Next door to Ferques, Boulogne-sur-Mer lists 164 famous people
No famous person’s birth in Ferques is on record yet. Boulogne-sur-Mer’s 164 names make the longest list in Pas-de-Calais. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124. 228 towns across Pas-de-Calais can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ferques (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 Ferques yet.
Famous people born near Ferques
Boulogne-sur-Mer has the longest list next door: 164.
Boulogne-sur-Mer · 10 miFranck Ribéry & 163 more
Calais · 9 miGérard Debreu & 116 more
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 9 miTérence Atmane & 7 moreCLArdres · 10 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 morePFWimereux · 8 miPierre Fabre & 2 moreBPCoulogne · 8 miBernard Pruvost & 2 more
Rinxent · 2 miFélix Goethals & 1 more
Marquise · 3 miDidier ManierQuestions about famous people from Ferques
Who counts as from Ferques?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ferques 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 (5)
- Franck Ribéry: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Debreu: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, Copyright is with MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Térence Atmane: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Goethals: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Didier Manier: VBURETTE, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.