Next door to Nesles, Boulogne-sur-Mer lists 164 famous people
No entry yet names Nesles as a birthplace. Across Pas-de-Calais, the lists cover 228 towns. The longest list of any town in Pas-de-Calais belongs to Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Nesles (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 Nesles yet.
Famous people born near Nesles
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Nesles, with how many people each has.
Boulogne-sur-Mer · 7 miFranck Ribéry & 163 more
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 7 miTérence Atmane & 7 more
Étaples · 7 miJacques Lefèvre d'Étaples & 6 more
Le Portel · 7 miLucien Leduc & 2 moreFCSamer · 4 miFrançois-Joseph Cazin & 1 moreCMSaint-Étienne-au-Mont · 4 miCatherine MullerRDSaint-Léonard · 5 miRaymond Dumont
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage · 8 miPhilippe VasseurQuestions about famous people from Nesles
Who counts as from Nesles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nesles 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 (5)
- Franck Ribéry: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Térence Atmane: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: Jean de Laon 1518-1599, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Leduc: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 925-0975, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Vasseur: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., 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.