RJ#1
Music
Rhené Jaque
1918–2006Canadian composer and music educator
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Beauharnois, Quebec
16 famous people from Beauharnois, many of them writers and artists
The best known is the Canadian composer and music educator Rhené Jaque, with articles in 6 languages. 6 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. Charles Daoust, born in 1825, is the earliest name and Étienne Dano, born in 1982, the latest. Only 81 of the 605 towns in Quebec with anyone on record list more.
Born here
16
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Rhené Jaque
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1825
Charles Daoust
Youngest
1982
Étienne Dano
Most common field
Writing & Arts
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Beauharnois is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 3.3 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.
The best known
Born in Beauharnois
Rhené Jaque, Albert Laberge and John Alexander Sullivan are written about in 6, 4 and 4 languages.
#2Writing & Arts
Albert Laberge
1871–1960Canadian journalist and writer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JS#3
Politics & Law
John Alexander Sullivan
1879–1952Canadian politician
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Through the years
When Beauharnois’s famous people were born
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Carole Lévesque
born 1950Canadian anthropologist and ethnographer
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
George Caverhill
1858–1937BusinessWikipedia (French) ↗
William-Athanase Baker
1870–1949Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Yvonne Beaudry
1875–1947Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 8.
Châteauguay · 13 kmVanessa Gilles & 24 moreDBSainte-Martine · 9 kmDenis Brière & 8 moreMLL'Île-Perrot · 11 kmMarc Lalonde & 4 moreIWTrès-Saint-Sacrement · 12 kmIan Watson & 3 morePGMercier · 11 kmPaul-Étienne Grandbois & 2 moreNPSaint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois · 7 kmNick St. PierreLMPointe-des-Cascades · 8 kmLucette MoreauJWNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot · 9 kmJaylyn WrightQuestions about famous people from Beauharnois
Who is the most famous person from Beauharnois?
The top name is Rhené Jaque (Canadian composer and music educator), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Albert Laberge and John Alexander Sullivan.
How many famous people were born in Beauharnois?
Wikidata counts 26 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Beauharnois known for?
That is 31% of the town’s list, against 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beauharnois?
Charles Daoust, born in 1825. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Beauharnois?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Beauharnois’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Albert Laberge: Lapres & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Dantin: Codex, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Dano: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carole Lévesque: Erbvdat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Gilles: Taylor Vincent, CC BY 4.0, 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).