List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France
Élise Delzenne
Élise Delzenne is a French former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the Bourgogne–Pro Dialog, Velocio–SRAM and Lotto–Soudal Ladies teams. She was the winner of the 2013 French National Road Race Championships. In 2015, she finished second in individual pursuit and points race at the European Track Championships.
Pierre Slidja
Pierre Slidja is a French footballer who currently plays for Amiens AC as a forward. He has previously represented Valenciennes, Amiens and Chamois Niortais. Slidja is of Algerian descent.
Émilienne Moreau-Évrard
Émilienne Moreau-Evrard was a French heroine of World War I, a high-profile female member of the "Brutus" Resistance network during World War II and later, a member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly. Moreover, she is one of only six women recipients of the Ordre de la Libération.
Geneviève Fioraso
Geneviève Fioraso is a French politician, representative of the first district of Isère from June 2007 to June 2017, and a member of the Socialist Party. On 16 May 2012 she was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research in the French government of Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Petr Cornelie
Petr Cornelie is a French professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He stands 210 cm (6'11'’) tall and plays both the power forward and the center spots. Cornelie was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 53rd pick of the 2016 NBA draft.
Petrus Ramus
Petrus Ramus was an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was one of the most prominent victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
José Évrard
José Évrard is a French politician representing the National Front then The Patriots. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Pas-de-Calais.
Albert L'Ouvrier
Alexandre Martin, nicknamed Albert l'Ouvrier, was a French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic. He was the first member of the industrial working class to be in French government.
César, Duke of Vendôme
César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendome. He held the titles of 1st Duke of Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and 2nd Duke of Étampes, but is also simply known as César de Vendôme. Through his daughter, Élisabeth de Bourbon, César was a great-great-great-grandfather of Louis XV of France.
Chlothar I
Chlothar I was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.