#1Writing & Arts
Alain Laframboise
1947–2016Canadian art historian, painter, photographer and videographer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
3 famous people were born in Deux-Montagnes from 1812 to 1970
Alain Laframboise leads the list, covered in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are François Desrochers and Rodolphe Desrivières. For more famous names, Saint-Eustache is 3 km away: its list has 37, led by Alexis Lafrenière. The list’s best known name, Alain Laframboise, dates from 1947.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alain Laframboise
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1812
Rodolphe Desrivières
Youngest
1970
François Desrochers
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Deux-Montagnes
#1FD#2
Politics & Law
François Desrochers
born 1970Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RD#3
Military
Rodolphe Desrivières
1812–1847French-Canadian patriot
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Deux-Montagnes is known for
Share of Deux-Montagnes’ famous people in each field.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 7.
Saint-Eustache · 3 kmAlexis Lafrenière & 36 moreBSL'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève · 6 kmBob Sauvé & 7 more
Pierrefonds-Ouest · 9 kmMylène Farmer & 5 moreGMBoisbriand · 9 kmGabriel Maillé & 4 moreTBDollard-Des Ormeaux · 9 kmThérèse Brisson & 3 moreDBSainte-Dorothée · 7 kmDenyse BenoîtMCPointe-Calumet · 8 kmMurphy CooperQuestions about famous people from Deux-Montagnes
Who is the most famous person from Deux-Montagnes?
The top name is Alain Laframboise (Canadian art historian, painter, photographer and videographer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come François Desrochers and Rodolphe Desrivières.
What is Deux-Montagnes known for?
They make up 33% here, compared with 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Deux-Montagnes?
The earliest is Rodolphe Desrivières, born in 1812, and the latest birth listed is 1970.
Who counts as from Deux-Montagnes?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Deux-Montagnes’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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 (3)
- Alain Laframboise: Alain Laframboise, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Lafrenière: Tlop2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mylène Farmer: Boydu90, 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).