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Famous people · Woippy, Moselle

4 famous people come from Woippy, Vincent Gérard the best known

The best known is the French handball player Vincent Gérard, with articles in 26 languages. Jean Pormanove, the French streamer, comes second, with Jean Poulmaire third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.7, while at least half the towns in Moselle list nobody born there. The earliest on the list is Jean Poulmaire, born in 1773, and the youngest Vincent Gérard, born in 1986.

#1 best knownVincent GérardNotable · born 1986
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Vincent Gérard
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1773
Jean Poulmaire
Youngest
1986
Vincent Gérard
The best known

Born in Woippy

Languages with an article: 26 for Vincent Gérard, 15 for Jean Pormanove, 1 for Jean Poulmaire.

Vincent Gérard#1
Notable

Vincent Gérard

born 1986

French handball player

26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Jean Pormanove#2
Notable

Jean Pormanove

1979–2025

French streamer (1979–2025)

15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JP#3
Politics & Law

Jean Poulmaire

1773–1836

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Woippy’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday175018001850190019502000Marco MorganteJean Poulmaire
NotablePolitics & LawSports

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

Known for

What Woippy is known for

The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Woippy

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Metz has the longest list next door: 434.

Questions about famous people from Woippy

Who is the most famous person from Woippy?

Vincent Gérard (French handball player) is the best known by our measure: 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Pormanove and Jean Poulmaire.

How many famous people were born in Woippy?

4 people born in Woippy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Woippy?

Jean Poulmaire, born in 1773. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.

Who counts as from Woippy?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Woippy 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.