Houtkerque has no famous person on record yet
Albert Vanhoye heads the list in Hazebrouck, 11 mi away, which has 34 names. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. 279 of the towns in Nord list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Houtkerque (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 Houtkerque yet.
Famous people born near Houtkerque
Close by, Hazebrouck counts 34 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Hazebrouck · 11 miAlbert Vanhoye & 33 more
Bergues · 9 miCharles Pacôme & 18 more
Bailleul · 12 miBruno Dumont & 13 morePNHondschoote · 7 miPierre-Antoine Herwyn de Nevèle & 3 more
Steenvoorde · 5 miGustave Pattein & 1 more
Wormhout · 5 miAlbert Plécy & 1 moreEBTéteghem-Coudekerque-Village · 12 miEdmond-Louis BlommeQuestions about famous people from Houtkerque
Who counts as from Houtkerque?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Houtkerque 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)
- Albert Vanhoye: w:fr:Utilisateur:jmsaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Pacôme: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Dumont: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Pattein: Louis Piccolati, photographe lillois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Plécy: Unknown photographer, 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.