#1Famous people · Pontiac, Quebec
Pontiac is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 7 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Hib Milks the best known. Second and third on the list are André Fortin and Moe Segal. Go 14 km to Des Explorateurs and the list grows to 20, with Dean DeBlois at the top. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.6, close to the 6.1 of the typical Quebec town.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hib Milks
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Hib Milks
Youngest
1981
André Fortin
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pontiac
Counted by languages, Hib Milks is ahead of André Fortin and Moe Segal: 7, 4 and 1.
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#2Politics & Law
André Fortin
born 1981Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Pontiac is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Questions about famous people from Pontiac
Who is the most famous person from Pontiac?
Hib Milks (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come André Fortin and Moe Segal.
How many famous people were born in Pontiac?
Wikidata counts 5 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Pontiac known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pontiac?
Hib Milks, from 1899; the most recent birth on the list is from 1981.
Who counts as from Pontiac?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Pontiac’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?
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Hib Milks: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Fortin: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean DeBlois: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Willson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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