JR#1
Famous people · Richelieu, Quebec
From 1864 to 1997, Richelieu was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Jérémy Roy, the ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet. The list’s best known name, Jérémy Roy, dates from 1997. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 8.3, close to the 6.1 of the typical Quebec town.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jérémy Roy
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1864
Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais
Youngest
1997
Jérémy Roy
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Richelieu’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Richelieu’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & Law
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Richelieu
Two of the three are athletes.
#2Politics & Law
Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais
1864–1915Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
born 1988Canadian CrossFit athlete
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Richelieu is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Richelieu
2 more, from 1891 to 1934.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Chambly counts 29 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Chambly · 4 kmEmma Albani & 28 more
Marieville · 6 kmJoseph Hormisdas Rainville & 12 moreAPSaint-Bruno-de-Montarville · 13 kmAlice Philbert & 8 more
Saint-Jean-Baptiste · 12 kmÉtienne Blanchard & 4 moreMOSaint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu · 5 kmMarcel Ostiguy & 3 more
Mont-Saint-Grégoire · 12 kmAndré Bessette & 1 more
Saint-Basile-le-Grand · 10 kmGabriella LabergeABSainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir · 12 kmAnnette BellavanceQuestions about famous people from Richelieu
Who is the most famous person from Richelieu?
The top name is Jérémy Roy (ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet.
How many famous people were born in Richelieu?
Wikidata counts 7 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Richelieu known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Richelieu?
Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais (1864). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Richelieu?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Richelieu’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 (7)
- Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Leblanc-Bazinet: ReebokUSA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Albani: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Hormisdas Rainville: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Blanchard: Laprès & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Bessette: Frère Denis, c.s.c., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriella Laberge: Mara Lafontan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).