No one born in Béthonsart has made the famous people list yet
Just 9 mi away, Bully-les-Mines’ list holds 19 names, André Strappe the best known. The Pas-de-Calais lists hold names for 228 towns. Boulogne-sur-Mer has the most of any town in Pas-de-Calais: 164. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Béthonsart (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Béthonsart yet.
Famous people born near Béthonsart
Of the towns around it, Bully-les-Mines has the most on record: 19.
Bully-les-Mines · 9 miAndré Strappe & 18 morePHBruay-la-Buissière · 7 miPhilippe Herzog & 12 moreÉGBarlin · 6 miÉmile Genevois & 4 more
Houdain · 6 miHervé & 3 more
Calonne-Ricouart · 8 miMaryan Wisniewski & 3 more
Sains-en-Gohelle · 8 miJean-Claude Gautrand & 2 more
Nœux-les-Mines · 9 miRaymond Kopa & 2 moreRDHersin-Coupigny · 7 miRaymond Derancy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Béthonsart
Who counts as from Béthonsart?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Béthonsart 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 (5)
- André Strappe: Rizla+ figurina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hervé: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maryan Wisniewski: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Claude Gautrand: Aline Memmi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Kopa: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.