No one from Wirwignes is on the famous people list yet
Franck Ribéry heads the list in Boulogne-sur-Mer, 7 mi away, which has 164 names. The Pas-de-Calais lists hold names for 228 towns. The longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Boulogne-sur-Mer’s, with 164 names. After Boulogne-sur-Mer, the next longest list in Pas-de-Calais is Arras’, with 124.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Wirwignes (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 Wirwignes yet.
Famous people born near Wirwignes
The neighbour with the most names is Boulogne-sur-Mer, at 164.
Boulogne-sur-Mer · 7 miFranck Ribéry & 163 more
Saint-Martin-Boulogne · 6 miTérence Atmane & 7 moreHCDesvres · 3 miHenri Cornet & 6 more
Le Portel · 8 miLucien Leduc & 2 moreFCSamer · 3 miFrançois-Joseph Cazin & 1 more
Rinxent · 8 miFélix Goethals & 1 moreRDSaint-Léonard · 6 miRaymond DumontCMSaint-Étienne-au-Mont · 6 miCatherine MullerQuestions about famous people from Wirwignes
Who counts as from Wirwignes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Wirwignes 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 (4)
- Franck Ribéry: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Térence Atmane: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Leduc: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 925-0975, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Goethals: Agence de presse Meurisse, 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.