No famous person yet from Esquerchin
Just 3 mi away, Douai’s list holds 158 names, Charles Alexandre de Calonne the best known. The Nord lists hold names for 279 towns. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. Roubaix has the second-longest list in Nord, after Lille, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Esquerchin (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 Esquerchin yet.
Famous people born near Esquerchin
Of the towns around it, Douai has the most on record: 158.
Douai · 3 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 more
Hénin-Beaumont · 4 miMathieu Bauderlique & 15 more
Noyelles-Godault · 3 miMaurice Thorez & 4 more
Courcelles-lès-Lens · 3 miAnnie Sugier & 2 more
Lambres-lez-Douai · 3 miVictoire Berteau & 2 moreATCourchelettes · 3 miAlfred Trannin & 2 moreABAuby · 3 miAchille Blondeau & 2 moreGMVitry-en-Artois · 4 miGilbert Mathon & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Esquerchin
Who counts as from Esquerchin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Esquerchin 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?
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Photo credits (5)
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Bauderlique: Jonas de Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Thorez: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Sugier: Nano GoleSorkh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoire Berteau: Nicola, 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.