Famous people born near Ambleteuse
Within 6 mi, Boulogne-sur-Mer lists the most: 164, with Franck Ribéry first. Not one famous person on record comes from Ambleteuse yet. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ambleteuse (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Ambleteuse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Ambleteuse
Around it, Boulogne-sur-Mer has the most people on record, 164 of them.
Boulogne-sur-Mer · 6 miFranck Ribéry & 163 more
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 6 miTérence Atmane & 7 morePFWimereux · 2 miPierre Fabre & 2 more
Le Portel · 7 miLucien Leduc & 2 more
Rinxent · 6 miFélix Goethals & 1 more
Wimille · 4 miBlanche Paugam
Marquise · 4 miDidier ManierRDSaint-Léonard · 8 miRaymond DumontQuestions about famous people from Ambleteuse
Who counts as from Ambleteuse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ambleteuse 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)
- Franck Ribéry: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Térence Atmane: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Leduc: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 925-0975, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Goethals: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blanche Paugam: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Didier Manier: VBURETTE, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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