ML#1
Film, TV & Stage
Micheline Lanctôt
born 1947Canadian actor and director
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Frelighsburg, Quebec
5 famous people were born in Frelighsburg from 1829 to 1953
Micheline Lanctôt, the Canadian actor and director, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The next two names are Edmund Leavens Chandler and Elijah Edmund Spencer. 3 of them were born before Confederation, more than in any other period. The list reaches back to Edmund Leavens Chandler, born in 1829, one of 3 born before Confederation.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Micheline Lanctôt
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
Edmund Leavens Chandler
Youngest
1953
Maria Labrecque-Duchesneau
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Frelighsburg’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Frelighsburg
EC#2
Politics & Law
Edmund Leavens Chandler
1829–1880Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ES#3
Politics & Law
Elijah Edmund Spencer
1846–1919Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Frelighsburg is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.7 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Frelighsburg
Here are 2 more, born from 1839 to 1953.
Maria Labrecque-Duchesneau
born 1953Canadian person (2020 Member of the Order of Canada)
NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Cowansville counts 20 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Frelighsburg
Who is the most famous person from Frelighsburg?
Micheline Lanctôt (Canadian actor and director) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Edmund Leavens Chandler and Elijah Edmund Spencer.
What is Frelighsburg known for?
They make up 60% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Frelighsburg?
Edmund Leavens Chandler (1829). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1953.
Who counts as from Frelighsburg?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Frelighsburg’s 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?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (2)
- Cecil Hart: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Barnard Baker: William James Topley, 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).