Next door to Hervelinghen, Calais lists 117 famous people
Famous people are on record for 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais. The longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Boulogne-sur-Mer’s, with 164 names. Arras has the second-longest list in Pas-de-Calais, after Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 124. No famous person on record lists Hervelinghen as their birthplace yet.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Hervelinghen (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 Hervelinghen yet.
Famous people born near Hervelinghen
The most names next door are in Calais: 117.
Calais · 8 miGérard Debreu & 116 more
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 12 miTérence Atmane & 7 moreCLArdres · 12 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 moreBPCoulogne · 8 miBernard Pruvost & 2 morePFWimereux · 9 miPierre Fabre & 2 more
Rinxent · 5 miFélix Goethals & 1 more
Marquise · 5 miDidier ManierRCSangatte · 6 miRené CarpentierQuestions about famous people from Hervelinghen
Who counts as from Hervelinghen?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hervelinghen 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)
- 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.