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Famous people · Rawdon, Quebec
7 famous people were born in Rawdon from 1830 to 1958
Most widely known is Jean-Paul Jeannotte, the Canadian singer, with articles in 4 languages. Firmin Dugas and Alice Rollit Coe follow. The list reaches back to Firmin Dugas, born in 1830, one of 3 born before Confederation. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Paul Jeannotte
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1830
Firmin Dugas
Youngest
1958
François Lacasse
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rawdon’s famous people were born
The 1850s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rawdon
#2Politics & Law
Firmin Dugas
1830–1889Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AC#3
Writing & Arts
Alice Rollit Coe
1858–1940American poet, housewife
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Rawdon is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 3.6 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rawdon
Still to come: 4 more, from 1859 to 1958.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Jacques leads the towns around it, with 15 names.
Saint-Jacques · 16 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreGGSaint-Esprit · 18 kmGilles Gilbert & 8 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 19 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 15 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 14 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 moreAMSainte-Julienne · 10 kmAudrey De Montigny & 1 moreLMSaint-Alexis · 13 kmLaurent Mailhot & 1 more
Saint-Calixte · 15 kmJoseph-Odilon Duval & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Rawdon
Who is the most famous person from Rawdon?
Jean-Paul Jeannotte (Canadian singer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Firmin Dugas and Alice Rollit Coe.
How many famous people were born in Rawdon?
9 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Rawdon known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 12%; here, 43%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rawdon?
The earliest is Firmin Dugas, born in 1830, and the latest birth listed is 1958.
Who counts as from Rawdon?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Rawdon’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (5)
- Firmin Dugas: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc Beauséjour: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pearson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Odilon Duval: 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).