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Famous people · Mazingarbe, Pas-de-Calais

13 famous people from Mazingarbe, many of them athletes

Most widely known is Casimir Zuraczek, the French association football player, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the French football manager Fabrice Vandeputte, third to Franck Dhersin. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 13 in all. From Bernard Stakowiak in 1939 to Anicet Saussé in 1969, the births cover 30 years.

#1 best knownCasimir ZuraczekSports · born 1949
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Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Casimir Zuraczek
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1939
Bernard Stakowiak
Youngest
1969
Anicet Saussé
Most common field
Sports
8 people

What stands out about Mazingarbe’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Mazingarbe is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.3 times as common.

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

Through the years

When Mazingarbe’s famous people were born

The 1960s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.

The 20th centuryToday19502000Cécile ScailliérezFabrice VandeputteCasimir ZuraczekBernard Stakowiak
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage

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

The best known

Born in Mazingarbe

The three are covered in 3, 3 and 3 languages: Casimir Zuraczek, Fabrice Vandeputte and Franck Dhersin.

Casimir Zuraczek#1
Sports

Casimir Zuraczek

born 1949

French association football player

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FV#2
Sports

Fabrice Vandeputte

born 1969

French football manager

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FD#3
Politics & Law

Franck Dhersin

born 1962

French politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Mazingarbe

Here are 10 more, born from 1939 to 1969.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Bully-les-Mines’, with 19.

Questions about famous people from Mazingarbe

Who is the most famous person from Mazingarbe?

Casimir Zuraczek (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Fabrice Vandeputte and Franck Dhersin.

How many famous people were born in Mazingarbe?

13 people born in Mazingarbe have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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 Mazingarbe known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 13. That is 62% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mazingarbe?

Bernard Stakowiak, born in 1939. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.

Who counts as from Mazingarbe?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mazingarbe 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 (9)

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.