Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0Iwuy has no famous person on record yet
Within 6 mi, Cambrai lists the most: 101, with Louis Blériot first. In all of Nord, the famous people on record come from 279 towns. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Iwuy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Iwuy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Iwuy
Close by, the fullest list is Cambrai’s, at 101 names.
Cambrai · 6 miLouis Blériot & 100 more
Bouchain · 3 miTimothée Trimm & 8 more
Lourches · 6 miArthur Lamendin & 5 moreÉSEscaudain · 7 miÉdouard Stako & 3 more
Avesnes-les-Aubert · 4 miAndré Gernez & 1 more
Douchy-les-Mines · 6 miRobert Mintkiewicz & 1 more
Abscon · 7 miJoseph Bouliez & 1 moreRSEscaudœuvres · 4 miRaymond SegardQuestions about famous people from Iwuy
Who counts as from Iwuy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Iwuy 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)
- Louis Blériot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Lamendin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mintkiewicz: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bouliez: Johan SMT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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