#1Science & Medicine
Wilfrid Derome
1877–1931Canadian forensic scientist
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Famous people · Napierville, Quebec
10 famous people from Napierville, many of them leaders
Articles in 5 languages make the Canadian forensic scientist Wilfrid Derome the best known. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. 3 of them were born before Confederation, the first Sixte Coupal dit la Reine in 1825. Per head, the list is long: 23.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Quebec has 6.1.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Wilfrid Derome
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1825
Sixte Coupal dit la Reine
Youngest
1974
Martin Roy
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Napierville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.7 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Through the years
When Napierville’s famous people were born
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Napierville
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Politics & Law
Léon Raymond
1901–1993Canadian politician
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Everyone else born in Napierville
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Henryville’s, with 11.
LDHenryville · 16 kmLouis Philippe Demers & 10 moreCTSaint-Michel · 15 kmCharles Trudeau & 5 moreCHSaint-Édouard · 10 kmClaude Hamelin & 3 moreFMLacolle · 13 kmFrancis Morice & 3 moreABSaint-Mathieu · 17 kmAbraham Bernard & 3 moreMDSaint-Jacques-le-Mineur · 8 kmMaxime Daigneault & 1 moreLCSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 4 kmLouis CyrGTSaint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu · 8 kmGeorges-Émery Tremblay
Questions about famous people from Napierville
Who is the most famous person from Napierville?
The top name is Wilfrid Derome (Canadian forensic scientist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Dominique Perras and Léon Raymond.
How many famous people were born in Napierville?
Wikidata counts 12 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Napierville known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Napierville?
Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (1825). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Napierville?
The list takes people born within Napierville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (3)
- Wilfrid Derome: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sixte Coupal dit la Reine: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Reilly: 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).