#1Sports
Quentin Tanis
born 1990French bicycle racer
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Wignehies, Nord
4 famous people call Wignehies their birthplace
At the top of the list is the French bicycle racer Quentin Tanis, covered in 5 languages. Claudie Cuvelier is second and Marcel Dehoux third. Born in 1931, Michel Coquelet is the first name on record, and Quentin Tanis, born in 1990, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.3 on the list, well above the typical Nord town’s 3.2.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Quentin Tanis
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1931
Michel Coquelet
Youngest
1990
Quentin Tanis
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Wignehies
Ranked by languages covered: Quentin Tanis with 5, then Claudie Cuvelier with 3 and Marcel Dehoux with 2.
#1CC#2
Notable
Claudie Cuvelier
born 1943French athletics competitor
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MD#3
Politics & Law
Marcel Dehoux
born 1946French politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Wignehies’ famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wignehies is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wignehies
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Wignehies
Who is the most famous person from Wignehies?
Quentin Tanis (French bicycle racer) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claudie Cuvelier and Marcel Dehoux.
How many famous people were born in Wignehies?
4 people born in Wignehies have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Wignehies known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wignehies?
Michel Coquelet, born in 1931. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Wignehies?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wignehies 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 (3)
- Quentin Tanis: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Walckiers: Fdelbrayelle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Barthélémy: Agence Rol, Public domain, 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.