932) to Laurent Kalinowski (1955). Half or more of the towns in Moselle have no one on record, but this one has 3.7 for every 10,000 residents.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Camille Fischbach
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1932
Camille Fischbach
Youngest
1955
Laurent Kalinowski
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Stiring-Wendel

Athletes take two of the three places.

CF#1
Sports

Camille Fischbach

1932–2020

French association football player (1932-2020)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LK#2
Politics & Law

Laurent Kalinowski

born 1955

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉG#3
Sports

Émile Grosshans

1938–2016

French association football player (1938-2016)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Stiring-Wendel’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.

The 20th centuryToday19502000Laurent KalinowskiCamille Fischbach
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Stiring-Wendel is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Stiring-Wendel

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Sarreguemines has the longest list next door: 46.

Questions about famous people from Stiring-Wendel

Who is the most famous person from Stiring-Wendel?

Camille Fischbach (French association football player (1932-2020)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Laurent Kalinowski and Émile Grosshans.

How many famous people were born in Stiring-Wendel?

4 people born in Stiring-Wendel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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 Stiring-Wendel known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stiring-Wendel?

Camille Fischbach, born in 1932. The youngest on the list was born in 1955.

Who counts as from Stiring-Wendel?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Stiring-Wendel 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 (6)

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.