MN#1
Writing & Arts
Michel Noël
1944–2022Canadian poet and writer
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Messines, Quebec
3 famous people were born in Messines
Most widely known is Michel Noël, the Canadian poet and writer, with articles in 6 languages. Close behind are Réjean Lafrenière and Georges Lafontaine. Maniwaki, 15 km off, can claim 10 famous people, the best known Gilles Carle. The earliest on the list is Réjean Lafrenière, born in 1935, and the youngest Georges Lafontaine, born in 1957.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michel Noël
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1935
Réjean Lafrenière
Youngest
1957
Georges Lafontaine
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Messines
RL#2
Politics & Law
Réjean Lafrenière
1935–2016Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GL#3
Writing & Arts
Georges Lafontaine
born 1957Canadian journalist and writer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Messines is known for
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
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Questions about famous people from Messines
Who is the most famous person from Messines?
Michel Noël (Canadian poet and writer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Réjean Lafrenière and Georges Lafontaine.
What is Messines known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 12%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Messines?
The earliest is Réjean Lafrenière, born in 1935, and the latest birth listed is 1957.
Who counts as from Messines?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Messines’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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.
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).