#1Politics & Law
Edmund James Flynn
1847–1927Canadian lawyer and politician
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Percé, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 7 famous people born in Percé
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian lawyer and politician Edmund James Flynn the best known. Second and third on the list are William Le Boutillier Fauvel and Evelyn Dumas. 3 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. As early as 1847, Edmund James Flynn was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edmund James Flynn
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1847
Edmund James Flynn
Youngest
1949
Réal-Gabriel Bujold
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4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Percé is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.6 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.
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Born in Percé
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Politics & Law
William Le Boutillier Fauvel
1850–1897Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Percé’s famous people were born
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Of the other 4, 2 are leaders.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Percé
Who is the most famous person from Percé?
The top name is Edmund James Flynn (Canadian lawyer and politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come William Le Boutillier Fauvel and Evelyn Dumas.
How many famous people were born in Percé?
Of the 11 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Percé known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 57%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Percé?
Edmund James Flynn, born in 1847. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Percé?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Percé’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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)
- Edmund James Flynn: William Notman and Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Chouinard: Stoller, Limited/ Archival by La Presse, 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).