1,179 famous people were born in Québec, more of them clergy and people of faith than in most towns

By our measure the best known is Norm Macdonald (Canadian comedian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Pom Klementieff and Marc Garneau.

Wikidata counts 2,037 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.

30% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.

Germain Morin (1642). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2007.

Wikidata has to place the birth inside Québec’s city limits (the city’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. Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the other split cities keep a birth recorded only as the city on the city’s own page, while each neighbourhood lists just the births recorded in it.

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.