Famous people from Zilling
Saverne, 8 mi off, can claim 29 famous people, the best known Adrien Zeller. No famous person on record lists Zilling as their birthplace yet. Across Moselle, 162 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Moselle belongs to Metz, with 434.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Zilling (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 Zilling yet.
Famous people born near Zilling
The most names next door are in Saverne: 29.
Questions about famous people from Zilling
Who counts as from Zilling?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Zilling 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)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- 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.