No one born in Hernicourt has made the famous people list yet
Nearby, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, 2 mi away, lists 20, led by Jean Wadoux. In Pas-de-Calais, 228 towns have someone on the list. No town in Pas-de-Calais lists more than Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Hernicourt (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 Hernicourt yet.
Famous people born near Hernicourt
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, with 20.
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise · 2 miJean Wadoux & 19 more
Hesdin-la-Forêt · 12 miAbbé Prévost & 15 moreXBAuchel · 10 miXavier Beauvois & 14 morePHBruay-la-Buissière · 12 miPhilippe Herzog & 12 more
Marles-les-Mines · 11 miApo Lazaridès & 6 more
Frévent · 9 miPhilippe-François-Joseph Le Bas & 5 more
Calonne-Ricouart · 10 miMaryan Wisniewski & 3 more
Houdain · 11 miHervé & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Hernicourt
Who counts as from Hernicourt?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hernicourt 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 (6)
- Jean Wadoux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbé Prévost: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Apo Lazaridès: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maryan Wisniewski: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hervé: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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