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Famous people · Lévis, Quebec

Clergy and people of faith stand out among the 138 famous people born in Lévis

The best known is the Canadian short-track speed skater Charles Hamelin, with articles in 26 languages. Louis-Nazaire Bégin, the Canadian Catholic cardinal, comes second, with Louis-Honoré Fréchette third. 42 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Over 265 years of births, the list goes from Charles Bégin (1736) to Coralie Godbout (2001).

41Politics & Law32Sports22Writing & Arts12Faith
#1 best knownCharles HamelinSports · born 1984
+134more
Born here
138
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Hamelin
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1736
Charles Bégin
Youngest
2001
Coralie Godbout
Most common field
Politics & Law
41 people

What stands out about Lévis’ famous people

Still making names60 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2001.
★ What stands out · Known for

What Lévis is known for

Lévis has 6.9× the usual share of clergy and people of faith.

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 Lévis’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 17 births.

Before ConfederationConfederation to the Great WarThe world warsSince 1970175018001850190019502000Charles Hamelin
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFaithScience & MedicineMusicBusinessFilm, TV & StageNotable

Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.

The best known

Born in Lévis

Charles Hamelin, Louis-Nazaire Bégin and Louis-Honoré Fréchette are written about in 26, 18 and 16 languages.

Charles Hamelin#1
Sports

Charles Hamelin

born 1984

Canadian short-track speed skater

26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Louis-Nazaire Bégin#2
Faith

Louis-Nazaire Bégin

1840–1925

Canadian Catholic cardinal

18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Louis-Honoré Fréchette#3
Writing & Arts

Louis-Honoré Fréchette

1839–1908

Canadian poet, politician and playwright

16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Lévis

135 more, from 1736 to 2001.

FH

François Hamelin

born 1986

Short track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Kalyna Roberge

Kalyna Roberge

born 1986

Short track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Céline Bonnier

Céline Bonnier

born 1965

Canadian actress

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Alphonse Desjardins

Alphonse Desjardins

1854–1920

Canadian businessman

BusinessWikipedia ↗
Joseph-Edmond Roy

Joseph-Edmond Roy

1858–1913

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond

Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond

born 1985

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
CD

Charles Dionne

born 1979

Canadian bicycle racer

SportsWikipedia ↗
LÉ

Louis Émond

born 1969

Canadian writer

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Mathieu Tousignant

Mathieu Tousignant

born 1989

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
PM

Paul Marmet

1932–2005

Canadian physicist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
William P. Anderson

William P. Anderson

1851–1927

Engineer/superintendent/Lighthouses

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Alfred Pampalon

Alfred Pampalon

1867–1896

Canadian Redemptorist priest

FaithWikipedia ↗
Alphonse Bernier

Alphonse Bernier

1861–1944

Lawyer, academic, judge, and politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Charles Milliard

Charles Milliard

born 1979

Administrator and pharmacist from Quebec

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
DG

David Gosselin

born 1977

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
DV

Dominique Vien

born 1967

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Gabriel Beaupré

Gabriel Beaupré

born 1992

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

SportsWikipedia ↗
JP

Jean Pichette

born 1963

Canadian Olympic speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Towns around it with someone on record: 5.

Simon GagnéPlateau · 7 kmSimon Gagné & 27 moreJoe MaloneSillery · 4 kmJoe Malone & 12 moreIrma LeVasseurSaint-Roch · 7 kmIrma LeVasseur & 7 moreARVieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire · 7 kmAugustin-Jérôme Raby & 3 moreAntoine Valois-FortierVanier · 8 kmAntoine Valois-Fortier

Questions about famous people from Lévis

Who is the most famous person from Lévis?

The top name is Charles Hamelin (Canadian short-track speed skater), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Louis-Nazaire Bégin and Louis-Honoré Fréchette.

How many famous people were born in Lévis?

Wikidata counts 226 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.

What is Lévis known for?

Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 30%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lévis?

Charles Bégin, born in 1736. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.

Who counts as from Lévis?

Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Lévis’ 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?

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 (61)

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).