Cormont has yet to put a famous person on the list
Cucq, 8 mi away, has 8 on its list, the best known Pauline Parmentier. 228 towns in Pas-de-Calais have at least one famous person on record. 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 Cormont (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 Cormont yet.
Famous people born near Cormont
The neighbour with the most names is Cucq, at 8.
Cucq · 8 miPauline Parmentier & 7 more
Étaples · 5 miJacques Lefèvre d'Étaples & 6 moreHCDesvres · 9 miHenri Cornet & 6 moreFCSamer · 5 miFrançois-Joseph Cazin & 1 more
Rang-du-Fliers · 11 miMicheline Ostermeyer & 1 more
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage · 7 miPhilippe VasseurCMSaint-Étienne-au-Mont · 9 miCatherine MullerRDSaint-Léonard · 10 miRaymond DumontQuestions about famous people from Cormont
Who counts as from Cormont?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cormont 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)
- Pauline Parmentier: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: Jean de Laon 1518-1599, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Micheline Ostermeyer: Noske, J.D. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Vasseur: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., 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.