MB#1
Sports
Michel Brière
1949–1971Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Malartic, Quebec
Most of the 9 famous people born in Malartic came into the world between 1946 and 1969
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Michel Brière, with articles in 7 languages. Close behind are Marcel Côté and Sylvie D'Amours. Births span 1939 to 1960, from Marcel Lafrenière to Sylvie D'Amours. For every 10,000 residents there are 25.7 on the list, well above the typical Quebec town’s 6.1.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michel Brière
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1939
Marcel Lafrenière
Youngest
1960
Sylvie D'Amours
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Malartic
MC#2
Science & Medicine
Marcel Côté
1942–2014Canadian economist and politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Sylvie D'Amours
born 1960Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Malartic’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusic
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Malartic is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.5 times.
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 Malartic
Of the other 6, 3 are athletes.
Questions about famous people from Malartic
Who is the most famous person from Malartic?
Michel Brière (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Marcel Côté and Sylvie D'Amours.
How many famous people were born in Malartic?
Wikidata places 10 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Malartic known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 44%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Malartic?
Marcel Lafrenière, from 1939; the most recent birth on the list is from 1960.
Who counts as from Malartic?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Malartic’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’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.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (2)
- Sylvie D'Amours: ThomasVerville, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Lafrenière: Société d'histoire de la Baie-James, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).