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Famous people · Escaudain, Nord

4 famous people call Escaudain their birthplace

Articles in 6 languages make the French association football player Édouard Stako the best known. Behind the leader come Charles Samoy and Pierre Lefebvre. Births span 1887 to 1939, from André Canivez to Charles Samoy. Fewer than a quarter of the 279 towns in Nord with famous people list more.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Édouard Stako
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
André Canivez
Youngest
1939
Charles Samoy
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Escaudain

Two of the three are athletes.

ÉS#1
Sports

Édouard Stako

1934–2008

French association football player (1934-2008)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
CS#2
Sports

Charles Samoy

born 1939

Footballer

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PL#3
Politics & Law

Pierre Lefebvre

1938–2026

French politician (Escaudain 1938-Dechy 2026)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Escaudain’s famous people were born

Most were born between 1914 and 1969 (3); the busiest decade is the 1930s (3).

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950André CanivezÉdouard Stako
SportsPolitics & Law

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

Known for

What Escaudain is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Escaudain

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Denain’s, with 29.

Questions about famous people from Escaudain

Who is the most famous person from Escaudain?

Édouard Stako (French association football player (1934-2008)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Samoy and Pierre Lefebvre.

How many famous people were born in Escaudain?

4 people born in Escaudain have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Escaudain known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Escaudain?

André Canivez, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.

Who counts as from Escaudain?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Escaudain 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)

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.