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

Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.

Charles Emerson Beecher was an American paleontologist most famous for the thorough excavation, preparation and study of trilobite ventral anatomy from specimens collected at Beecher's Trilobite Bed. Beecher was rapidly promoted at Yale Peabody Museum, eventually rising to head that institution.

"Quiet, unassuming, modest in a very marked degree, simple, without affectation, entirely free from all eccentricities, conscientious and painstaking in every thing he had to do. In the words of Professor Chittenden, Director of the Sheffield Scientific School '.. .. to those who knew Professor Beecher intimately no words of appreciation will be deemed too extravagant, for close association only brought more clearly to view the many mental traits that testified to the strength of character and of mind that helped to make Professor Beecher one of the strong men of the Scientific School.' "

Didier Vanoverschelde is a former French racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France between 1979 and 1983.

Alfred-Georges Regner, was a French surrealist painter and engraver.

Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. He was known for his war art.

André Delelis. was a French politician. He served as the Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry from 1981 to 1984, under President François Mitterrand.

Jimmy Casper is a French retired road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He is best known for winning stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France.