MP#1
Writing & Arts
Markoosie Patsauq
1941–2020Canadian writer
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Ian Schofield · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Inukjuak, Quebec
4 famous people were born in Inukjuak
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian writer Markoosie Patsauq the best known. Annie Niviaxie is second and Larry Audlaluk third. The earliest on the list is Isa Smiler, born in 1921, and the youngest Larry Audlaluk, born in 1950. 3 of them are writers and artists, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Markoosie Patsauq
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Isa Smiler
Youngest
1950
Larry Audlaluk
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Inukjuak
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
AN#2
Writing & Arts
Annie Niviaxie
?–19891930-1989, lived Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec; artist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LA#3
Politics & Law
Larry Audlaluk
born 1950Inuk activist and writer from Canada
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Inukjuak is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 6.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Inukjuak
1 more, best known first.
Questions about famous people from Inukjuak
Who is the most famous person from Inukjuak?
Markoosie Patsauq (Canadian writer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Annie Niviaxie and Larry Audlaluk.
How many famous people were born in Inukjuak?
Wikidata counts 14 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Inukjuak known for?
They make up 75% here, compared with 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Inukjuak?
Isa Smiler, from 1921; the most recent birth on the list is from 1950.
Who counts as from Inukjuak?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Inukjuak’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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.
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).