Villing has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Creutzwald is 6 mi away: its list has 13, led by Thierry Steimetz. Metz’s 434 names make the longest list in Moselle. After Metz, the next longest list in Moselle is Thionville’s, with 103. Famous people are on record for 162 of the towns in Moselle.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Villing (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villing yet.
Famous people born near Villing
The longest list nearby is Creutzwald’s, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Villing
Who counts as from Villing?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villing 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 (4)
- Julien Boutter: Ikimashoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- István Nyers: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Ordener: Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Jung: Jung67, 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.