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Famous people · Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais

Isbergues is the birthplace of 4 famous people

The best known is the French footballer Marcel Ourdouillié, with articles in 8 languages. Roger Boury is second and Pierre-Louis Leclerc third. Per head, the list is long: 4.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Pas-de-Calais has 2.3. Athletes make up the largest group, 2 of them.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marcel Ourdouillié
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1905
Pierre-Louis Leclerc
Youngest
1933
Roland Huguet
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Isbergues

Athletes take two of the three places.

MO#1
Sports

Marcel Ourdouillié

1913–1962

French footballer (1913-1962)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RB#2
Sports

Roger Boury

1925–2010

French association football player (1925-2010)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
PL#3
Faith

Pierre-Louis Leclerc

1905–1983

Roman Catholic archbishop

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Isbergues’ famous people were born

The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 1.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Roland HuguetPierre-Louis LeclercRoger Boury
SportsFaithPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Isbergues is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Isbergues

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Auchel’s, with 15.

Questions about famous people from Isbergues

Who is the most famous person from Isbergues?

Marcel Ourdouillié (French footballer (1913-1962)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roger Boury and Pierre-Louis Leclerc.

How many famous people were born in Isbergues?

4 people born in Isbergues have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Isbergues known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Isbergues?

Pierre-Louis Leclerc, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1933.

Who counts as from Isbergues?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Isbergues 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 (3)

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.