#1Sports
François Bourque
born 1984Canadian alpine skier
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · New Richmond, Quebec
François Bourque tops a list of 3 famous people born in New Richmond
François Bourque, the Canadian alpine skier, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian artist Suzanne Guité, third to Patrick Gagnon. Just 11 km away, Maria’s list holds 10 names, Viviane Audet the best known. The list comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Quebec, at 6.1.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
François Bourque
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1926
Suzanne Guité
Youngest
1984
François Bourque
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in New Richmond
#1#2#3Politics & Law
Patrick Gagnon
born 1962Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What New Richmond is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Questions about famous people from New Richmond
Who is the most famous person from New Richmond?
François Bourque (Canadian alpine skier) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Suzanne Guité and Patrick Gagnon.
How many famous people were born in New Richmond?
8 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is New Richmond known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 33%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from New Richmond?
The earliest is Suzanne Guité, born in 1926, and the latest birth listed is 1984.
Who counts as from New Richmond?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside New Richmond’s 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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (4)
- François Bourque: Christian Jansky ( Tschaensky ), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Guité: Collection d'Alexandra Guité, cinéaste et nièce de Suzanne Guité, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Gagnon: Michaelcharpantier95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viviane Audet: Viviane Audet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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