CH#1
Sports
Charles Humez
1927–1979French boxer (1927-1979)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Édition Franchois, Béthune (P-de-C) · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais
3 famous people were born in Méricourt
At the top of the list is the French boxer Charles Humez, covered in 3 languages. Behind the leader come Louis Delaby and Victor Mastroianni. For more famous names, Lens is 3 mi away: its list has 57, led by José Beyaert. The list comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Pas-de-Calais, at 2.3.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Humez
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1897
Louis Delaby
Youngest
1958
Victor Mastroianni
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Méricourt
Two of the three are athletes.
LD#2
Politics & Law
Louis Delaby
1897–1972French trade unionist
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
VM#3
Sports
Victor Mastroianni
born 1958French association football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Méricourt 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Lens lists the most people: 57.
Lens · 3 miJosé Beyaert & 56 moreTSAvion · 2 miThéodore Szkudlapski & 7 moreBLMontigny-en-Gohelle · 3 miBernard Lech & 5 moreBLSallaumines · 1 miBruno Léchevin & 3 moreHTFouquières-lès-Lens · 2 miHenri Tincq & 3 moreJOBilly-Montigny · 2 miJean Ooghe & 2 more
Noyelles-sous-Lens · 2 miEdita Piekha & 1 moreMBHarnes · 3 miMonique Baelden-Gorski & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Méricourt
Who is the most famous person from Méricourt?
Charles Humez (French boxer (1927-1979)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Delaby and Victor Mastroianni.
How many famous people were born in Méricourt?
3 people born in Méricourt have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Méricourt known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Méricourt?
Louis Delaby, born in 1897. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
Who counts as from Méricourt?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Méricourt 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 (2)
- José Beyaert: Auteur photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edita Piekha: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, 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.