#1Politics & Law
Édouard Richard
1844–1904Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Princeville, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 12 famous people born in Princeville
Most widely known is Édouard Richard, the Canadian politician, with articles in 6 languages. Claude Cormier and Éric Fortier follow. The list comes to 18.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical town in Quebec. The earliest on the list is Édouard Richard, born in 1844, and the youngest Mélodie Vachon Boucher, born in 1982.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Édouard Richard
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
Édouard Richard
Youngest
1982
Mélodie Vachon Boucher
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Princeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Princeville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.5 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Princeville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Princeville
#1CC#2
Writing & Arts
Claude Cormier
1960–2023Canadian landscape architect & urban designer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Éric Fortier
born 1981Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Princeville
9 more names, born between 1855 and 1982.
Mélodie Vachon Boucher
born 1982Canadian comic strip creator, graphic novelist, poet, tattoo artist (*1982)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Victoriaville has the most on record, with 59.
Victoriaville · 14 kmGilbert Perreault & 58 more
Plessisville · 10 kmMavrik Bourque & 16 moreGPSaint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska · 8 kmGaspard Pacaud
Plessisville · 13 kmFrançois-Théodore Savoie
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska · 17 kmPaul TourignyJLSaint-Valère · 18 kmJean LandryATDaveluyville · 20 kmAntoine TardifQuestions about famous people from Princeville
Who is the most famous person from Princeville?
Édouard Richard (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Claude Cormier and Éric Fortier.
How many famous people were born in Princeville?
Of the 16 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Princeville known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 33%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Princeville?
Édouard Richard, from 1844; the most recent birth on the list is from 1982.
Who counts as from Princeville?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Princeville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (9)
- Édouard Richard: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Éric Fortier: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Bruno Légaré: LT-SMasH, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Éna Girouard: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mélodie Vachon Boucher: Mélodie Vachon Boucher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Perreault: Engines On, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mavrik Bourque: Cass, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Théodore Savoie: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Tourigny: Unknown author, 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).