No one born in Merris has made the famous people list yet
Nearby, Hazebrouck, 5 mi away, lists 34, led by Albert Vanhoye. No town in Nord lists more than Lille, with 717. Roubaix has the second-longest list in Nord, after Lille, with 241. 279 towns in Nord have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Merris (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 Merris yet.
Famous people born near Merris
Close by, the fullest list is Hazebrouck’s, at 34 names.
Hazebrouck · 5 miAlbert Vanhoye & 33 more
Bailleul · 3 miBruno Dumont & 13 moreODMerville · 5 miOdette Duriez & 4 more
Estaires · 6 miHenri Delassus & 4 moreLRNieppe · 8 miLine Renaud & 4 moreVDLa Gorgue · 6 miVictor Denis & 2 more
Lestrem · 7 miCyrille Rose & 2 moreJLVieux-Berquin · 2 miJules-Auguste Lemire & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Merris
Who counts as from Merris?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Merris 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 (4)
- Albert Vanhoye: w:fr:Utilisateur:jmsaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Dumont: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Delassus: Titsarosal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrille Rose: Pierre Petit, 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.