Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 4.0Capinghem has no famous person on record yet
Haubourdin, 3 mi off, can claim 13 famous people, the best known Louis Marie Cordonnier. Across Nord, the lists cover 279 towns. No town in Nord lists more than 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 Capinghem (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 Capinghem yet.
Famous people born near Capinghem
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Haubourdin · 3 miLouis Marie Cordonnier & 12 more
Lambersart · 3 miJean Baratte & 8 more
Loos · 3 miGustave Danneels & 8 moreJRHouplines · 4 miJeanne Robert & 5 more
Saint-André-lez-Lille · 4 miPierre Werner & 4 more
Frelinghien · 4 miCharles-Lidewine-Marie de Croix & 2 moreAVPérenchies · 1 miAchille Verbecke & 1 moreDVHallennes-lez-Haubourdin · 3 miDidier Vanoverschelde & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Capinghem
Who counts as from Capinghem?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Capinghem 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 Marie Cordonnier: Fonds Lefebvre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Baratte: Winterbergen / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Danneels: Anonymous, for Le Miroir des Sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Werner: Marcel Tockert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-Lidewine-Marie de Croix: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.