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Famous people · Carvin, Pas-de-Calais

3 famous people come from Carvin, Jacques Secrétin the best known

At the top of the list is the French table tennis player Jacques Secrétin, covered in 15 languages. Hermeline Malherbe is second and Jo Manix third. Nearby, Courrières, 2 mi away, lists 10, led by Jules Breton. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 1.7, close to the 2.3 of the typical Pas-de-Calais town.

#1 best knownJacques SecrétinSports · 1949–2020
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Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques Secrétin
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1949
Jacques Secrétin
Youngest
1969
Hermeline Malherbe
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Carvin

Ranked by languages covered: Jacques Secrétin with 15, then Hermeline Malherbe with 5 and Jo Manix with 1.

Jacques Secrétin#1
Sports

Jacques Secrétin

1949–2020

French table tennis player (1949-2022)

15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Hermeline Malherbe#2
Politics & Law

Hermeline Malherbe

born 1969

French politician

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JM#3
Film, TV & Stage

Jo Manix

1966–2001

French comics artist (1966-2001)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Carvin is known for

The field with the most names is Sports: 1.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Courrières’, at 10 names.

Questions about famous people from Carvin

Who is the most famous person from Carvin?

Jacques Secrétin (French table tennis player (1949-2022)) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hermeline Malherbe and Jo Manix.

How many famous people were born in Carvin?

3 people born in Carvin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Carvin known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Carvin?

Jacques Secrétin, born in 1949. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.

Who counts as from Carvin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Carvin 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)

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.