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

Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins was a journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Danton when the Committee of Public Safety reacted against Dantonist opposition. He was a schoolmate of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton, who were influential figures in the French Revolution.

Jean-Désiré Dimitri Sosso Dzabatou, better known by his stage name Naza, is a French rapper and singer of Congolese origin. He is signed to Bomayé Musik and has released three albums, Incroyable (2017), C'est la loi (2018) and ‘’Benef’’ (2019)

Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.

Jean-Claude Decaux was a French entrepreneur who earned his fortune in advertising. He was the founder and honorary chair of the advertising firm JCDecaux, which is now run by his sons, Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux.

Jacques Doriot was a French politician prior to and during World War II.

Augustin Lesage,, was a French coal miner who became painter and artist through the help of what he considered to be spirit voices. He was untrained and is considered an outsider artist, part of Art Brut.

Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crépin is a French woman convicted in Mexico of belonging to the kidnapping gang Los Zodiacos. She received a 60-year sentence for the crimes of kidnapping, organized crime, and illegal possession of firearms. The sentence and a possible extradition to her home country created diplomatic tensions between France and Mexico. Cassez denies all charges.

Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40). The survival of a large collection of his correspondence in the Lisle Letters makes his life one of the best-documented of his era.

Karim Florent Laghouag is a French Olympic equestrian. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 28th individually with the horse Entebbe.

Sérigne M'Baye Gueye, better known by his stage name Disiz,, is a French rapper and actor. Born to a Senegalese father and Belgian mother, he grew up listening to hip hop.