RV#1
Sports
Rogatien Vachon
born 1945Canadian ice hockey player and coach
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Palmarolle, Quebec
2 famous people come from Palmarolle, Rogatien Vachon the best known
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player and coach Rogatien Vachon, with articles in 12 languages. The other is Léandre Normand, the author and funded the Tour de l'Abitibi. The oldest name on the list belongs to Rogatien Vachon, born in 1945, the newest to Léandre Normand, born in 1946. Go 16 km to La Sarre and the list grows to 11, with Doris Piché at the top.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Rogatien Vachon
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1945
Rogatien Vachon
Youngest
1946
Léandre Normand
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Palmarolle
LN#2
Writing & Arts
Léandre Normand
born 1946Author and funded the Tour de l'Abitibi
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Palmarolle 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 Palmarolle
Who is the most famous person from Palmarolle?
Rogatien Vachon (Canadian ice hockey player and coach) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Léandre Normand.
What is Palmarolle known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Palmarolle?
Rogatien Vachon, born in 1945. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.
Who counts as from Palmarolle?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Palmarolle’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly 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.
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).