#1Notable
Sebastien Toutant
born 1992Canadian snowboarder
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · L'Assomption, Quebec
Of the 38 famous people born in L'Assomption, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant, with articles in 19 languages. The Canadian actress Catherine Trudeau ranks second, ahead of Adhémar Raynault. The list reaches back to Jean-Baptiste Durocher, born in 1754, one of 24 born before Confederation. 24 of them were born before Confederation, more than in any other period.
Born here
38
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sebastien Toutant
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1754
Jean-Baptiste Durocher
Youngest
1992
Sebastien Toutant
Most common field
Politics & Law
21 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What L'Assomption is known for
Business people stand out most, at 3.8 times the usual share.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When L'Assomption’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1780s, with 5 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessFaithMusicScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in L'Assomption
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Catherine Trudeau
born 1975Canadian actress
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Adhémar Raynault
1891–1984Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1936-1938,1940-1944)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in L'Assomption
35 more names, born between 1754 and 1976.
Urgel-Eugène Archambault
1834–1904Canadian teacher and academic administrator
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
Jacques Brouillet
born 1953Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Repentigny counts 51 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
SPRepentigny · 10 kmSamuel Piette & 50 more
Verchères · 10 kmCalixa Lavallée & 24 more
Saint-Jacques · 16 kmBernard Landry & 14 more
Lavaltrie · 11 kmMarie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté & 8 more
Contrecoeur · 15 kmJoseph Edmond Marcile & 8 more
Saint-Sulpice · 5 kmJacques Rougeau & 7 moreCDCharlemagne · 15 kmCéline Dion & 7 more
L'Épiphanie · 5 kmAntoine Dufour & 6 more
Verchères · 10 kmCalixa Lavallée & 24 moreSaint-Jacques · 16 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreLavaltrie · 11 kmMarie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté & 8 moreContrecoeur · 15 kmJoseph Edmond Marcile & 8 moreSaint-Sulpice · 5 kmJacques Rougeau & 7 moreCDCharlemagne · 15 kmCéline Dion & 7 moreL'Épiphanie · 5 kmAntoine Dufour & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from L'Assomption
Who is the most famous person from L'Assomption?
The top name is Sebastien Toutant (Canadian snowboarder), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Catherine Trudeau and Adhémar Raynault.
How many famous people were born in L'Assomption?
Wikidata counts 48 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is L'Assomption known for?
Here the share is 55%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from L'Assomption?
The earliest is Jean-Baptiste Durocher, born in 1754, and the latest birth listed is 1992.
Who counts as from L'Assomption?
The list takes people born within L'Assomption’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (22)
- Sebastien Toutant: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Trudeau: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adhémar Raynault: Ville de Montréal, gestion de documents et archives - VM6,D026-36, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Élisabeth Bruyère: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Alfred Archambeault: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Amable Jetté: c.1900, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Céline Hervieux-Payette: Société de la SP - Québec, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Archambeault: Sun Photo-Engraving Co. (Montréal, Québec), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Stanislas Perrault: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Papin: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Leroux: Iconographie du début du XIXe siècle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Le Normand: Extraite de : https://laurentiana.blogspot.ca/2007/05/autour-de-la-maison.html, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert de Roquebrune: Photo Fernand Préfontaine - Gracieuseté de Bernadette Guilmette., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hector Charland: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Urgel Archambault: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Urgel-Eugène Archambault: Laprés & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calixa Lavallée: L'Opinion publique Vol. 4, no 11, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté: Sister Marie Perras, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edmond Marcile: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Rougeau: George Napolitano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Dufour: Dandon TRJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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