AB#1
Politics & Law
Aimé Boucher
1877–1946Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Pierreville, Quebec
7 famous people from Pierreville, many of them leaders
Aimé Boucher, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey player Matthieu Descoteaux, third to Paul Comtois. More than half were born between Confederation and 1913, 5 in all. From David Laperrière in 1868 to Matthieu Descoteaux in 1977, the births cover 109 years.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Aimé Boucher
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1868
David Laperrière
Youngest
1977
Matthieu Descoteaux
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pierreville is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Pierreville
MD#2
Sports
Matthieu Descoteaux
born 1977Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PC#3
Politics & Law
Paul Comtois
1895–1966Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Pierreville’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
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Everyone else born in Pierreville
Georges-Alexandre Courchesne
1880–1950Canadian Catholic prelate
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Baie-du-Febvre’s, with 10.
Questions about famous people from Pierreville
Who is the most famous person from Pierreville?
The top name is Aimé Boucher (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Matthieu Descoteaux and Paul Comtois.
How many famous people were born in Pierreville?
Wikidata places 11 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Pierreville known for?
71% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pierreville?
David Laperrière, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Pierreville?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Pierreville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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.
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).