FM#1
Politics & Law
Francis Morice
1851–1912Police officer and New Zealand cricketer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Lacolle, Quebec
Lacolle’s famous people span 125 years: 4 births from 1851 to 1976
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the police officer and New Zealand cricketer Francis Morice. Behind the leader come Adélard Trottier and André Brunet. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.3 on the list, well above the typical Quebec town’s 6.1. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Francis Morice
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1851
Francis Morice
Youngest
1976
André Brunet
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Lacolle
AT#2
Politics & Law
Adélard Trottier
1879–1955Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Through the years
When Lacolle’s famous people were born
Politics & LawMusicFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Lacolle is known for
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lacolle
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Henryville, with 11.
LDHenryville · 16 kmLouis Philippe Demers & 10 more
Napierville · 13 kmWilfrid Derome & 9 moreMFHemmingford · 19 kmMartin Fisher & 5 moreCDSaint-Georges-de-Clarenceville · 16 kmCarrie Matilda Derick & 4 moreCHSaint-Édouard · 19 kmClaude Hamelin & 3 moreJBSaint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix · 6 kmJean-Paul BeaulieuLCSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 10 kmLouis CyrGTSaint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu · 15 kmGeorges-Émery Tremblay
Napierville · 13 kmWilfrid Derome & 9 moreMFHemmingford · 19 kmMartin Fisher & 5 moreCDSaint-Georges-de-Clarenceville · 16 kmCarrie Matilda Derick & 4 moreCHSaint-Édouard · 19 kmClaude Hamelin & 3 moreJBSaint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix · 6 kmJean-Paul BeaulieuLCSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 10 kmLouis CyrGTSaint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu · 15 kmGeorges-Émery TremblayQuestions about famous people from Lacolle
Who is the most famous person from Lacolle?
By our measure the best known is Francis Morice (police officer and New Zealand cricketer); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Adélard Trottier and André Brunet.
How many famous people were born in Lacolle?
Wikidata places 8 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Lacolle known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lacolle?
Francis Morice (1851). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1976.
Who counts as from Lacolle?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Lacolle’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (3)
- André Brunet: Ballabile Forte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Walsh: Picture taken before 1893, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfrid Derome: Unknown author, 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).