Famous people born near Loffre
Within 4 mi, Douai lists the most: 158, with Charles Alexandre de Calonne first. No famous person’s birth in Loffre is on record yet. 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 Loffre (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 Loffre yet.
Famous people born near Loffre
Of the towns nearby, Douai lists the most people: 158.
Douai · 4 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 more
Aniche · 4 miLazare Gianessi & 11 morePBSin-le-Noble · 3 miPierre-Jules Boulanger & 8 moreFDMasny · 2 miFrançois Debève & 5 more
Waziers · 3 miGeorges Pretre & 4 moreRCGuesnain · 1 miRoman ChtiejSVDechy · 2 miSéverine VandenhendeÉRLallaing · 2 miÉmile RogerQuestions about famous people from Loffre
Who counts as from Loffre?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Loffre 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)
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lazare Gianessi: UDAFAN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Pretre: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.