#1Politics & Law
Claude Guéant
born 1945French politician and official
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Vimy, Pas-de-Calais
6 famous people come from Vimy, Claude Guéant the best known
The best known is the French politician and official Claude Guéant, with articles in 17 languages. 5 of them were born between 1914 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list comes to 14.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Pas-de-Calais. Births span 1838 to 1967, from Abel Bergaigne to Didier Dubois.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Guéant
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1838
Abel Bergaigne
Youngest
1967
Didier Dubois
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Vimy
Counted by languages, Claude Guéant is ahead of Rino Della Negra and Abel Bergaigne: 17, 11 and 10.
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#2Sports
Rino Della Negra
1923–1944French footballer and resistance member (1923-1944)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AB#3
Writing & Arts
Abel Bergaigne
1838–1888French indologist (1838–1888)
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Vimy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Vimy is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Vimy
3 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Lens lists the most people: 57.
Questions about famous people from Vimy
Who is the most famous person from Vimy?
Claude Guéant (French politician and official) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Rino Della Negra and Abel Bergaigne.
How many famous people were born in Vimy?
6 people born in Vimy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Vimy known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vimy?
Abel Bergaigne, born in 1838. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Vimy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vimy 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 (6)
- Claude Guéant: Claude_Guéant_-_1.jpg : Γιώργος Α. Παπανδρέου Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας from Greece derivative work: Citron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rino Della Negra: anonyme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- José Beyaert: Auteur photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Carpentier: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edita Piekha: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Dame: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), 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.