FM#1
Politics & Law
Francis McCrea
1852–1926Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Durham-Sud, Quebec
3 famous people were born in Durham-Sud
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician Francis McCrea. Behind the leader come Éphrem-A. Brisebois and Jean-Paul LeBlanc. Acton Vale, 20 km off, can claim 10 famous people, the best known Serge Lemoyne. Born in 1850, Éphrem-A. Brisebois is the first name on record, and Jean-Paul LeBlanc, born in 1946, the most recent.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Francis McCrea
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1850
Éphrem-A. Brisebois
Youngest
1946
Jean-Paul LeBlanc
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Durham-Sud
Leaders take two of the three places.
ÉB#2
Politics & Law
Éphrem-A. Brisebois
1850–1890Canadian police officer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JL#3
Sports
Jean-Paul LeBlanc
born 1946Canadian ice hockey player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Durham-Sud is known for
Share of Durham-Sud’s famous people in each field.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
SLActon Vale · 20 kmSerge Lemoyne & 9 more
Richmond · 14 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreIBMelbourne · 12 kmIsabelle Brasseur & 3 moreJBValcourt · 17 kmJoseph-Armand Bombardier & 2 moreHDL'Avenir · 13 kmHenry Thomas Duffy & 1 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 17 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreABRoxton Falls · 19 kmAndré Bachand & 1 moreTCCleveland · 16 kmThomas Cleeve
Richmond · 14 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreIBMelbourne · 12 kmIsabelle Brasseur & 3 moreJBValcourt · 17 kmJoseph-Armand Bombardier & 2 moreHDL'Avenir · 13 kmHenry Thomas Duffy & 1 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 17 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreABRoxton Falls · 19 kmAndré Bachand & 1 moreTCCleveland · 16 kmThomas CleeveQuestions about famous people from Durham-Sud
Who is the most famous person from Durham-Sud?
Francis McCrea (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Éphrem-A. Brisebois and Jean-Paul LeBlanc.
How many famous people were born in Durham-Sud?
Wikidata has 7 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Durham-Sud known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Durham-Sud?
The earliest is Éphrem-A. Brisebois, born in 1850, and the latest birth listed is 1946.
Who counts as from Durham-Sud?
Born inside Durham-Sud’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?
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 (1)
- Sylvain Lefebvre: Håkan Dahlström, CC BY 2.0, 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).