Quelmes has yet to put a famous person on the list
For more famous names, Saint-Omer is 6 mi away: its list has 37, led by Joseph Liouville. 228 towns across Pas-de-Calais can name a famous person born there. No town in Pas-de-Calais lists more than Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. Arras has the second-longest list in Pas-de-Calais, after Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 124.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Quelmes (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 Quelmes yet.
Famous people born near Quelmes
Nearby, Saint-Omer has the most on record, with 37.
Questions about famous people from Quelmes
Who counts as from Quelmes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Quelmes 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)
- Joseph Liouville: Marie Liouville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Octave Pradels: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Brazy: Serge Ottaviani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Machin: Georges Monca (1914), 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.