#1Famous people · Chambly, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 29 famous people born in Chambly
The best known is the Canadian opera soprano Emma Albani, with articles in 17 languages. Behind the leader come Denis Herron and Catherine Herron. The largest group, 17, was born before Confederation. As early as 1715, Joseph-Claude Boucher de Niverville was born here, one of 17 born before Confederation.
Born here
29
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Emma Albani
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1715
Joseph-Claude Boucher de Niverville
Youngest
1984
Myriam Da Silva
Most common field
Politics & Law
10 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chambly’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsMilitaryFaithBusinessMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chambly is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 6.8 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Chambly
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Sports
Denis Herron
born 1952Canadian ice hockey player
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CH#3
Sports
Catherine Herron
born 1983Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chambly
Here are 26 more, born from 1715 to 1984.
Joseph-Claude Boucher de Niverville
1715–180418th-century military figure in Quebec
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois
1846–1926Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Mathieu Herbin
1734–1823MilitaryWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 7.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · 13 kmJacques Villeneuve & 100 more
Marieville · 10 kmJoseph Hormisdas Rainville & 12 moreAPSaint-Bruno-de-Montarville · 10 kmAlice Philbert & 8 moreHBIberville · 11 kmHugo Belanger & 5 moreJRRichelieu · 4 kmJérémy Roy & 4 moreMOSaint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu · 5 kmMarcel Ostiguy & 3 more
Saint-Basile-le-Grand · 9 kmGabriella LabergeQuestions about famous people from Chambly
Who is the most famous person from Chambly?
Emma Albani (Canadian opera soprano) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Denis Herron and Catherine Herron.
How many famous people were born in Chambly?
Wikidata places 38 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Chambly known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 34%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chambly?
Joseph-Claude Boucher de Niverville, from 1715; the most recent birth on the list is from 1984.
Who counts as from Chambly?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Chambly’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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 (14)
- Emma Albani: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Herron: Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry: William Ellisson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph La Rocque: William Notman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Demers: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Bérubé: Annie Diotte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Boileau: François Baillairgé - Gérard Morisset, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Rocheleau: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Montye Morson: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric-Hector Daigneault: Laprès & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Villeneuve: Rhonda Liberman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Hormisdas Rainville: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriella Laberge: Mara Lafontan, CC BY-SA 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).