No famous person from Avesnes-le-Sec yet, but Denain next door has 29
279 towns across Nord can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. The best known born in Denain is Fabien Gilot.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Avesnes-le-Sec (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 Avesnes-le-Sec yet.
Famous people born near Avesnes-le-Sec
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Denain · 5 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Bouchain · 4 miTimothée Trimm & 8 more
Lourches · 5 miArthur Lamendin & 5 moreÉSEscaudain · 6 miÉdouard Stako & 3 more
Douchy-les-Mines · 4 miRobert Mintkiewicz & 1 more
Avesnes-les-Aubert · 4 miAndré Gernez & 1 moreRDThiant · 5 miRoger Devemy & 1 moreRLNeuville-sur-Escaut · 4 miRaphaël LardeurQuestions about famous people from Avesnes-le-Sec
Who counts as from Avesnes-le-Sec?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Avesnes-le-Sec 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 (5)
- Fabien Gilot: Jnestorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Lamendin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mintkiewicz: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.