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

Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile Levy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.

Valentin Haüy was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris. In 1819, Louis Braille entered this school.

Pia Colombo was a French singer of Franco-Italian origin, been born Eliane Marie Amélie Pia Colombo who acted in radio, cinema and television between 1956 and 1981.

Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel was a French pathologist, hygienist, and member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Nicolas Bays is a French politician who served as Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency between 2012 and 2017.