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Famous people · Lompret, Nord

2 famous people call Lompret their birthplace

Alain Santy, the French cyclist, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. The other is Guy Santy, the French bicycle racer. Of its neighbours, Lille, 4 mi away, lists the most: 717, Charles de Gaulle first. From Alain Santy to Guy Santy, the births on the list run from 1949 to 1950.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alain Santy
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1949
Alain Santy
Youngest
1950
Guy Santy
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Lompret

AS#1
Sports

Alain Santy

born 1949

French cyclist

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GS#2
Sports

Guy Santy

born 1950

French bicycle racer

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Lille has the longest list next door: 717.

CGLille · 4 miCharles de Gaulle & 716 moreMarcel BernardLa Madeleine · 4 miMarcel Bernard & 10 moreJean BaratteLambersart · 2 miJean Baratte & 8 morePierre WernerSaint-André-lez-Lille · 2 miPierre Werner & 4 moreJGMarquette-lez-Lille · 3 miJean Van Gool & 3 moreMarie-Christine DebourseWambrechies · 3 miMarie-Christine Debourse & 3 moreCharles-Lidewine-Marie de CroixFrelinghien · 4 miCharles-Lidewine-Marie de Croix & 2 moreAVPérenchies · 1 miAchille Verbecke & 1 more

Questions about famous people from Lompret

Who is the most famous person from Lompret?

Alain Santy (French cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Guy Santy.

How many famous people were born in Lompret?

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

What is Lompret known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lompret?

Alain Santy, born in 1949. The youngest on the list was born in 1950.

Who counts as from Lompret?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lompret 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.