Rabbi and Tamuldist Sciences and knowledge Max Braubach (1899–1975), German historian Laurent de Chazelles (1724–1808) French agronomist Robert Folz (1910–1996), French historian Louis Le Prince (1842–vanished in 1890), first man to shoot moving images Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835–1890), French mathematician Victor Nigon (1920-2015), French biologist Alfred Pérot (1863–1925), French physician Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867), French mathematician Karl Süpfle (1880–1942), German physiologist Leo Weisgerber (1899–1985), German linguist Luise von Winterfeld (1882–1962), German archivist Sports Ginette Bedard (1933), French-American long-distance runner Jean-Marcellin Buttin (1991), French rugby union player Simon Delestre (1981), French equestrian Ugo Humbert (1998), French tennis player Morgan Parra (1988), French rugby union player Cédric Schille (1975), French former footballer Anni Steuer (1913), German athlete Bouabdellah Tahri (1978), French athlete Heinrich Troßbach (1903–1947), German athlete Notable people linked to the city of Metz Notable people linked to Metz (sorted by chronology): Hermann von Münster (ca. 1330–1392), Westphalian master glassmaker who realized the western windows of the Saint-Stephen cathedral and was honoured, buried into the cathedral for his artworks. François Rabelais (ca. 1494–1553), French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist, came in 1546 in Metz, then a free imperial city and a republic, to escape the condemnation for heresy by the University of Paris. Ambroise Paré (ca. 1510–1590), French surgeon, participated to the defense of Metz during the siege of 1552-1553. The journal of the siege of Metz in 1552 reports: "Although born in Laval in the province of Maine, he is regarded as belonging to our pays because of his participation in this memorable action." Francis of Lorraine, Duke of Guise (1519–1563), French statesman. Appointed governor of Metz by King Henri II, he successfully defended the city from the forces of Emperor Charles V during the siege of 1552-1553. Cardinal Mazarin (1602–1661), French-Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician, Bishop of Metz between 1652 and 1658. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), French bishop and theologian, nominated archdeacon in Metz in 1654. Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman, governor of the Three Bishoprics and benefactor of the city of Metz. He participated to the edification of the Petit-Saulcy island's buildings including the opera house and the prefecture palace, and the buildings of the town square. Just before his death, he stated: "The city of Metz is my mistress." Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French aristocrat and military officer, general in the American Revolutionary War, and leader of the