#1Writing & Arts
Jean-Louis Roy
born 1941Canadian journalist, diplomat, human rights activist and historian
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Normandin, Quebec
Most of the 11 famous people born in Normandin came into the world between 1914 and 1945
Best known of all is Jean-Louis Roy, written about in 5 languages. Over 74 years of births, the list goes from Jean-Joseph Turcotte (1917) to Philippe Paradis (1991). Fewer than a quarter of the 605 towns in Quebec with famous people list more. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Louis Roy
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1917
Jean-Joseph Turcotte
Youngest
1991
Philippe Paradis
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Normandin
The three are covered in 5, 4 and 4 languages: Jean-Louis Roy, Philippe Paradis and Pierre Bussières.
#1
#2Sports
Philippe Paradis
born 1991Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PB#3
Politics & Law
Pierre Bussières
1939–2014Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Normandin’s famous people were born
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsScience & MedicineMusicNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Normandin is known for
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Normandin
A further 8 follow, born between 1917 and 1971.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Normandin
Who is the most famous person from Normandin?
By our measure the best known is Jean-Louis Roy (Canadian journalist, diplomat, human rights activist and historian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Philippe Paradis and Pierre Bussières.
How many famous people were born in Normandin?
Of the 16 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Normandin known for?
They make up 27% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Normandin?
Jean-Joseph Turcotte (1917). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Normandin?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Normandin’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Jean-Louis Roy: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Paradis: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Mailloux: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, 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).