No famous person born in Bours is listed yet
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, 6 mi off, can claim 20 famous people, the best known Jean Wadoux. In Pas-de-Calais, 228 towns have someone on the list. 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 Bours (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 Bours yet.
Famous people born near Bours
Of the towns nearby, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise lists the most people: 20.
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise · 6 miJean Wadoux & 19 moreXBAuchel · 5 miXavier Beauvois & 14 morePHBruay-la-Buissière · 6 miPhilippe Herzog & 12 more
Marles-les-Mines · 5 miApo Lazaridès & 6 more
Calonne-Ricouart · 4 miMaryan Wisniewski & 3 more
Houdain · 6 miHervé & 3 more
Cauchy-à-la-Tour · 4 miPhilippe Pétain & 2 moreJRBurbure · 6 miJean Réveillon & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bours
Who counts as from Bours?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bours 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)
- Jean Wadoux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Apo Lazaridès: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maryan Wisniewski: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hervé: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Pétain: Imprimerie Draeger à Montrouge en région parisienne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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