#1Sports
Sami Zayn
born 1984Canadian professional wrestler
31 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Laval
158 famous people were born in Laval, most of them since 1970
Articles in 31 languages make the Canadian professional wrestler Sami Zayn the best known. Behind the leader come Martin St. Louis and xQc. Pierre Labelle (1808) and Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte (2009) mark the two ends of the list. For its size the list is short: 3.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical Quebec town.
Born here
158
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sami Zayn
31 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1808
Pierre Labelle
Youngest
2009
Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte
Most common field
Sports
86 people
What stands out about Laval’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Laval’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 41.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicNotableScience & MedicineFaith
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Laval
Sami Zayn, Martin St. Louis and xQc are written about in 31, 26 and 22 languages.
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#2Sports
Martin St. Louis
born 1975Canadian ice hockey player and coach
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
xQc
born 1995Canadian Twitch streamer
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Laval is known for
Laval has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laval
Another 155, the earliest born in 1808.
Yannick Lupien
born 1980Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist
SportsWikipedia ↗
Chantal Machabée
born 1964Canadian sports journalist, television presenter and news presenter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Raymond Archambault
born 1947Canadian journalist, radio host and news presenter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Claude J. Pelletier
born 1962Canadian game designer, editor and publisher of magazine Protoculture Addicts
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Mathieu Laca
born 1982Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Mounir Kaddouri
born 1997Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Chomedey’s, at 5 names.
Questions about famous people from Laval
Who is the most famous person from Laval?
The top name is Sami Zayn (Canadian professional wrestler), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Martin St. Louis and xQc.
How many famous people were born in Laval?
Of the 216 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Laval known for?
Here the share is 54%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Laval?
Pierre Labelle, from 1808; the most recent birth on the list is from 2009.
Who counts as from Laval?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Laval’s city limits (the city’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere. Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the other split cities keep a birth recorded only as the city on the city’s own page, while each neighbourhood lists just the births recorded in it.
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 (77)
- Sami Zayn: Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin St. Louis: kaatiya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- xQc: Esfand, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphanie Dubois: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- José Théodore: Dan4th, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roseline Filion: Clhommel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Bernier: Keith & Alyssa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Daigle: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Dupuis: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tina Garabedian: Luu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amélie Goulet-Nadon: Athleticastudio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Éric Perrin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Jade Lauriault: Aude Mugnier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martine Dugrenier: Madchester at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Bailey: Photos N Effect, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aiemann Zahabi: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédérik Gauthier: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Grenier: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gédéon Ouimet: Paul Carpentier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Salter: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Galarneau: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Grenier: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Dupuis: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Lupien: Yanman64, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amelia Pietrangelo: Holger5510, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Felton: Cinemaniania, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Léo-Ernest Ouimet: Montreal Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc De Larochellière: Erin Ilagan (My Sister/ma soeur), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Rudolph Mayard: Longbomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Benoit: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Fucale: Ns kid, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Bellemare: Photo taken by Vesperholly, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Labelle: Jules-Ernest Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benoit McGinnis: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François Fortin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Tassé: Studio: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc-Aurèle Fortin: Anonyme, archives Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Petit: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxime Macenauer: DMighton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Vincent: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Évariste Leblanc: Dupras & Colas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alicia Fabbri: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Perron: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Pierre Guénette: TaraO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurie St-Georges: Allthegoldmedals, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Lapointe: Marty555, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Matte: Montreal.TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- raymond Berthiaume: DonAlCapone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosane Doré Lefebvre: Rosane Doré Lefebvre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Legault-Cordisco: DVTO, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Skeete: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francine Pelletier: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Xavier Ouellette: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugo Donais: Hugodonais, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marc Narbonne: Évanéos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc-André Bernier: Benj05, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Corbeil: The Boss 1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Obeng Tabi: Cold, Indrid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Bond: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Auclair: Guycha, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Parent: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Mimar: SpiritedMichelle, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elie Bouka: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Paulhus: Jay Arsenault, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyn Desjardins: Jasmin183, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liette Vasseur: PESCO PARIS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Chartrand: Centre Père Sablon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Luc Caron: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Archambault: Parti Québécois (David Dinelle), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent C.: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Laca: Mathieu Laca, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul-Aimé Sauriol: Chepanet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Malouin: Craft x Tech, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéfanie Thompson: MarieCDu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Aldric Ouimet: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent-Olivier David: H. Larin, 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).