Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0No famous person born in Longuenesse is listed yet
The nearest list is in Saint-Omer, 1 mi away: 37 names, starting with Joseph Liouville. 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. Across Pas-de-Calais, 228 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Longuenesse (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Longuenesse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Longuenesse
Saint-Omer has the longest list next door: 37.
Questions about famous people from Longuenesse
Who counts as from Longuenesse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Longuenesse 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)
- Joseph Liouville: Marie Liouville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Octave Pradels: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Machin: Georges Monca (1914), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, 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.