Bourlon has no famous person on record yet
Cambrai, 6 mi away, has 101 on its list, the best known Louis Blériot. Across Pas-de-Calais, the lists cover 228 towns. The longest list of any town in Pas-de-Calais belongs to Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 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 Bourlon (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 Bourlon yet.
Famous people born near Bourlon
Close by, the fullest list is Cambrai’s, at 101 names.
Cambrai · 6 miLouis Blériot & 100 more
Bouchain · 11 miTimothée Trimm & 8 moreATCourchelettes · 12 miAlfred Trannin & 2 moreAGArleux · 7 miAndré-Joseph-Ghislain Le Glay & 1 more
Proville · 4 miPierre DidierRSEscaudœuvres · 7 miRaymond SegardEDMonchecourt · 10 miErnest Delille
Brebières · 12 miLouis Joseph PilatQuestions about famous people from Bourlon
Who counts as from Bourlon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourlon 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)
- Louis Blériot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Didier: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Joseph Pilat: After Georges Malbeste, 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.