DA#1
Film, TV & Stage
Denys Arcand
born 1941Canadian film director
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec
14 famous people from Deschambault-Grondines, many of them leaders
Articles in 30 languages make the Canadian film director Denys Arcand the best known. Gabriel Arcand and Lomer Gouin follow. The list reaches back to Jean-Olivier Arcand, born in 1793, one of 4 born before Confederation. Between 1914 and 1945, 5 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Denys Arcand
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1793
Jean-Olivier Arcand
Youngest
1949
Gabriel Arcand
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Deschambault-Grondines is known for
Deschambault-Grondines has 2× the usual share of leaders.
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 Deschambault-Grondines
GA#2
Film, TV & Stage
Gabriel Arcand
born 1949Canadian actor
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LG#3
Politics & Law
Lomer Gouin
1861–1929Canadian politician
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Deschambault-Grondines’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineBusinessWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Deschambault-Grondines
11 more, 5 of them leaders.
Bernard Arcand
1945–2009Anthropologist and professor at Université Laval
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, with 19.
AVSainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade · 19 kmAndré Vallée & 18 more
Cap-Santé · 14 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreRRDonnacona · 19 kmRémi Royer & 7 more
Saint-Basile · 17 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 more
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières · 8 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 more
Sainte-Croix · 18 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreAGSaint-Casimir · 14 kmAlain Grandbois & 3 more
Portneuf · 10 kmLynda Lemay & 1 more
Cap-Santé · 14 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreRRDonnacona · 19 kmRémi Royer & 7 moreSaint-Basile · 17 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 moreSaint-Marc-des-Carrières · 8 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 moreSainte-Croix · 18 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreAGSaint-Casimir · 14 kmAlain Grandbois & 3 morePortneuf · 10 kmLynda Lemay & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Deschambault-Grondines
Who is the most famous person from Deschambault-Grondines?
Denys Arcand (Canadian film director) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Gabriel Arcand and Lomer Gouin.
How many famous people were born in Deschambault-Grondines?
Wikidata has 21 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Deschambault-Grondines known for?
43% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Deschambault-Grondines?
Jean-Olivier Arcand (1793). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Deschambault-Grondines?
Born inside Deschambault-Grondines’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (5)
- Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chantal Petitclerc: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel-Édouard Méthot: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Lemay: Pinpin, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).