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Famous people · Cucq, Pas-de-Calais

8 famous people from Cucq, many of them athletes

The best known is the French tennis player Pauline Parmentier, with articles in 28 languages. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. From Réginald Ray to Pauline Crammer, the births on the list run from 1968 to 1991. Fewer than a quarter of the 228 towns in Pas-de-Calais with famous people list more.

#1 best knownPauline ParmentierSports · born 1986
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Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pauline Parmentier
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1968
Réginald Ray
Youngest
1991
Pauline Crammer
Most common field
Sports
8 people

What stands out about Cucq’s famous people

Through the years

When Cucq’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1980s, with 3 people born in that decade.

The 20th centuryToday195020002050Matthieu Bataille
Sports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Cucq

The three best known are all athletes.

Pauline Parmentier#1
Sports

Pauline Parmentier

born 1986

French tennis player

28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Benjamin Leroy#2
Sports

Benjamin Leroy

born 1989

French footballer

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Matthieu Bataille#3
Sports

Matthieu Bataille

born 1978

French judoka

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Cucq

Of the other 5, 5 are athletes.

AC

Alexandre Cuvillier

born 1986

French footballer

MS

Michael Stewart

born 1975

American basketball player (born 1975)

Pauline Crammer

Pauline Crammer

born 1991

French association footballer

RR

Réginald Ray

born 1968

French association football player

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Berck’s, with 14.

Questions about famous people from Cucq

Who is the most famous person from Cucq?

Pauline Parmentier (French tennis player) is the best known by our measure: 28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Benjamin Leroy and Matthieu Bataille.

How many famous people were born in Cucq?

8 people born in Cucq have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Cucq known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 8. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cucq?

Réginald Ray, born in 1968. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.

Who counts as from Cucq?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cucq 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 (9)

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.