Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people from Sequedin
A short trip away, Lille (3 mi) counts 717 famous people, Charles de Gaulle among them. 279 of the towns in Nord list at least one person. No entry yet names Sequedin as a birthplace. Lille’s 717 names make the longest list in Nord.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sequedin (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 Sequedin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Sequedin
Nearby, Lille has the most on record, with 717.
Haubourdin · 1 miLouis Marie Cordonnier & 12 more
Loos · 2 miGustave Danneels & 8 more
Lambersart · 3 miJean Baratte & 8 more
Saint-André-lez-Lille · 4 miPierre Werner & 4 moreDVHallennes-lez-Haubourdin · 1 miDidier Vanoverschelde & 1 moreAVPérenchies · 3 miAchille Verbecke & 1 more
Emmerin · 2 miPhilippe KemelQuestions about famous people from Sequedin
Who counts as from Sequedin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sequedin 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 (5)
- Louis Marie Cordonnier: Fonds Lefebvre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Danneels: Anonymous, for Le Miroir des Sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Baratte: Winterbergen / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Werner: Marcel Tockert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Kemel: Pkemel, 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.