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Photo: Fredamas · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Terville, Moselle
Terville is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the French trumpeter Pierre Gillet, covered in 2 languages. The list has one more: the French association football player Gilbert Fioriti. For more famous names, Thionville is 1 mi away: its list has 103, led by Frédéric Weis. Over 24 years of births, the list goes from Gilbert Fioriti (1936) to Pierre Gillet (1960).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierre Gillet
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Gilbert Fioriti
Youngest
1960
Pierre Gillet
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known
Born in Terville
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Sports
Gilbert Fioriti
1936–2016French association football player (1936-2016)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Terville is known for
1 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Thionville · 1 miFrédéric Weis & 102 morePHAlgrange · 4 miPhilippe Hinschberger & 12 moreEGYutz · 3 miElisabeth Grümmer & 4 more
Uckange · 3 miCarmelo Micciche & 2 moreRSNilvange · 4 miRené Schwartz & 2 moreEBFlorange · 2 miEl Hedi Belameiri & 1 moreAGSerémange-Erzange · 3 miAimé Gori
Hayange · 3 miMathieu JaminetQuestions about famous people from Terville
Who is the most famous person from Terville?
Pierre Gillet (French trumpeter) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gilbert Fioriti.
How many famous people were born in Terville?
2 people born in Terville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Terville known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Terville?
Gilbert Fioriti, born in 1936. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Terville?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Terville 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 (3)
- Frédéric Weis: UKBERRI.NET Uribe Kosta eta Erandioko agerkari digitala, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carmelo Micciche: Fredamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Jaminet: Ted Barrett, CC BY 2.0, 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.