AR#1
Politics & Law
Adrien Richard
1866–1948French politician (1866–1948)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Troisfontaines, Moselle
2 famous people call Troisfontaines their birthplace
Most widely known is Adrien Richard, the French politician, with an article in one language. The only other name is the French association football player Émile Daniel. Of its neighbours, Sarrebourg, 5 mi away, lists the most: 27, Charles Mangin first. Over 61 years of births, the list goes from Adrien Richard (1866) to Émile Daniel (1927).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Adrien Richard
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1866
Adrien Richard
Youngest
1927
Émile Daniel
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Troisfontaines
ÉD#2
Sports
Émile Daniel
1927–2016French association football player (1927-2016)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Troisfontaines is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
The most names next door are in Sarrebourg: 27.
Questions about famous people from Troisfontaines
Who is the most famous person from Troisfontaines?
Adrien Richard (French politician (1866–1948)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émile Daniel.
How many famous people were born in Troisfontaines?
2 people born in Troisfontaines have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Troisfontaines known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Troisfontaines?
Adrien Richard, born in 1866. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
Who counts as from Troisfontaines?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Troisfontaines 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)
- Charles Mangin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mouton: Ary Scheffer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 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.