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

Christian Synaeghel is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Francis I de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, Duke of Estouteville, was a French prince and important military commander during the Italian Wars.

Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan, was a French novelist and songwriter.

Lynel Darcy Kitambala is a French footballer of Congolese descent who currently plays as a winger for French club JS Saint-Pierroise.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was a French literary critic.

Louis IV, called d'Outremer or Transmarinus, reigned as king of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of king Charles the Simple and his second wife Eadgifu of Wessex, daughter of King Edward the Elder of Wessex. His reign is mostly known thanks to the Annals of Flodoard and the later Historiae of Richerus.

Pierre Laigle is a French former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Baldwin V was count of Flanders from 1035 until his death. He secured the personal union between the counties of Flanders and Hainaut and maintained close links to the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, which was overthrown by his son-in-law, William the Conqueror, near the end of his life.

Jean-Pierre Dickès was a French doctor, historian, editor, essayist, and Catholic missionary. He was co-founder of the Centre médico-chirurgical et obstétrique in Côte d'Opale and founder of the humanitarian association Rosa Mystica. He published multiple essays on bioethics and transhumanism, to which he was fervently opposed.

Pascal Zaremba is a French former professional footballer and manager.