List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France
Nathalie Marquay
Nathalie Marquay was Miss France in 1987 and her country's representative at Miss Universe 1987 and Miss World 1987.
Line Renaud
Line Renaud is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist.
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century into nearly 200 films.
Benjamin Pavard
Benjamin Jacques Marcel Pavard is a French professional footballer who plays as a right back for Bayern Munich and the France national team. Although usually deployed as a centre-back, he is also capable of playing as a right-back.
Yannick Jadot
Yannick Jadot is a French environmentalist and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the West France constituency.
Anne Marivin
Anne Marivin is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty film and television productions since 1994.
Camille Lou
Camille Houssière, better known as Camille Lou or, formally, as Jimmie, is a French singer, musician, and actress born on 22 May in Bersillies, Nord, France. She is well known for her roles in musicals, including 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille in the role of Olympe, and La Légende du roi Arthur in the role of Reine Guenièvre.
Éric Dupond-Moretti
Éric Dupond-Moretti is a French-Italian criminal defence lawyer and politician serving as Minister of Justice since 2020. As a lawyer he is renowned for his record number of acquittals, some of the controversial figures he defended, as well as his outspoken personality.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club, he campaigned for universal manhood suffrage and the abolition both of celibacy for the clergy, and slavery. In 1791, Robespierre became an outspoken advocate for the citizens without a political voice, for their unrestricted admission to the National Guard, to public offices, and for the right to carry arms in self-defence. Robespierre played an important part in the agitation which brought about the fall of the French monarchy on 10 August 1792 and the summoning of a National Convention. His goal was to create a united and indivisible France, equality before the law, to abolish prerogatives and to defend the principles of direct democracy.
Marion Rousse
Marion Rousse is a French former racing cyclist. She won the French national road race title in 2012. She announced her retirement from racing in October 2015.