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Famous people · Avion, Pas-de-Calais

Of the 8 famous people born in Avion, an unusual share are athletes

Articles in 4 languages make the French association football player Théodore Szkudlapski the best known. The next two names are Jean Wyart and Jérémy Lorca. The largest group, 5, was born between 1914 and 1969. Born in 1902, Jean Wyart is the first name on record, and Jérémy Lorca, born in 1982, the most recent.

Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Théodore Szkudlapski
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1902
Jean Wyart
Youngest
1982
Jérémy Lorca
Most common field
Sports
6 people

What stands out about Avion’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Avion is known for

Avion has 4× the usual share of athletes.

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

Through the years

When Avion’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Théodore SzkudlapskiJean-Pierre RaczynskiFrançois BlinJérémy Lorca
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage

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

The best known

Born in Avion

Languages with an article: 4 for Théodore Szkudlapski, 2 for Jean Wyart, 2 for Jérémy Lorca.

TS#1
Sports

Théodore Szkudlapski

1935–2006

French association football player (1935-2006)

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

Jean Wyart

1902–1992

French mineralogist, professor, Sorbonne (1902–1992)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JL#3
Film, TV & Stage

Jérémy Lorca

born 1982

French comedian

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Avion

Of the other 5, 5 are athletes.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Lens counts 57 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Avion

Who is the most famous person from Avion?

Théodore Szkudlapski (French association football player (1935-2006)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Wyart and Jérémy Lorca.

How many famous people were born in Avion?

8 people born in Avion have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 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 Avion known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Avion?

Jean Wyart, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.

Who counts as from Avion?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Avion 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.