SL#1
Famous people · Acton Vale, Quebec
Of the 10 famous people born in Acton Vale, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 4 languages make the Canadian artist Serge Lemoyne the best known. Second and third on the list are Frank Breault and Guy Gauthier. 4 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. Per head, the list is long: 12.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Quebec has 6.1.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Serge Lemoyne
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1848
Milton McDonald
Youngest
1985
Kevin Asselin
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Acton Vale is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.8 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Acton Vale
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 3 languages: Serge Lemoyne, Frank Breault and Guy Gauthier.
FB#2
Sports
Frank Breault
born 1967Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GG#3
Politics & Law
Guy Gauthier
1920–2014Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Acton Vale’s famous people were born
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Acton Vale
7 more, from 1848 to 1985.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
LBSaint-Eugène · 18 kmLucien Brouillard & 3 moreFMDurham-Sud · 20 kmFrancis McCrea & 2 moreABRoxton Falls · 8 kmAndré Bachand & 1 moreULSainte-Hélène-de-Bagot · 16 kmUrbain Ledoux & 1 moreDBSaint-Théodore-d'Acton · 7 kmDidier Bochatay
Wickham · 14 kmEdward P. DohertyJCSaint-Valérien-de-Milton · 14 kmJean-Paul Cabana
Wickham · 14 kmEdward P. DohertyJCSaint-Valérien-de-Milton · 14 kmJean-Paul CabanaQuestions about famous people from Acton Vale
Who is the most famous person from Acton Vale?
Serge Lemoyne (Canadian artist) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Frank Breault and Guy Gauthier.
How many famous people were born in Acton Vale?
Wikidata places 13 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Acton Vale known for?
Here the share is 40%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Acton Vale?
Milton McDonald, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Acton Vale?
The list takes people born within Acton Vale’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (4)
- Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette: House of Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noémie Marin: Bon hein, alors euh..., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton McDonald: Quéry Frères, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward P. Doherty: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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).