Next door to Eccles, Maubeuge lists 61 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Eccles yet. 279 of the towns in Nord list at least one person. Lille has the most of any town in Nord: 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 Eccles (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 Eccles yet.
Famous people born near Eccles
The fullest list close by belongs to Maubeuge, with 61.
Maubeuge · 8 miBenjamin Pavard & 60 more
Avesnes-sur-Helpe · 9 miEugène Walckiers & 24 moreTSHautmont · 9 miTokia Saïfi & 9 moreJPJeumont · 6 miJean Pattou & 5 moreGBLouvroil · 8 miGeorges Berger & 3 morePMTrélon · 10 miPascal Meunier & 2 moreCMFeignies · 11 miChristine Marin & 2 moreCDFerrière-la-Grande · 6 miCatherine Dupont & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Eccles
Who counts as from Eccles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Eccles 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 (2)
- Benjamin Pavard: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Walckiers: Fdelbrayelle, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.