Cattenières has yet to put a famous person on the list
Cambrai, 5 mi away, has 101 on its list, the best known Louis Blériot. In Nord, 279 towns have someone on the list. 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 Cattenières (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 Cattenières yet.
Famous people born near Cattenières
The fullest list close by belongs to Cambrai, with 101.
Cambrai · 5 miLouis Blériot & 100 more
Caudry · 4 miLucienne Bogaert & 13 more
Le Cateau-Cambrésis · 10 miÉdouard Mortier & 11 more
Bouchain · 10 miTimothée Trimm & 8 more
Avesnes-les-Aubert · 5 miAndré Gernez & 1 moreDBSolesmes · 8 miDominique-Emmanuel Blanchard & 1 moreRSEscaudœuvres · 5 miRaymond Segard
Proville · 6 miPierre DidierQuestions about famous people from Cattenières
Who counts as from Cattenières?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cattenières 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 (6)
- Louis Blériot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucienne Bogaert: Anonyme (Photomaton)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Mortier: Edouard Louis Dubufe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Didier: Ji-Elle, 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.