No one born in Recques-sur-Hem has made the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Saint-Omer, 10 mi away: 37, led by Joseph Liouville. Famous people are on record for 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais. The longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Boulogne-sur-Mer’s, with 164 names. 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 Recques-sur-Hem (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 Recques-sur-Hem yet.
Famous people born near Recques-sur-Hem
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Recques-sur-Hem, with how many people each has.
Saint-Omer · 10 miJoseph Liouville & 36 moreCLArdres · 5 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 more
Audruicq · 3 miGilbert Brazy & 3 more
Bourbourg · 9 miCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg & 3 moreLBLumbres · 9 miLucien Bataille & 1 more
Oye-Plage · 10 miPaul Machy & 1 more
Éperlecques · 4 miGilles CocquempotLLGuînes · 9 miLouis Antoine LeclercqQuestions about famous people from Recques-sur-Hem
Who counts as from Recques-sur-Hem?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Recques-sur-Hem 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
- 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.