#1Sports
Jacques Villeneuve
born 1953Canadian racing driver, born 1953
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Berthierville, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 31 famous people born in Berthierville
Best known of all is Jacques Villeneuve, written about in 18 languages. The largest group, 18, was born before Confederation. The list reaches back to Louis Olivier, born in 1758, one of 18 born before Confederation. For every 10,000 residents there are 67.5 on the list, well above the typical Quebec town’s 6.1.
Born here
31
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques Villeneuve
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1758
Louis Olivier
Youngest
1986
Louis-Pierre Hélie
Most common field
Politics & Law
17 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Berthierville is known for
Set against the usual town, business people come out 4.6 times as common.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Berthierville’s famous people were born
The 1790s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessSportsNotableScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Berthierville
#1
#2Sports
Louis-Pierre Hélie
born 1986Canadian alpine skier
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Guy Rocher
1924–2025Canadian academic and sociologist
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Berthierville
28 more, best known first.
Émile-Dostaler O'Leary
1908–1965Canadian journalist; Quebec nationalist activist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Marie Grégoire
born 1965President and Chief Executive Officer, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Jean-Baptiste Faribault
1775–1860Trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto
1791–1863Lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Walter-Patrice O'Leary
1910–1989Canadian journalist, activist and trade unionist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Edmund William Romer Antrobus
1795–1852NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Sorel-Tracy’s, with 87.
Sorel-Tracy · 8 kmMarc-André Fleury & 86 moreAGSaint-Barthélemy · 13 kmAnna-Marie Globenski & 9 moreCCSaint-Cuthbert · 11 kmCharles Jérémie Coulombe & 8 moreMPSainte-Élisabeth · 15 kmMichel Poulette & 7 more
Lanoraie · 14 kmHonoré Beaugrand & 3 moreADSaint-Norbert · 17 kmAzellus Denis & 3 moreJMSainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier · 4 kmJoseph-Alfred Mousseau & 2 moreMCSaint-Joseph-de-Sorel · 6 kmMichèle Cournoyer & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Berthierville
Who is the most famous person from Berthierville?
The top name is Jacques Villeneuve (Canadian racing driver, born 1953), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Louis-Pierre Hélie and Guy Rocher.
How many famous people were born in Berthierville?
38 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Berthierville known for?
55% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Berthierville?
Louis Olivier, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Berthierville?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Berthierville’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?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (14)
- Jacques Villeneuve: Veilleux79, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Pierre Hélie: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Rocher: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Grenier: Notman & Sandham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Arsène Lavallée: Dupras & Colas, Montréal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Auguste Olivier: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Tellier: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Octavian Cuthbert: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Faribault: Rosch, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raoul Chênevert: International Newspaper Service/ Blank & Stoller/ Archival by La Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto: George Theodore Berthon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Eustache Dostaler: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc-André Fleury: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Honoré Beaugrand: inconnu - fichier retouché, 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).