#1Politics & Law
Gilles Cocquempot
born 1952French politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Éperlecques, Pas-de-Calais
Gilles Cocquempot, born in 1952, is Éperlecques’ famous person on record
In 1952, the French politician Gilles Cocquempot was born. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. 5 languages have an article about them. A short trip away, Saint-Omer (6 mi) counts 37 famous people, Joseph Liouville among them.
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Gilles Cocquempot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1952
Gilles Cocquempot
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Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Éperlecques
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Questions about famous people from Éperlecques
Who is the most famous person from Éperlecques?
Gilles Cocquempot (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Éperlecques?
1 people born in Éperlecques have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Éperlecques known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who counts as from Éperlecques?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Éperlecques 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?
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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)
- Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Liouville: Marie Liouville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Brazy: Serge Ottaviani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Octave Pradels: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Nicolas Claude Persus (1831-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Machin: Georges Monca (1914), Public domain, 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.