CR#1
Politics & Law
Carmel Robichaud
born 1953Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Ultimograph5 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Neguac, New Brunswick
8 famous people from Neguac, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Carmel Robichaud, the Canadian politician, with articles in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Paul Duffie and David Allain. William Allain (1865) and Clarence Comeau (1953) mark the two ends of the list. Only 24 of the 120 towns in New Brunswick with anyone on record list more.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Carmel Robichaud
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1865
William Allain
Youngest
1953
Clarence Comeau
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Neguac is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.4 times the usual share.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Through the years
When Neguac’s famous people were born
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Neguac
PD#2
Politics & Law
Paul Duffie
born 1951Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DA#3
Politics & Law
David Allain
1870–1945Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Neguac
The other 5 span the years 1865 to 1953.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Neguac, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Neguac
Who is the most famous person from Neguac?
Carmel Robichaud (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Paul Duffie and David Allain.
How many famous people were born in Neguac?
Wikidata places 10 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Neguac known for?
That is 75% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Neguac?
The earliest is William Allain, born in 1865, and the latest birth listed is 1953.
Who counts as from Neguac?
The list takes people born within Neguac’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).