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Famous people · Wallers, Nord

Wallers’ famous people span 104 years: 6 births from 1848 to 1952

Édouard Wojciak, the French association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The next two names are Benoît Damien and François Soudan. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 4 of them. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.7 on the list, well above the typical Nord town’s 3.2.

#1 best knownÉdouard WojciakSports · born 1942
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Édouard Wojciak
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1848
Benoît Damien
Youngest
1952
François Soudan
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Wallers

Édouard Wojciak, Benoît Damien and François Soudan are written about in 2, 1 and 1 languages.

Édouard Wojciak#1
Sports

Édouard Wojciak

born 1942

French association football player

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
BD#2
Science & Medicine

Benoît Damien

1848–1934

French university teacher (1848-1934)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
FS#3
Writing & Arts

François Soudan

born 1952

French journalist

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Wallers’ famous people were born

The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century185019001950René LecocqÉdouard WojciakFrançois SoudanBenoît Damien
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Wallers is known for

The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.6 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Wallers

3 more, 2 of them athletes.

JB

Jean-Claude Bielitzki

1938–2022

French association football player (1938–2022)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.

Questions about famous people from Wallers

Who is the most famous person from Wallers?

Édouard Wojciak (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Benoît Damien and François Soudan.

How many famous people were born in Wallers?

6 people born in Wallers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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 Wallers known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wallers?

Benoît Damien, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.

Who counts as from Wallers?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wallers 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)

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.