SG#1
Sports
Sylvain Gagnon
born 1970Short track speed skater
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
19 famous people were born in Dolbeau-Mistassini, more of them musicians than in most towns
Sylvain Gagnon, the short track speed skater, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. The next two names are Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Fred Fortin. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. Only 65 of the 605 towns in Quebec with anyone on record list more.
Born here
19
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sylvain Gagnon
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1913
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
Youngest
1992
Shayne Gauthier
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
What stands out about Dolbeau-Mistassini’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dolbeau-Mistassini is known for
Dolbeau-Mistassini has 5.5× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Dolbeau-Mistassini’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
Politics & LawMusicSportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dolbeau-Mistassini
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Dolbeau-Mistassini
Another 16, the earliest born in 1913.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Dolbeau-Mistassini, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Dolbeau-Mistassini
Who is the most famous person from Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Sylvain Gagnon (short track speed skater) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Fred Fortin.
How many famous people were born in Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Wikidata has 23 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Dolbeau-Mistassini known for?
37% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dolbeau-Mistassini?
The earliest is Charles-Arthur Gauthier, born in 1913, and the latest birth listed is 1992.
Who counts as from Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Born inside Dolbeau-Mistassini’s 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?
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 (9)
- Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Fortin: Jphilippetremblay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Bégin: Richard Aubry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joëlle Boutin: Jpprovost, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mario Pelchat: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Trottier: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hébert: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hélène Fortin: Guy Carmichael, conjoint de Hélène Fortin., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shayne Gauthier: Cmm3, 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).