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Famous people · Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais

2 famous people call Oye-Plage their birthplace

At the top of the list is the French politician and teacher Paul Machy, covered in one language. The other is Édouard Letailleur, the French writer. Within 8 mi, Calais lists the most: 117, with Gérard Debreu first. Paul Machy, born in 1887, is the earliest name and Édouard Letailleur, born in 1897, the latest.

#1 best knownPaul MachyPolitics & Law · 1887–1945
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Paul Machy
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1887
Paul Machy
Youngest
1897
Édouard Letailleur
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Oye-Plage

Paul Machy#1
Politics & Law

Paul Machy

1887–1945

French politician and teacher

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉL#2
Writing & Arts

Édouard Letailleur

1897–1976

French writer (1897-1976)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Oye-Plage is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.

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 around it, Calais has the most on record: 117.

Questions about famous people from Oye-Plage

Who is the most famous person from Oye-Plage?

Paul Machy (French politician and teacher) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Édouard Letailleur.

How many famous people were born in Oye-Plage?

2 people born in Oye-Plage have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 Oye-Plage known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oye-Plage?

Paul Machy, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1897.

Who counts as from Oye-Plage?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Oye-Plage 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)

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.