Famous people from Canaples
Amiens, 12 mi away, has 313 on its list, the best known Emmanuel Macron. No famous person on record lists Canaples as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Somme belongs to Amiens, with 313. After Amiens, the next longest list in Somme is Abbeville’s, with 100.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Canaples (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Canaples as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Canaples
Nearby, Amiens has the most on record, with 313.
Questions about famous people from Canaples
Who counts as from Canaples?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Canaples 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)
- Emmanuel Macron: Nebojša Tejić, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Masson: User:Emma7stern, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.