Photo: Jpcuvelier · CC BY-SA 4.0Roost-Warendin has yet to put a famous person on the list
A short trip away, Douai (3 mi) counts 158 famous people, Charles Alexandre de Calonne among them. The longest list of any town in Nord belongs to 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 Roost-Warendin (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Roost-Warendin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Roost-Warendin
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Douai · 3 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 morePBSin-le-Noble · 4 miPierre-Jules Boulanger & 8 more
Waziers · 2 miGeorges Pretre & 4 moreABAuby · 2 miAchille Blondeau & 2 moreADRaimbeaucourt · 1 miAndré Doye & 1 moreMALeforest · 2 miMarie-Paul Armand & 1 moreÉRLallaing · 3 miÉmile RogerALCuincy · 3 miAndré Joseph LemaireQuestions about famous people from Roost-Warendin
Who counts as from Roost-Warendin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Roost-Warendin 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 (2)
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Pretre: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.