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Famous people · Hérin, Nord

Hérin is the birthplace of 2 famous people

An article in one language makes the French association football player Léon Guéry the best known so far. The only other name is the French nurse Rosette Peschaud. The nearest list is in Valenciennes, 3 mi away: 202 names, starting with Antoine Watteau. Léon Guéry was born in 1920.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Léon Guéry
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1920
Léon Guéry
Youngest
1920
Rosette Peschaud
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Hérin

LG#1
Sports

Léon Guéry

1920–1995

French association football player (1920-1995)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
RP#2
Science & Medicine

Rosette Peschaud

1920–2015

French nurse

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Hérin is known for

Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Valenciennes’, with 202.

Questions about famous people from Hérin

Who is the most famous person from Hérin?

Léon Guéry (French association football player (1920-1995)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Rosette Peschaud.

How many famous people were born in Hérin?

2 people born in Hérin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Hérin known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hérin?

Léon Guéry, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.

Who counts as from Hérin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hérin 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 (5)

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.