Clairmarais has no famous person on record yet
Joseph Liouville heads the list in Saint-Omer, 2 mi away, which has 37 names. Famous people are on record for 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais. 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 Clairmarais (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 Clairmarais yet.
Famous people born near Clairmarais
Saint-Omer has the longest list next door: 37.
Saint-Omer · 2 miJoseph Liouville & 36 more
Hazebrouck · 11 miAlbert Vanhoye & 33 moreYLAire-sur-la-Lys · 10 miYoann Lachor & 12 more
Arques · 2 miOctave Pradels & 3 more
Blendecques · 4 miAlfred Machin & 2 moreLBLumbres · 9 miLucien Bataille & 1 more
Wormhout · 11 miAlbert Plécy & 1 more
Éperlecques · 7 miGilles CocquempotQuestions about famous people from Clairmarais
Who counts as from Clairmarais?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Clairmarais 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)
- Joseph Liouville: Marie Liouville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Vanhoye: w:fr:Utilisateur:jmsaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Octave Pradels: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Machin: Georges Monca (1914), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Plécy: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.