Famous people from Halinghen
A short trip away, Saint-Martin-Boulogne (8 mi) counts 8 famous people, Térence Atmane among them. Not one famous person on record comes from Halinghen yet. Across Pas-de-Calais, 228 towns list someone born there. Boulogne-sur-Mer has the most of any town in Pas-de-Calais: 164.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Halinghen (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 Halinghen yet.
Famous people born near Halinghen
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Martin-Boulogne, with 8.
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 8 miTérence Atmane & 7 more
Étaples · 7 miJacques Lefèvre d'Étaples & 6 moreHCDesvres · 8 miHenri Cornet & 6 more
Le Portel · 8 miLucien Leduc & 2 moreFCSamer · 3 miFrançois-Joseph Cazin & 1 moreCMSaint-Étienne-au-Mont · 5 miCatherine MullerRDSaint-Léonard · 6 miRaymond Dumont
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage · 8 miPhilippe VasseurQuestions about famous people from Halinghen
Who counts as from Halinghen?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Halinghen 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)
- Térence Atmane: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: Jean de Laon 1518-1599, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Leduc: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 925-0975, 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.