Photo: Jérémy Jännick · Public domainFamous people from La Sentinelle
Nearby, Valenciennes, 2 mi away, lists 202, led by Antoine Watteau. No entry yet names La Sentinelle as a birthplace. Across Nord, the lists cover 279 towns. Lille’s 717 names make the longest list in Nord.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Sentinelle (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 La Sentinelle yet.
Famous people born near La Sentinelle
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Valenciennes · 2 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Anzin · 2 miLouis Thiétard & 15 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 1 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 moreGBRaismes · 3 miGaston Blanquart & 4 moreJDAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes · 2 miJean Dauby & 2 moreLGHérin · 1 miLéon Guéry & 1 moreRHMarly · 3 miRoger Haudegand & 1 moreRDThiant · 3 miRoger Devemy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from La Sentinelle
Who counts as from La Sentinelle?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Sentinelle 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 (3)
- Antoine Watteau: Rosalba Carriera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Thiétard: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Leclercq: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.