OB#1
Sports
Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt
born 1992Canadian cross-country skier
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Anna Frodesiak · Public domainFamous people · Morin-Heights, Quebec
2 famous people call Morin-Heights their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian cross-country skier Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Claude Aubry, the Canadian library administrator and writer. The oldest name on the list belongs to Claude Aubry, born in 1914, the newest to Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, born in 1992. Nearby, Sainte-Adèle, 10 km away, lists 11, led by Maghalie Rochette.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Claude Aubry
Youngest
1992
Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Morin-Heights
CA#2
Writing & Arts
Claude Aubry
1914–1984Canadian library administrator and writer
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Morin-Heights is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Morin-Heights, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Morin-Heights
Who is the most famous person from Morin-Heights?
The top name is Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt (Canadian cross-country skier), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Claude Aubry.
How many famous people were born in Morin-Heights?
Of the 3 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Morin-Heights known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Morin-Heights?
Claude Aubry, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Morin-Heights?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Morin-Heights’ 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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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)
- Maghalie Rochette: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rogers: Unknown author, 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).