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Famous people · Coudekerque-Branche, Nord

The 4 famous people born in Coudekerque-Branche, led by Barthélémy Chinenyeze

The best known is the French volleyball player Barthélémy Chinenyeze, with articles in 20 languages. The next two names are Estelle Duvin and Aline Carola. Barthélémy Chinenyeze, born in 1998, is the youngest, and Aline Carola, born in 1921, the first on record. For its size the list is short: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.2 in the typical Nord town.

#3 best knownAline CarolaFilm, TV & Stage · 1921–1944
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Barthélémy Chinenyeze
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Aline Carola
Youngest
1998
Barthélémy Chinenyeze
The best known

Born in Coudekerque-Branche

Barthélémy Chinenyeze has articles in 20 languages, Estelle Duvin in 7 and Aline Carola in 2.

BC#1
Notable

Barthélémy Chinenyeze

born 1998

French volleyball player

20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ED#2
Sports

Estelle Duvin

born 1997

French ice hockey player

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Aline Carola#3
Film, TV & Stage

Aline Carola

1921–1944

French actress

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Coudekerque-Branche’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1990s, with 2 people born in that decade.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Bernard PouchèleBarthélémy Chinenyeze
NotableSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Coudekerque-Branche is known for

Share of Coudekerque-Branche’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Coudekerque-Branche

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Dunkerque has the most people on record, 148 of them.

Questions about famous people from Coudekerque-Branche

Who is the most famous person from Coudekerque-Branche?

Barthélémy Chinenyeze (French volleyball player) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Estelle Duvin and Aline Carola.

How many famous people were born in Coudekerque-Branche?

4 people born in Coudekerque-Branche have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coudekerque-Branche?

Aline Carola, born in 1921. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.

Who counts as from Coudekerque-Branche?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Coudekerque-Branche 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 (8)

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.