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

Frédéric Chatillon is a French businessman, and communications adviser to Front National leader Marine Le Pen.

Mathieu Laine is a French entrepreneur and intellectual.

Éric Holder was a French novelist.

Pierre Repp was a French humorist and actor. His real name was Pierre Alphonse Léon Frédéric Bouclet. On 14 August 1930, he married Ferdinande Alice Andrée Bouclet in Lille.

Éric Fréchon is a French chef, Meilleur Ouvrier de France and three stars at the Guide Michelin. He has been described as "chef royalty" and received positive reviews as chef of the restaurant Épicure at the Hôtel Le Bristol in Paris. In 2015 he re-opened the hotel restaurant Céleste which is part of The Lanesborough

Mathieu Albert Daniel Bauderlique is a French professional boxer. As amateur, won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bauderlique was born in Henin-Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais, France where he still resides.

Edmond Baraffe was a French professional football striker and manager.

Viviane Romance was a French actress.

Julie-Marie Parmentier is a French actress.

Marie Desplechin is a French writer. She studied literature and journalism before becoming a writer. She is the author of several children's novels and Taking it to Heart, a collection of short stories. Sans Moi, her first novel, has been a great success in France, where it has sold over 120,000 copies. She won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for her book, La vie sauve.