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Charles Lemoine, maire de Roeulx, et don conseil municipal lors des voeux 2023Photo: Ottaviani Serge · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Rœulx, Nord

The French military personnel Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois is the one famous person from Rœulx

Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois, the French military personnel, was born in 1751. Their birth falls before the Revolution. One language has an article about them so far. Go 3 mi to Denain and the list grows to 29, with Fabien Gilot at the top.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1751
Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Rœulx

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Military

Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois

1751–1848

French military personnel (1751-1848)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, Denain lists the most people: 29.

Questions about famous people from Rœulx

Who is the most famous person from Rœulx?

Félix-Gaspard Thieffries de Beauvois (French military personnel (1751-1848)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Rœulx?

1 people born in Rœulx have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Rœulx known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who counts as from Rœulx?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rœulx 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).

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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.