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Famous people · Lanoraie, Quebec

Lanoraie’s famous people span 105 years: 4 births from 1743 to 1848

Honoré Beaugrand is the best known, with articles in 7 languages. The next two names are Joseph Israël Tarte and Joseph Robillard. The list’s best known name, Honoré Beaugrand, dates from 1848. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 7, close to the 6.1 of the typical Quebec town.

#1 best knownHonoré BeaugrandPolitics & Law · 1848–1906
+2more
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Honoré Beaugrand
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1743
Olivier Durocher
Youngest
1848
Joseph Israël Tarte
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known

Born in Lanoraie

The three best known are all leaders.

Honoré Beaugrand#1
Politics & Law

Honoré Beaugrand

1848–1906

Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Joseph Israël Tarte#2
Politics & Law

Joseph Israël Tarte

1848–1907

Canadian politician

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JR#3
Politics & Law

Joseph Robillard

1838–1905

Canadian politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Lanoraie’s famous people were born

The 1840s saw the most births of any decade: 2.

Before Confederation175018001850Olivier DurocherJoseph RobillardHonoré Beaugrand
Politics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Lanoraie

1 more, best known first.

OD

Olivier Durocher

1743–1821

Politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Sorel-Tracy counts 87 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Lanoraie

Who is the most famous person from Lanoraie?

By our measure the best known is Honoré Beaugrand (former mayor of Montreal, Quebec); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Joseph Israël Tarte and Joseph Robillard.

How many famous people were born in Lanoraie?

Wikidata places 5 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.

What is Lanoraie known for?

100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lanoraie?

The earliest is Olivier Durocher, born in 1743, and the latest birth listed is 1848.

Who counts as from Lanoraie?

Wikidata has to place the birth inside Lanoraie’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?

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 (7)

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).