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Famous people · Flixecourt, Somme

Philippe Ermenault tops a list of 4 famous people born in Flixecourt

Articles in 16 languages make the French cyclist Philippe Ermenault the best known. Second place goes to the footballer Teddy Bertin, third to Maurice Vast. Fewer than a quarter of the 149 towns in Somme with famous people list more. From Maurice Vast in 1898 to Teddy Bertin in 1969, the births cover 71 years.

#2 best knownTeddy BertinSports · born 1969
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Philippe Ermenault
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Maurice Vast
Youngest
1969
Teddy Bertin
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Flixecourt

Two of the three are athletes.

PE#1
Sports

Philippe Ermenault

born 1969

French cyclist

16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Teddy Bertin#2
Sports

Teddy Bertin

born 1969

Footballer

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Maurice Vast#3
Politics & Law

Maurice Vast

1898–1979

French politician (1898-1979)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Flixecourt’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 2 births.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Georges HelluinPhilippe Ermenault
SportsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Flixecourt is known for

2 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.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Flixecourt

1 more, best known first.

Questions about famous people from Flixecourt

Who is the most famous person from Flixecourt?

Philippe Ermenault (French cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Teddy Bertin and Maurice Vast.

How many famous people were born in Flixecourt?

4 people born in Flixecourt have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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 Flixecourt known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Flixecourt?

Maurice Vast, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.

Who counts as from Flixecourt?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Flixecourt 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)

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.