Polincove has yet to put a famous person on the list
Saint-Omer, 10 mi away, has 37 on its list, the best known Joseph Liouville. 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. Famous people are on record for 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Polincove (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 Polincove yet.
Famous people born near Polincove
The longest list nearby is Saint-Omer’s, with 37.
Saint-Omer · 10 miJoseph Liouville & 36 more
Gravelines · 10 miFlorian Billant & 7 moreCLArdres · 5 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 more
Audruicq · 2 miGilbert Brazy & 3 more
Bourbourg · 7 miCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg & 3 more
Oye-Plage · 9 miPaul Machy & 1 moreYVGrand-Fort-Philippe · 10 miYves-Marie Verove & 1 more
Éperlecques · 4 miGilles CocquempotQuestions about famous people from Polincove
Who counts as from Polincove?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Polincove 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 (6)
- Joseph Liouville: Marie Liouville, Public domain, 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
- Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, 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.