Next door to Hélesmes, Denain lists 29 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Hélesmes yet. 279 towns across Nord can name a famous person born there. No town in Nord lists more than Lille, with 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 Hélesmes (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 Hélesmes yet.
Famous people born near Hélesmes
The fullest list close by belongs to Denain, with 29.
Denain · 3 miFabien Gilot & 28 moreVBSomain · 4 miValérie Bonneton & 17 more
Wallers · 2 miÉdouard Wojciak & 5 more
Lourches · 4 miArthur Lamendin & 5 moreÉSEscaudain · 2 miÉdouard Stako & 3 moreJDHaveluy · 2 miJean-Baptiste Delille & 1 more
Abscon · 4 miJoseph Bouliez & 1 moreLGHérin · 4 miLéon Guéry & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Hélesmes
Who counts as from Hélesmes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hélesmes 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 (4)
- Fabien Gilot: Jnestorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Wojciak: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Lamendin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bouliez: Johan SMT, Public domain, 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.