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

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke was a French writer and publisher. He was responsible for numerous influential publications of the era, including the literary journal Mercure de France and the Encyclopédie Méthodique, a successor to the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot.

Georges Carpentier was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood 5 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (182 cm) and his fighting weight ranged from 147 to 175 pounds. Carpentier was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch. The Parisian Sports Arena Halle Georges Carpentier is named after him.

Raoul Victor Patrice Castex was a French Navy admiral and a military theorist.

Natacha Bouchart is a French politician and member of The Republicans (LR) and formerly Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Kévin Gnonher Boli is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Samsunspor. Primarily a central defender, he can also play as a full back.

Charles de Schomberg, Duke d'Halluin, was a French soldier from the 17th century and Marshal of France.

John Cranch Walker Vivian was an English Liberal politician from the Vivian family who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1841 and 1871.

François-Noël Babeuf, also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-socialist, revolutionary and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le tribun du peuple was best known for its advocacy for the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. He angered the authorities who were clamping down hard on their radical enemies. In spite of the efforts of his Jacobin friends to save him, Babeuf was executed for his role in the Conspiracy of the Equals.

Jessé de Forest was the leader of a group of Walloon Huguenots who fled Europe due to religious persecutions. They emigrated to the New World, where he planned to found New-Amsterdam, which is currently New York City.