Saultain has yet to put a famous person on the list
Valenciennes, 3 mi away, has 202 on its list, the best known Antoine Watteau. The longest list of any town in Nord belongs to Lille, with 717. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. 279 of the towns in Nord list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saultain (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 Saultain as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saultain
Around it, Valenciennes has the most people on record, 202 of them.
Valenciennes · 3 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Saint-Saulve · 2 miMarion Rousse & 15 more
Anzin · 4 miLouis Thiétard & 15 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 4 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 more
Quarouble · 4 miÉleuthère Mascart & 4 moreJDAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes · 2 miJean Dauby & 2 more
Onnaing · 4 miAli Fergani & 2 moreRHMarly · 1 miRoger Haudegand & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saultain
Who counts as from Saultain?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saultain 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 (6)
- Antoine Watteau: Rosalba Carriera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Rousse: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Thiétard: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Leclercq: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Éleuthère Mascart: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ali Fergani: JSK-Football, 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.