#1Famous people · Coaticook, Quebec
18 famous people from Coaticook, many of them leaders
At the top of the list is the Canadian soccer player Josée Bélanger, covered in 15 languages. The Canadian politician Charles Henry Lovell ranks second, ahead of François Gérin. The list reaches back to Thomas Locke, born in 1824, one of 8 born before Confederation. Before Confederation, 8 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
18
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Josée Bélanger
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1824
Thomas Locke
Youngest
1992
Charles Vaillancourt
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Coaticook is known for
Coaticook has 2.3× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Coaticook’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Coaticook
#1CL#2
Politics & Law
Charles Henry Lovell
1854–1916Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FG#3
Politics & Law
François Gérin
1944–2005Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Coaticook
Another 15, the earliest born in 1824.
Frederick L. Stoddard
1861–1940Canadian-American painter and muralist, 1861-1940
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Madame Bou
1952–2016NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Prosper P. Parker
1835–1918Canadian-born American engineer and politician
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 2.
Questions about famous people from Coaticook
Who is the most famous person from Coaticook?
By our measure the best known is Josée Bélanger (Canadian soccer player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Charles Henry Lovell and François Gérin.
How many famous people were born in Coaticook?
Wikidata counts 23 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Coaticook known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coaticook?
Thomas Locke, from 1824; the most recent birth on the list is from 1992.
Who counts as from Coaticook?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Coaticook’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (6)
- Josée Bélanger: Anders Henrikson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Lovell: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lewis Shurtleff: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick L. Stoddard: Mark Bennitt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prosper P. Parker: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis St. Laurent: George Nakash, 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).