Léon Binoche (16 August 1878 – 28 August 1962) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. His great-niece is the actress Juliette Binoche.
Christophe Guénot (born 7 January 1979 in Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire) is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.He is brother of the Olympic Champion Steeve Guenot.
Benoît Caranobe (born 12 June 1980 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French former gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Éric Deflandre (born 2 August 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Anne-Caroline Chausson (born 8 October 1977 in Paris) is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. She is best known for having won thirteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior mountain bike world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen European mountain bike championships, and five consecutive Mountain Bike World Cup downhill series (1998-2002). She was nominated for the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards Alternative Sportsperson of the Year. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chausson competed for France in the inaugural women's BMX event, winning the gold medal.
Joseph ("Jos") Vissers (28 November 1928 – 18 April 2006) was a Belgian boxer who competed in the Lightweight division during his career.
Daouda Sow (born 19 January 1983 in Roubaix) is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division. Sow signed with the AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which launched in autumn of 2013.
Jacqueline Mazéas (10 October 1920 – 9 July 2012) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus event. She was born in Denain, Nord. She competed for France in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the discus where she won the bronze medal.
François Craenhals (15 November 1926 – 2 August 2004) was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Chevalier Ardent and Les 4 As.
Bernard Minet (born 28 December 1953 in Hénin-Beaumont as Bernard Wantier) is a French singer and actor.
He started his career in Pas-de-Calais in 1969 and arrived in Paris in 1970, where he was part of several bands during his studies: "Pop", the "Baloches" and the "Golf Drouot." In 1974, he won first prize in percussion at the Conservatoire national de Paris. In 1983, he started a collaboration with Dorothée and joined the band Les Musclés as a drummer. He also pursued a career as a solo artist.
He also played in 482 episodes of the Salut les Musclés and La Croisière Foll'Amour sitcoms.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, he recorded French songs for the Bioman, Turboranger, Winspector, Saint Seiya (Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque) and Sailor Moon Japanese anime series. The melodies and lyrics have little relationship with the original songs of these series.