From immemorial time, Nord-Pas-de-Calais attracted famous characters, either for a visit of courtesy or to be established definitively and take part there actively in the influence of the area; even a great number of them were born there. So let us pay homage solemnly to those which were stamped with reason:

 

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CHARACTERS

N° Y & T

Adam de la Halle 2366
Jean Bart 1167
Georges Bernanos 1987
Louis Blériot 1709
Louis-Léopold Boilly 1227
René Bonpain 1252
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 1170, 1641
Joseph Bienaimé Cavenou 1633
Philippe de Commynes 767
Charles Georges Delestraint 1689
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore 1214
Jean Dewasne 2263
Joseph François Dupleix 857
Charles De Gaulle 1264, 1408, 1695-1698, 1698A, 1787, 1941, 2114, 2501, 2634, 2656, 2944, 3557, 3714
Jules Guesde 1113
Valentine Hugo 2686
Jean-Baptiste Lebas 1104
Georges Mathieu 1813, 2114
Henri Matisse 1320
Jean Mineur 3373
Gaston Moutardier 1202
Louis Pasteur 170-181, 219, 222, 333, 502, 1768, 2371, 2496, 2925, préos 65-68
Jean Perrin 821
Philippe Pétain 470-473, 494, 505-525, 552, 568-571A, 576, 580, 606, 607, 608
Edouard Pignon 2168
Robespierre 871
Albert Roussel 1590
Sainte-Beuve 1592
Eugène Thomas 1827
Jean-Antoine Watteau 855, 1090, 1765
Louise Weiss 2809
Marguerite Yourcenar 2804