Marquion has no famous person on record yet
Just 7 mi away, Cambrai’s list holds 101 names, Louis Blériot the best known. No town in Pas-de-Calais lists more than Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. Arras has the second-longest list in Pas-de-Calais, after Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 124. 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Marquion (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 Marquion yet.
Famous people born near Marquion
Cambrai leads the towns around it, with 101 names.
Cambrai · 7 miLouis Blériot & 100 moreGMVitry-en-Artois · 9 miGilbert Mathon & 2 moreATCourchelettes · 9 miAlfred Trannin & 2 more
Lambres-lez-Douai · 10 miVictoire Berteau & 2 moreAGArleux · 5 miAndré-Joseph-Ghislain Le Glay & 1 more
Proville · 6 miPierre DidierRSEscaudœuvres · 8 miRaymond SegardEDMonchecourt · 9 miErnest DelilleQuestions about famous people from Marquion
Who counts as from Marquion?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marquion 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)
- Louis Blériot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoire Berteau: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Didier: Ji-Elle, 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.