#1Sports
Claude Giroux
born 1988Canadian ice hockey player
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Hearst, Ontario
Hearst counts 5 famous people, first among them Claude Giroux
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Claude Giroux, with articles in 20 languages. The Canadian ice hockey player Claude Larose ranks second, ahead of Réginald Bélair. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. From Claude Larose to Claude Giroux, the births on the list run from 1942 to 1988.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Giroux
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1942
Claude Larose
Youngest
1988
Claude Giroux
Most common field
Sports
2 people
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When Hearst’s famous people were born
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Sports
Claude Larose
born 1942Canadian ice hockey player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RB#3
Politics & Law
Réginald Bélair
1949–2020Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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What Hearst is known for
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Questions about famous people from Hearst
Who is the most famous person from Hearst?
Claude Giroux (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Claude Larose and Réginald Bélair.
How many famous people were born in Hearst?
Wikidata places 9 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Hearst known for?
40% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hearst?
Claude Larose, from 1942; the most recent birth on the list is from 1988.
Who counts as from Hearst?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Hearst’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Claude Giroux: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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