Editing Metz (section)

=== Notable people ===
{{Main|List of people from Metz}}
Several well-known figures have been linked to the city of Metz throughout its history. Renowned ''Messins'' include poet [[Paul Verlaine]],<ref name="Verlaine">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xskq5v_la-maison-de-verlaine-clip-2012_creation#.UUtxixnmvH0 |title=Verlaine's native house – House of Verlaine (museum), video clip. |date=2 August 2012 |access-date=21 March 2013 |language=fr}}</ref> composer [[Ambroise Thomas]] and mathematician [[Jean-Victor Poncelet]]; numerous well-known German figures were also born in Metz notably during the annexation periods. Moreover, the city has been the residence of people such as writer [[François Rabelais]], [[Cardinal Mazarin]], political thinker [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], artist and the inventor of the motion picture camera [[Louis Le Prince]], French patriot and American Revolutionary War hero Marquis [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette|Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette]], and Luxembourg-born German-French statesman [[Robert Schuman]].