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Famous people · Combles, Somme

2 famous people call Combles their birthplace

The best known is the footballer Jean Deloffre, with articles in 7 languages. The list has one more: the French politician Laurent Prache. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Laurent Prache (1856) to Jean Deloffre (1939). Automne Pavia heads the list in Péronne, 6 mi away, which has 27 names.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Deloffre
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1856
Laurent Prache
Youngest
1939
Jean Deloffre
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Combles

JD#1
Sports

Jean Deloffre

born 1939

Footballer

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LP#2
Politics & Law

Laurent Prache

1856–1919

French politician (1856–1919)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Combles is known for

1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Péronne, at 27.

Questions about famous people from Combles

Who is the most famous person from Combles?

Jean Deloffre (Footballer) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Laurent Prache.

How many famous people were born in Combles?

2 people born in Combles have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Combles known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Combles?

Laurent Prache, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.

Who counts as from Combles?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Combles 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 (1)

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.