#1Famous people · Pont-Rouge, Quebec
Pont-Rouge’s famous people span 114 years: 5 births from 1879 to 1993
The best known is the Canadian swimmer Katerine Savard, with articles in 16 languages. Close behind are Audrey Lacroix and Joé Juneau. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. The list’s best known name, Katerine Savard, dates from 1993.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Katerine Savard
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1879
Joseph Marceau
Youngest
1993
Katerine Savard
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Pont-Rouge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pont-Rouge’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & Law
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Pont-Rouge
#1
#2Sports
Audrey Lacroix
born 1983Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games fold medallist, former world record-holder
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Known for
What Pont-Rouge is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Everyone else born in Pont-Rouge
A further 2 follow, born between 1879 and 1977.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Saint-Raymond counts 18 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
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Neuville · 10 kmFrançois-Réal Angers & 9 moreMLSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures · 20 kmMaxime Lagacé & 8 moreRRDonnacona · 9 kmRémi Royer & 7 more
Saint-Basile · 10 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 more
Sainte-Croix · 15 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreJKSaint-Antoine-de-Tilly · 15 kmJames King & 2 more
Cap-Santé · 11 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreNeuville · 10 kmFrançois-Réal Angers & 9 moreMLSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures · 20 kmMaxime Lagacé & 8 moreRRDonnacona · 9 kmRémi Royer & 7 moreSaint-Basile · 10 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 moreSainte-Croix · 15 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreJKSaint-Antoine-de-Tilly · 15 kmJames King & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Pont-Rouge
Who is the most famous person from Pont-Rouge?
Katerine Savard (Canadian swimmer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Audrey Lacroix and Joé Juneau.
How many famous people were born in Pont-Rouge?
Wikidata has 11 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Pont-Rouge known for?
Here the share is 80%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pont-Rouge?
Joseph Marceau, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Pont-Rouge?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Pont-Rouge’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 (7)
- Katerine Savard: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audrey Lacroix: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joé Juneau: Tsunami330, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Réal Angers: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel-Édouard Méthot: J.E. Livernois, 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).