Artists, musicians and actors •
Francis Bousquet (1890–1942): Marseille-born composer •
Étienne Chatiliez (1952–): film director •
Rémy Cogghe (1846–1927): Belgian-born painter who resided in Roubaix •
Jenny Clève (1930–2023): actress •
Georges Delerue (1925–1992): composer who worked on over 350 scores for cinema and television •
Roger Delmotte (1925–): classical trumpeter •
Arnaud Desplechin (1960–): film director •
Édouard Devernay (1889–1952): organist, composer •
Philippe Dhondt (1965–): singer, songwriter and composer known as
Boris •
Yvonne Furneaux (1928–): film actress •
Wanani Gradi Mariadi (1990–): rapper known as
Gradur •
Jules Gressier (1897–1960): conductor •
Agnès Guillemot (1931–2005):
film editor •
Pierre Jansen (1930–2015): film music composer •
Chantal Ladesou (1948–): actress and comedian •
Philippe Lefebvre (1949–): musician, principal organist of
Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris •
Léon Mathot (1886–1968): film actor and director •
Gustave Nadaud (1820–1893): songwriter and chansonnier •
Viviane Romance (1912–1991): actress •
Jean-Joseph Weerts (1846–1927): painter
Sportspeople •
Jean Alavoine (1888–1943): cyclist •
Wassim Aouachria (2000–): football player •
Arthur Balbaert (1879–1938): Belgian
sports shooter •
Georges Beaucourt (1912–2002): football player •
Alain Bondue (1959–):
racing cyclist •
Saoussen Boudiaf (1993–): sabre
fencer •
Michel Breistroff (1971–1996):
ice hockey playe •
Jacques Carette (1947–): athlete •
David Coulibaly (1978–): football player •
Charles Crupelandt (1886–1955): Wattrelos-born professional
road bicycle racer •
Aliou Dia (1990–): football player •
Yero Dia (1982–): football player •
Pierre Dréossi (1959–): former football player, coach and
football manager •
Raymond Dubly (1893–1988): football player •
Pierrick Gunther (1989–):
rugby union player •
Prudent Joye (1913–1980): track and field athlete •
Seïd Khiter (1985–): football player •
Anthony Knockaert (1991–): football player •
Christophe Landrin (1977–): football
midfielder •
Jean-Christian Lang (1950–): football manager and former player •
René Libeer (1934–2006):
boxer •
Christoffer Mafoumbi (1994–): football
goalkeeper •
Martial Mbandjock (1985–): sprinter •
Icham Mouissi (1982–): Algerian football player •
Moussa Niakhaté (1996–): football player •
Gonzague Olivier (1921–2013):
racing driver •
Fatiha Ouali (1974–):
race walker •
Idir Ouali (1988–): football player •
Jacques-Olivier Paviot (1976–): football player •
Jacques Pollet (1922–1997):
racing driver •
Antoine Roussel (1989–): ice hockey player •
Daouda Sow (1983–):
boxer •
Ahmed Touba (1998–): football player •
Arnaud Tournant (1978–):
track cyclist Politicians •
Marie-Christine Blandin (1952–): politician, member of the Senate of France, representing the Nord department •
Karima Delli (1979–): politician,
Member of the European Parliament •
André Diligent (1919–2002): lawyer and politician,
World War II resistance activist, deputy to the
National Assembly, senator-mayor of Roubaix •
Jules Guesde (1845–1922): Paris-born socialist journalist and politician, deputy of the constituency of Roubaix to the National Assembly •
Olivier Henno (1962–): politician, mayor of
Saint-André-lez-Lille and general councillor •
Pierre Herman (1910–1990): politician, deputy to the National Assembly •
Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1898–1944): politician, mayor of Roubaix, deputy to the National Assembly,
World War I and
II resistance activist, died in deportation custody •
Louis Loucheur (1872–1931): writer and politician, deputy to the National Assembly •
Auguste Mimerel (1786–1871), industrialist and politician •
Florence Morlighem (1970–): politician,
Member of Parliament •
Eugène Motte (1860–1932): politician and businessman, mayor of Roubaix, deputy to the National Assembly •
Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000): lawyer and politician, last
Prime Minister of the
Fourth Republic •
Pierre Pribetich (1956–): politician, former
Member of the European Parliament •
Jean Prouvost (1885–1978): businessman, media owner and politician •
Raymond Schmittlein (1904–1974): toponymist and politician, deputy to the National Assembly •
Alex Türk (1950–): politician, member of the
Senate of France, representing the Nord department
Resistance fighters •
Marie Léonie Vanhoutte (1888–1967): French
resistance fighter and secret-agent during
World War I. •
Marcel Verfaillie (1911–1945): communist militant,
World War II resistance activist against
Nazism, died in concentration camp.
Businesspeople •
Bernard Arnault (1949–): business magnate, investor and art collector •
Gérard Mulliez (1931–): businessman, founder of the
Auchan chain of department stores •
Théodore Vienne (1864–1921): textile
manufacturer and co-founder of
Paris–Roubaix cycle race •
Pierre Wibaux (1858–1913):
cattle-rancher, banker and
gold-mine owner, emigrated from France to the United States
Scientists •
Bernard Amadei (1954–): professor of civil engineering at the
University of Colorado, founder of
Engineers Without Borders (USA) •
Stanislas Dehaene (1965–): cognitive
psychologist, professor at the
Collège de France and author •
Marguerite Dupire (1920–2015):
ethnologist •
Robert Jonckhèere (1888–1974):
astronomer •
Dominique Mulliez (1952–):
epigrapher,
archaeologist and
Hellenist •
Joseph Willot (1875–1919):
pharmacist and World War I resistance activist
Writers and journalists •
Richard Cobb (1917–1996): British social historian. Lived in Roubaix in the 1940s. •
Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976): poet •
Marie Desplechin (1959–): writer and journalist •
Robert Diligent (1924–2014): journalist, founding members of
Télé Luxembourg •
Benoît Duquesne (1957–2014): journalist, television reporter and newscaster •
Jules Feller (1859–1940): Romance linguist and
philologist, Belgian
academician and
Walloon militant •
Bruno Masure (1947–): journalist, news anchor and television presenter •
Amédée Prouvost (1877–1909): poet •
Maxence Van Der Meersch (1907–1951): writer
Other •
Ferdinand Bonnel (1865–1945):
Jesuit priest and
missionary in Sri Lanka •
Jean-Luc Brunin (1951–): clergyman, bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre •
Antoine Cordonnier (1892–1918): military aviator,
flying ace during World War I •
Jean-Robert de Cavel (1961–2022): French-American
chef de cuisine •
Jean Desbouvrie (c. 1840–1847-?): inventor and bird tamer •
Jules Dumont (1888–1943): communist militant, commanded the
Commune de Paris Battalion, a unit part of the
XI International Brigade •
Francis Pollet (1964–): general officer •
Gérard Vachonfrance (1933–2008): physician and society co-founder •
Charles Vanden Bosch (1883–1945): Belgian Roman Catholic
Franciscan priest, founder of the Belgian National work for the
Blind, died in concentration camp == See also ==