List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France
Marie Cau
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Rémy Vercoutre
Rémy Vercoutre is a retired French footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Guy Grosso
Guy Grosso (1933–2001) was a French actor and humorist. Guy Grosso was the pseudonym of Guy Marcel Sarrazin. He was probably best known as half of Grosso and Modo.
Nordine Oubaali
Nordine Oubaali is a French professional boxer of Moroccan descent who has held the WBC bantamweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the light-flyweight division at the 2007 World Championships.
Guy Drut
Guy Drut is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles.
Nicolas Ghesquière
Nicolas Ghesquière is a French fashion designer who has been the creative director of the house of Louis Vuitton since 2013.
Colin Dagba
Colin Obasanya Dagba is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
Ruddy Buquet
Ruddy Buquet is a French professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011.
Nathalie Élimas
Nathalie Élimas is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as State Secretary for Priority Education at the Ministry of National Education in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. She was previously a member of the National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing Val-d'Oise's 6th constituency.
Yann M'Vila
Yann Gérard M'Vila is a French professional footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos. He operates primarily as a defensive midfielder, and is described by his former club as a player who possesses "excellent defensive abilities" and "impressive physical strength", but can also play as a box-to-box midfielder, due to his impressive work rates and stamina. He is the younger brother of Yohan M'Vila.