Editing Cambrai (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Holbein-erasmus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Desiderius Erasmus|Erasmus]]]]
[[File:Louis Bleriot.jpg|thumb|right|[[Louis Blériot]]]]
*[[Villard de Honnecourt]], lived in Cambrai, architect of the 13th century
*[[Pierre d'Ailly]] (1351–1420), Bishop of Cambrai from 1397 to 1411
*[[Nicolas Grenon]] (c. 1375–1456), died in Cambrai, composer
*[[Guillaume Dufay]] (c. 1400–1471), died in Cambrai, composer
*[[Desiderius Erasmus|Erasmus]] (1469–1536), appointed Secretary of the Bishop of Cambrai in 1493
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Noé Faignient|fr}} (c. 1540–before 1600), born in Cambrai, composer
*[[Franciscus van der Burch]] (c. 1567–1644), named seventh Archbishop of Cambrai in 1616
*[[Amé Bourdon]] (1636 or 1638–1706), born in Cambrai, [[physician]] and [[anatomist]]
*[[François Fénelon|François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon]] (c. 1651–1715), appointed Archbishop of Cambrai in 1695
*[[Guillaume Dubois]] (c. 1656–1723), known as Cardinal Dubois. appointed Archbishop of Cambrai, though never set foot there
*[[Charles François Dumouriez]] (1739–1823), born in Cambrai, soldier and politician
*[[Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet|Francisco de Carondelet]] (1747–1807), in Noyelles, Spanish governor of [[Louisiana Territory|Louisiana]], president of the ''[[Audiencia Real|Audiencia]]'' of [[Quito]]
*[[Joseph Le Bon]] (born c. 1765–1795), envoy of the [[Committee of Public Safety]], made the [[Reign of Terror]] in Cambrai
*[[Charles Defrémery]] (1822–1883), orientalist born in Cambrai
*[[Charles Cordier]] (1827–1905), born in Cambrai, sculptor of ethnographic subjects
*[[Jules Gosselet]] (1832–1916), born in Cambrai, French geologist
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Auguste Dorchain|fr}} (1857–1930), born in Cambrai, poet
*[[Marcel Lermoyez]] (1858–1929), otologist
*[[Georges Maroniez]] (1865–1933), painter and photographer, lived in Cambrai from 1897
*[[Louis Blériot]] (1872–1936), born in Cambrai, industrialist and aviator
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Leprince-Ringuet|fr}} (c. 1874–1954), architect of the reconstruction after World War II
*[[Henri de Lubac]] (1896–1991), born in Cambrai, Jesuit Catholic theologian and Bishop
*[[Julien Torma]] (1902–1933), writer, playwright and poet
*[[René Dumont]] (1904–2001), born in Cambrai, engineer in [[agricultural science|agronomy]], [[sociology|sociologist]], and founder of the [[political ecology]]
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Maurice Henry (poet)|fr|Maurice Henry (poète)|lt=Maurice Henry}} (1907–1984), born in Cambrai, poet, painter, draughtsman and French filmmaker
*[[Maurice Godelier]] (1934–), born in Cambrai, social [[anthropology|anthropologist]], [[Neo-Marxism|neo-Marxist]]
*[[Jean-Pierre Destrumelle]] (1941–2002), born in Cambrai, football player and coach
*[[Jean Gascou]] (1945), [[papyrology|papyrologist]]
*[[Marie-Georges Pascal]] (1946–1985), actress
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Jean-Sylvain Bieth|fr}} (1955–), born in Cambrai, visual artist
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Anne Caudry|fr}} (1957–1991), born in Cambrai, actress
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Sonia Dubois|fr}} (1963–), born in Cambrai, journalist and actress
*[[Loïc Attely]] (1977–), born in Cambrai, fencer ([[Foil (fencing)|foil]] fencer)
*[[Nicolas Mérindol]] (1961–), born in Cambrai, banker, former Chairman of the Crédit foncier of France and Chairman of the Milton group
*[[Jacques Édouard Quecq]] (1796-1874), painter