No famous person from Ramillies yet, but Cambrai next door has 101
Famous people are on record for 279 of the towns in Nord. The longest list in Nord is Lille’s, with 717 names. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. The best known born in Cambrai is Louis Blériot.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ramillies (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 Ramillies yet.
Famous people born near Ramillies
Around it, Cambrai has the most people on record, 101 of them.
Cambrai · 2 miLouis Blériot & 100 more
Bouchain · 6 miTimothée Trimm & 8 more
Avesnes-les-Aubert · 5 miAndré Gernez & 1 moreRSEscaudœuvres · 1 miRaymond Segard
Proville · 4 miPierre DidierRLNeuville-sur-Escaut · 8 miRaphaël LardeurEDMonchecourt · 8 miErnest DelilleFBRœulx · 8 miFélix-Gaspard Thieffries de BeauvoisQuestions about famous people from Ramillies
Who counts as from Ramillies?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ramillies 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)
- Louis Blériot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Didier: Ji-Elle, 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.