Bellaing has yet to put a famous person on the list
The neighbour with the longest list is Valenciennes, 4 mi away: 202, led by Antoine Watteau. Famous people are on record for 279 of the towns in Nord. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. Roubaix has the second-longest list in Nord, after Lille, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bellaing (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 Bellaing yet.
Famous people born near Bellaing
Nearby, Valenciennes has the most on record, with 202.
Valenciennes · 4 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Denain · 3 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Anzin · 3 miLouis Thiétard & 15 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 4 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 more
Wallers · 1 miÉdouard Wojciak & 5 moreGBRaismes · 3 miGaston Blanquart & 4 moreLGHérin · 1 miLéon Guéry & 1 moreJDHaveluy · 1 miJean-Baptiste Delille & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bellaing
Who counts as from Bellaing?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bellaing 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)
- Antoine Watteau: Rosalba Carriera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Gilot: Jnestorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Thiétard: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Leclercq: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Wojciak: André Cros, 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.