Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 3.0Violaines has no famous person on record yet
Louis-Léopold Boilly tops the 11 names on record in La Bassée, 1 mi away. No town in Pas-de-Calais lists more than Boulogne-sur-Mer, with 164. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124. Across Pas-de-Calais, the lists cover 228 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Violaines (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 Violaines yet.
Famous people born near Violaines
La Bassée leads the towns around it, with 11 names.
La Bassée · 1 miLouis-Léopold Boilly & 10 more
Wingles · 4 miÉmilienne Moreau-Évrard & 3 moreBCBilly-Berclau · 4 miBernard Caron & 1 moreHLVermelles · 4 miHenri Lucas & 1 moreQLBeuvry · 5 miQuentin Lecoeuche & 1 moreFDHaisnes · 2 miFloris DelattreALDouvrin · 3 miAlain LemieuvreVCHulluch · 4 miValentin Charles Hubert Malet de CoupignyQuestions about famous people from Violaines
Who counts as from Violaines?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Violaines 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 (2)
- Louis-Léopold Boilly: Louis-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émilienne Moreau-Évrard: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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