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Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Beaupré, Quebec
Beaupré has just one famous person to its name: Joël Godin
In 1965, the Canadian politician Joël Godin was born. Their birth falls between 1946 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Go 18 km to Saint-Vallier and the list grows to 10, with Jack Marshall at the top.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joël Godin
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1965
Joël Godin
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Beaupré
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
JMSaint-Vallier · 18 kmJack Marshall & 9 moreALSaint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans · 14 kmAchille Larue & 8 moreBLSaint-Michel-de-Bellechasse · 20 kmBenoît Lacroix & 8 moreCRBerthier-sur-Mer · 19 kmCamille Roy & 6 moreMBL'Ange-Gardien · 20 kmMichel Bolduc & 6 more
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré · 3 kmRené-Édouard Caron & 5 moreJBSaint-Joachim · 4 kmJean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc & 5 more
Château-Richer · 13 kmCharles-Honoré Laverdière & 5 more
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré · 3 kmRené-Édouard Caron & 5 moreJBSaint-Joachim · 4 kmJean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc & 5 moreChâteau-Richer · 13 kmCharles-Honoré Laverdière & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Beaupré
Who is the most famous person from Beaupré?
By our measure the best known is Joël Godin (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details.
How many famous people were born in Beaupré?
The list holds 1 born in Beaupré, each confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article. 2 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Beaupré known for?
The largest group is leaders, 1 in all out of 1. Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Beaupré?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Beaupré’s 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?
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 (2)
- René-Édouard Caron: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-Honoré Laverdière: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, 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).