No famous person from Bachy yet, but Cysoing next door has 6
In all of Nord, the famous people on record come from 279 towns. Lille has the most of any town in Nord: 717. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. The best known born in Cysoing is Marie-Dominique Philippe.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bachy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bachy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bachy
The longest list nearby is Cysoing’s, with 6.
Questions about famous people from Bachy
Who counts as from Bachy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bachy 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)
- Marie-Dominique Philippe: Herwig Reidlinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Bonnier: Braun, Clément & Cie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Baras: Jules Beau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Debuchy: Ed g2s, CC BY-SA 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.