No famous person born in Quérénaing is listed yet
Within 5 mi, Valenciennes lists the most: 202, with Antoine Watteau first. Lille’s 717 names make the longest list in Nord. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. Famous people are on record for 279 of the towns in Nord.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Quérénaing (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 Quérénaing yet.
Famous people born near Quérénaing
Around it, Valenciennes has the most people on record, 202 of them.
Valenciennes · 5 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Denain · 6 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Anzin · 6 miLouis Thiétard & 15 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 3 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 moreJDAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes · 3 miJean Dauby & 2 moreRDThiant · 3 miRoger Devemy & 1 moreRHMarly · 4 miRoger Haudegand & 1 moreLGHérin · 5 miLéon Guéry & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Quérénaing
Who counts as from Quérénaing?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Quérénaing 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)
- Antoine Watteau: Rosalba Carriera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Gilot: Jnestorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.