No one from Acheville is on the famous people list yet
Just 4 mi away, Hénin-Beaumont’s list holds 16 names, Mathieu Bauderlique the best known. No town in Pas-de-Calais lists more than Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. Arras has the second-longest list in Pas-de-Calais, after Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 124. In all of Pas-de-Calais, the famous people on record come from 228 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Acheville (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 Acheville as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Acheville
Hénin-Beaumont has the longest list next door: 16.
Hénin-Beaumont · 4 miMathieu Bauderlique & 15 moreTSAvion · 3 miThéodore Szkudlapski & 7 more
Vimy · 3 miClaude Guéant & 5 moreBLMontigny-en-Gohelle · 4 miBernard Lech & 5 moreBLSallaumines · 3 miBruno Léchevin & 3 moreHTFouquières-lès-Lens · 3 miHenri Tincq & 3 moreCHMéricourt · 2 miCharles Humez & 2 moreJOBilly-Montigny · 3 miJean Ooghe & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Acheville
Who counts as from Acheville?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Acheville 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)
- Mathieu Bauderlique: Jonas de Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Guéant: Claude_Guéant_-_1.jpg : Γιώργος Α. Παπανδρέου Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας from Greece derivative work: Citron, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.