List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France
Lionel Dumont
Lionel Dumont is a former French soldier currently serving a 25-year sentence in prison. He converted to Islam after serving with peacekeepers in Somalia. He was later accused of participating in the Gang de Roubaix, which unsuccessfully tried to set a car bomb during the G7 meeting in Lille in March 1996.
Mélanie Henique
Mélanie Henique is a French swimmer who won a bronze medal in 50 m butterfly at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.
Ansgar
Ansgar, also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring Christianity to Northern Europe.
Guillaume de Rubrouck
William of Rubruck, also known as Willem van Ruysbroeck, Guillaume de Rubrouck, or Willielmus de Rubruquis, was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. He is best known for his travels to various parts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the 13th century, including the Mongol Empire. His account of his travels is one of the masterpieces of medieval geographical literature, comparable to those of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta.
Mathilde Gros
Mathilde Gros is a French racing cyclist. She rode in the women's sprint event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Ludovic Pajot
Ludovic Pajot is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais from 2017 to 2021. A member of the National Rally, he has been Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière since 2020. At age 24 in 2017, Pajot was the youngest member of the 15th National Assembly. He previously was a municipal councillor in Béthune, first elected in 2014.
Ludovic Batelli
Ludovic Batelli is a French football manager and former professional goalkeeper and manager of SC Toulon. Under his management, his France national under-19 football team won their 9th European U-19 title, defeating his ancestry homeland team Italy 4–0.
Sofiane Pamart
Sofiane Pamart is a French pianist, based in Paris and originally from Hellemmes in the suburbs of Lille. He is known to the French public for breaking the elitist codes of classical piano.
Jacques Dacqmine
Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor. He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois.
Aina Kuric
Aina Kuric is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Marne,