List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France

François D'Haene is a French elite athlete who specializes in ultra running and mountain running. He was born on 24 December 1985 in Lille, France.

Ghislaine Arabian is a French chef. She received two stars from the Guide Michelin.

Frank Berton is a French attorney best known for his work with L'affaire d'Outreau and the November 2015 Paris attacks. He specializes in Penal Law and Press Rights law.

Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien, known by the stage name Léo Marjane was a French singer who reached the peak of her popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s before her career went into sharp decline after the end of World War II.

Hippolyte Bayard was a French photographer and pioneer in the history of photography. He invented his own process that produced direct positive paper prints in the camera and presented the world's first public exhibition of photographs on 24 June 1839. He claimed to have invented photography earlier than Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox Talbot in England, the men traditionally credited with its invention.

Grégoire Delacourt is a French advertiser and writer.

Marcel Henri Barbeault is a French serial killer who murdered in Nogent-sur-Oise in the 1970s. He is responsible for the murder of seven women and one man. Because his crimes were always in the evening or early in the morning, he was given the nickname The Shadow Killer.

Lucas Simon Pierre Tousart is a French footballer who plays for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga as a midfielder. He has also represented the France national youth teams starting from France U19.

Octavian Oliver Godji, known mononymously as Octavian, is a French-British rapper, singer, and songwriter from London. In 2019 he won the BBC's Music of Sound Award, their top award for new artists. He has appeared on tracks produced by Diplo, Mura Masa, Take a Daytrip, JRick and A2. He has collaborated with Skepta, A$AP Ferg, Gorillaz, and many others.

Christian Prudhomme is a French journalist and general director of the Tour de France since 2007.