No famous person born in Saint-Omer-Capelle is listed yet
Within 10 mi, Grande-Synthe lists the most: 16, with Lucas Pouille first. 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. The Pas-de-Calais lists hold names for 228 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Omer-Capelle (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 Saint-Omer-Capelle yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Omer-Capelle
The longest list nearby is Grande-Synthe’s, with 16.
Grande-Synthe · 10 miLucas Pouille & 15 more
Gravelines · 4 miFlorian Billant & 7 moreCLArdres · 7 miClaude Lefebvre & 5 more
Bourbourg · 4 miCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg & 3 more
Audruicq · 4 miGilbert Brazy & 3 moreBPCoulogne · 10 miBernard Pruvost & 2 more
Oye-Plage · 4 miPaul Machy & 1 moreYVGrand-Fort-Philippe · 4 miYves-Marie Verove & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Omer-Capelle
Who counts as from Saint-Omer-Capelle?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Omer-Capelle 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)
- Lucas Pouille: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Billant: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Nicolas Claude Persus (1831-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Brazy: Serge Ottaviani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Machy: Le Nord Maritime, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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