Famous people from Rœux
Maximilien de Robespierre tops the 124 names on record in Arras, 6 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Rœux. The longest list of any town in Pas-de-Calais belongs to Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. 228 towns in Pas-de-Calais have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Rœux (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 Rœux yet.
Famous people born near Rœux
Around it, Arras has the most people on record, 124 of them.
Vimy · 6 miClaude Guéant & 5 moreLSainte-Catherine · 6 miLouane & 4 moreGMVitry-en-Artois · 4 miGilbert Mathon & 2 moreGSSaint-Laurent-Blangy · 4 miGilbert Scodeller & 1 moreCDBiache-Saint-Vaast · 2 miCharles Delestraint
Saint-Nicolas · 5 miRené CamphinJCBeaurains · 6 miJules CatoireQuestions about famous people from Rœux
Who counts as from Rœux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rœux 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 (2)
- Claude Guéant: Claude_Guéant_-_1.jpg : Γιώργος Α. Παπανδρέου Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας from Greece derivative work: Citron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Camphin: EmilyTi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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