List of Famous people born in Hauts-de-France, France
Kafétien Gomis
Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010.
Claude Dubar
Claude Dubar was a French sociologist.
Charles François Dumouriez
Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. He shared the victory at Valmy with General François Christophe Kellermann, but later deserted the Revolutionary Army, and became a royalist intriguer during the reign of Napoleon as well as an adviser to the British government. Dumouriez is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3.
Thibaut Cuisset
Thomas Cuisset was a French photographer. He was a resident artist at the Villa Medici in 1992. He won the Prix Moins Trente in 1987, and the Prix de photographie from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2009.
Julie Debever
Julie Martine Debever is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Inter Milan in the Serie A. She plays for the France women's national football team, and was named in the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Antoinette de Bourbon
Antoinette de Bourbon, Duchess of Guise, was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise.
Paul Bourget
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget was a French novelist and critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Maurice Thorez
Maurice Thorez was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947.
Roland Dorgelès
Roland Dorgelès was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Michel Souplet
Michel Edmond Alfred Souplet was a French politician who served as a Senator.