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

Louis Joseph Watteau, known as the Watteau of Lille was a French painter active in Lille.

Henri-Joseph Harpignies was a French landscape painter of the Barbizon school.

Maryan Wisniewski is a former French international footballer of Polish origin who played as a forward.

Louis Joseph Félix Frémaux was a French conductor.

Frans van Ravelingen Latinized Franciscus Raphelengius, was a Flemish-born scholar, printer and publisher, working in Antwerp and later in Leiden. During the last decade of his life he was professor of Hebrew at Leiden University. He produced an Arabic-Latin dictionary, of about 550 pages, which was published posthumously in 1613 in Leiden. This was the first publication by printing press of a book-length dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.

Geneviève Colot is a former member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Essonne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.