Photo: Serge Ottaviani · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Râches has made the famous people list yet
The nearest list is in Douai, 4 mi away: 158 names, starting with Charles Alexandre de Calonne. 279 towns across Nord can name a famous person born there. No town in Nord lists more than Lille, with 717. Roubaix has the second-longest list in Nord, after Lille, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Râches (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 Râches yet.
Famous people born near Râches
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Râches, with how many people each has.
Douai · 4 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 morePBSin-le-Noble · 4 miPierre-Jules Boulanger & 8 more
Waziers · 3 miGeorges Pretre & 4 moreABAuby · 3 miAchille Blondeau & 2 more
Coutiches · 4 miJosé Catieau & 2 moreADRaimbeaucourt · 2 miAndré Doye & 1 moreMALeforest · 4 miMarie-Paul Armand & 1 more
Flines-lez-Raches · 2 miNicolas DelmotteQuestions about famous people from Râches
Who counts as from Râches?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Râches 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)
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Pretre: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- José Catieau: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Delmotte: Felineda, 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.