#1Famous people · Châteauguay, Quebec
25 famous people were born in Châteauguay, more of them performers than in most towns
Most widely known is Vanessa Gilles, the Canadian soccer player, with articles in 21 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey player Corey Crawford, third to Kim St-Pierre. Since 1970, 15 were born, the most of any period. From Joseph Duquet in 1815 to Nicolas Beaudin in 1999, the births cover 184 years.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Vanessa Gilles
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1815
Joseph Duquet
Youngest
1999
Nicolas Beaudin
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Châteauguay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Châteauguay’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 10.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Châteauguay is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2 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 Châteauguay
The three best known are all athletes.
#1
#2Sports
Corey Crawford
born 1984Canadian ice hockey player
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Châteauguay
The other 22 span the years 1815 to 1999.
Michel Leduc
1941–2012Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Tancrède Sauvageau
1819–1892Member of Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre has the most on record, with 90.
Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre · 10 kmSaul Bellow & 89 more
Pointe-Claire · 12 kmMike Matheson & 39 moreDJKahnawake · 5 kmDevery Jacobs & 18 moreMCSaint-Constant · 12 kmMelissa Citrini-Beaulieu & 15 more
Dorval · 9 kmJason Demers & 9 moreDBSainte-Martine · 12 kmDenis Brière & 8 moreGSSaint-Isidore · 10 kmGeorges St-Pierre & 6 morePGMercier · 5 kmPaul-Étienne Grandbois & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Châteauguay
Who is the most famous person from Châteauguay?
By our measure the best known is Vanessa Gilles (Canadian soccer player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Corey Crawford and Kim St-Pierre.
How many famous people were born in Châteauguay?
Wikidata places 38 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Châteauguay known for?
That is 48% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Châteauguay?
Joseph Duquet, from 1815; the most recent birth on the list is from 1999.
Who counts as from Châteauguay?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Châteauguay’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?
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 (15)
- Vanessa Gilles: Taylor Vincent, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Crawford: Hockeybroad, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim St-Pierre: Jeff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Gilbert: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John George Jack: H. William Tupper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Chantal Perron: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolane Soucisse: David W. Carmichael, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marc Fournier: FRE1991DDIE, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Sinagra: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucille Desparois: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Desrochers: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saul Bellow: Photograph by Jeff Lowenthal. Published by Viking Press., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Matheson: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Demers: Hockeyfreak2001, 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).