No one from Quilen is on the famous people list yet
Go 12 mi to Hesdin-la-Forêt and the list grows to 16, with Abbé Prévost at the top. Boulogne-sur-Mer has the most of any town in Pas-de-Calais: 164. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124. In all of Pas-de-Calais, the famous people on record come from 228 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Quilen (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 Quilen yet.
Famous people born near Quilen
Close by, the fullest list is Hesdin-la-Forêt’s, at 16 names.
Questions about famous people from Quilen
Who counts as from Quilen?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Quilen 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 (1)
- Abbé Prévost: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain, 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.