No one born in Bersée has made the famous people list yet
Nearby, Templeuve-en-Pévèle, 4 mi away, lists 4, led by Louis Bonnier. The Nord lists hold names for 279 towns. The longest list of any town in Nord belongs to Lille, with 717. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bersée (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 Bersée yet.
Famous people born near Bersée
Around it, Templeuve-en-Pévèle has the most people on record, 4 of them.
Templeuve-en-Pévèle · 4 miLouis Bonnier & 3 more
Thumeries · 4 miLouis Malle & 3 more
Orchies · 4 miPaul Baras & 3 more
Coutiches · 3 miJosé Catieau & 2 moreHPNomain · 4 miHenri Platelle & 2 moreADRaimbeaucourt · 4 miAndré Doye & 1 moreMALeforest · 5 miMarie-Paul Armand & 1 more
Flines-lez-Raches · 4 miNicolas DelmotteQuestions about famous people from Bersée
Who counts as from Bersée?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bersée 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)
- Louis Bonnier: Braun, Clément & Cie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Malle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Baras: Jules Beau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- José Catieau: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Delmotte: Felineda, 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.