SM#1
Sports
Sébastien Michaud
born 1987Canadian taekwondo practitioner
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Joliette, Quebec
Performers stand out among the 49 famous people born in Joliette
The best known is the Canadian taekwondo practitioner Sébastien Michaud, with articles in 10 languages. Denis Coderre and Francine Racette follow. From Charles Bazinet in 1845 to Sébastien Michaud in 1987, the births cover 142 years. Only 24 of the 605 towns in Quebec with anyone on record list more.
Born here
49
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sébastien Michaud
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1845
Charles Bazinet
Youngest
1987
Sébastien Michaud
Most common field
Politics & Law
19 people
What stands out about Joliette’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Joliette is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 1.9 times as common.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Joliette’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 6.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsMusicBusinessNotable
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Joliette
#2Politics & Law
Denis Coderre
born 1963Canadian politician
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FR#3
Film, TV & Stage
Francine Racette
born 1947Canadian actress
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Joliette
46 more names, born between 1845 and 1983.
Karine Champagne
born 1973Canadian journalist and television presenter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Benoît Joly
born 1963Canadian illustrator, caricaturist and comics creator
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Caroline Lacroix
born 1980Canadian journalist and television presenter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Sœur Berthe
1912–2003Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Saint-Jacques’, with 15.
Saint-Jacques · 12 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreMPSainte-Élisabeth · 11 kmMichel Poulette & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 13 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 10 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 more
Saint-Paul · 3 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 9 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 more
Saint-Charles-Borromée · 4 kmBianca St-Georges & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Joliette
Who is the most famous person from Joliette?
The top name is Sébastien Michaud (Canadian taekwondo practitioner), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Denis Coderre and Francine Racette.
How many famous people were born in Joliette?
88 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Joliette known for?
39% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Joliette?
Charles Bazinet, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Joliette?
Born inside Joliette’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (18)
- Denis Coderre: Lea-Kim Chateauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antonio Barrette: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hans Schmidt: Stepneyjack at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Élise Desaulniers: elidr from Montreal, QC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Rivet: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Malo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Bazinet: Cooper, John A. (John Alexander), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Drainville: The United Church of Canada, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Odilon Desmarais: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyn Jalette: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karine Champagne: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascale Ferland: Marie-Claude Lepiez, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Marcotte: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Basinet: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Thériault: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bianca St-Georges: Hameltion, 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).