#1Famous people · Portneuf, Quebec
2 famous people come from Portneuf, Lynda Lemay the best known
Most widely known is Lynda Lemay, the Canadian singer, with articles in 18 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician Arthur Delisle. Denys Arcand tops the 14 names on record in Deschambault-Grondines, 10 km away. Born in 1859, Arthur Delisle is the first name on record, and Lynda Lemay, born in 1966, the most recent.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lynda Lemay
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
Arthur Delisle
Youngest
1966
Lynda Lemay
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known
Born in Portneuf
#1#2Politics & Law
Arthur Delisle
1859–1936Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Portneuf is known for
Music leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
DADeschambault-Grondines · 10 kmDenys Arcand & 13 more
Cap-Santé · 7 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreRRDonnacona · 13 kmRémi Royer & 7 more
Saint-Basile · 7 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 more
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières · 13 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 more
Pont-Rouge · 15 kmKaterine Savard & 4 more
Sainte-Croix · 15 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreACSaint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière · 15 kmAlonzo Cinq-Mars & 1 more
Cap-Santé · 7 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreRRDonnacona · 13 kmRémi Royer & 7 moreSaint-Basile · 7 kmPépé et sa Guitare & 5 moreSaint-Marc-des-Carrières · 13 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 morePont-Rouge · 15 kmKaterine Savard & 4 moreSainte-Croix · 15 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreACSaint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière · 15 kmAlonzo Cinq-Mars & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Portneuf
Who is the most famous person from Portneuf?
Lynda Lemay (Canadian singer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Arthur Delisle.
How many famous people were born in Portneuf?
Wikidata has 4 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Portneuf known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 6% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Portneuf?
Arthur Delisle, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Portneuf?
The list takes people born within Portneuf’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known 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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Lynda Lemay: Pinpin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Delisle: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chantal Petitclerc: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katerine Savard: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel-Édouard Méthot: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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