No famous person from Dury yet, but Douai next door has 158
Across Pas-de-Calais, the lists cover 228 towns. The longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Boulogne-sur-Mer’s, with 164 names. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124. The best known born in Douai is Charles Alexandre de Calonne.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Dury (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 Dury yet.
Famous people born near Dury
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Douai · 9 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 morePBSin-le-Noble · 9 miPierre-Jules Boulanger & 8 moreGMVitry-en-Artois · 5 miGilbert Mathon & 2 moreATCourchelettes · 7 miAlfred Trannin & 2 more
Lambres-lez-Douai · 8 miVictoire Berteau & 2 moreAGArleux · 5 miAndré-Joseph-Ghislain Le Glay & 1 moreGSSaint-Laurent-Blangy · 10 miGilbert Scodeller & 1 moreCDBiache-Saint-Vaast · 5 miCharles DelestraintQuestions about famous people from Dury
Who counts as from Dury?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dury 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 (2)
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoire Berteau: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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