No one from Offekerque is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Calais, 7 mi away, lists the most: 117, Gérard Debreu first. 228 towns across Pas-de-Calais can name a famous person born there. 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 Offekerque (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 Offekerque yet.
Famous people born near Offekerque
The longest list nearby is Calais’, with 117.
Calais · 7 miGérard Debreu & 116 more
Gravelines · 6 miFlorian Billant & 7 moreCLArdres · 5 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 more
Audruicq · 4 miGilbert Brazy & 3 more
Bourbourg · 8 miCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg & 3 moreBPCoulogne · 6 miBernard Pruvost & 2 more
Oye-Plage · 3 miPaul Machy & 1 moreYVGrand-Fort-Philippe · 6 miYves-Marie Verove & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Offekerque
Who counts as from Offekerque?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Offekerque 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)
- Gérard Debreu: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, Copyright is with MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Billant: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Brazy: Serge Ottaviani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Nicolas Claude Persus (1831-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Machy: Le Nord Maritime, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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