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

Étienne Ghys is a French mathematician. His research focuses mainly on geometry and dynamical systems, though his mathematical interests are broad. He also expresses much interest in the historical development of mathematical ideas, especially the contributions of Henri Poincaré.

Corentin Ermenault is a French road and track cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team AVC Aix-en-Provence. His father, Philippe Ermenault, was also a professional cyclist.

Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy.

Josette Rey-Debove, was a French lexicographer and semiologist. She was the first female lexicographer in France, and held many prominent posts in this field, where she used her influence to promote feminist changes to French language usage. Her husband, Alain Rey, was also her colleague.

Lothair, sometimes called Lothair III or Lothair IV, was the penultimate Carolingian king of West Francia, reigning from 10 September 954 until his death in 986.

Joan of Valois was a Countess consort of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland. She was the second eldest daughter of the French prince Charles, Count of Valois, and his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou. As the sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of Edward III, she was ideally placed to act as mediator between them.

Marie Marguerite Charlotte de Robespierre was a French writer. She was the daughter of François de Robespierre and Jacqueline Marguerite Carrault and the sister of Maximilien de Robespierre and Augustin Robespierre, known for the memoirs she dictated about the life of her brothers during the French Revolution.

Jean-Claude Decagny was a French politician who was an MP from 1993 to 2010. He also served as Mayor of Maubeuge from 1984 to 1989 and from 1995 to 2001.

Jean Boin was a French professional football player and coach.

Charles Jules-Joseph de Gaulle was a French writer who was a pioneer of Pan-Celticism and the bardic revival. He is also known as Charlez Vro-C'hall, the Breton language version of his name. He was the uncle of the army officer and statesman Charles de Gaulle.