Next door to Robecq, Lillers lists 7 famous people
The list for Robecq is empty for now. 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. 228 of the towns in Pas-de-Calais list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Robecq (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 Robecq yet.
Famous people born near Robecq
The neighbour with the most names is Lillers, at 7.
Lillers · 4 miHenri Leconte & 6 moreODMerville · 5 miOdette Duriez & 4 moreMOIsbergues · 4 miMarcel Ourdouillié & 3 more
Lestrem · 6 miCyrille Rose & 2 more
Saint-Venant · 2 miCharles-Louis-Félix Franchot & 1 more
Annezin · 5 miDaniel Beauvois & 1 moreJRBurbure · 6 miJean Réveillon & 1 morePMChocques · 4 miPhilippe Joseph MalbrancqQuestions about famous people from Robecq
Who counts as from Robecq?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Robecq 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?
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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 (4)
- Henri Leconte: Andrew Campbell, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrille Rose: Pierre Petit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Beauvois: Dawid Skoblewski, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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