Next door to Drincham, Dunkerque lists 148 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Drincham yet. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. In all of Nord, the famous people on record come from 279 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Drincham (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 Drincham yet.
Famous people born near Drincham
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Dunkerque · 9 miKristina Mladenovic & 147 more
Bergues · 7 miCharles Pacôme & 18 more
Grande-Synthe · 7 miLucas Pouille & 15 more
Bourbourg · 6 miCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg & 3 moreBCCoudekerque-Branche · 9 miBarthélémy Chinenyeze & 3 more
Cappelle-la-Grande · 7 miAlain Vasseur & 1 more
Wormhout · 7 miAlbert Plécy & 1 more
Éperlecques · 9 miGilles CocquempotQuestions about famous people from Drincham
Who counts as from Drincham?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Drincham 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 (7)
- Kristina Mladenovic: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Pacôme: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Pouille: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Nicolas Claude Persus (1831-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Vasseur: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Plécy: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, 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.