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Famous people · Rimouski, Quebec
87 famous people were born in Rimouski, more of them clergy and people of faith than in most towns
At the top of the list is the Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron, covered in 23 languages. The Canadian sports athlete Pierre Harvey ranks second, ahead of Isabelle Charest. The largest group, 28, was born since 1970. The first birth on record is Joseph Parent’s, in 1835, and the last Florence Tremblay’s, in 2004.
Born here
87
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maude Charron
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
Joseph Parent
Youngest
2004
Florence Tremblay
Most common field
Writing & Arts
25 people
What stands out about Rimouski’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rimouski is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is clergy and people of faith, at 5.5 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.
Through the years
When Rimouski’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 10 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawSportsFaithScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageNotableBusiness
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Rimouski
All three are athletes.
#2
#3Sports
Isabelle Charest
born 1971Short-track speed skater
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rimouski
Here are 84 more, born from 1835 to 2004.
Eugène Fiset
1874–1951Canadian physician, military officer and colonial administrator
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Jean-Gaston Tremblay
1928–2011Traditionalist Catholic religious leader and self-proclaimed pope
FaithWikipedia ↗
Pierre-Luc Gagné
born 1995Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Geneviève Rioux
born 1992Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Sainte-Luce leads the towns around it, with 4 names.
Questions about famous people from Rimouski
Who is the most famous person from Rimouski?
Maude Charron (Canadian weightlifter) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Pierre Harvey and Isabelle Charest.
How many famous people were born in Rimouski?
Of the 205 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Rimouski known for?
That is 29% of the town’s list, against 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rimouski?
Joseph Parent (1835). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Rimouski?
The list takes people born within Rimouski’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (31)
- Pierre Harvey: Letartean, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabelle Charest: JuliaGirard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Côté: Stryder1975 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Bilodeau: Luu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Grondin: Daniel Abel / photographe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcelle Gauvreau: Inconnu (voir source), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Ouellet: Elliot from Castro Valley, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Fiset: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Bourque: Resolute, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Ruest: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Caron: Sydneytw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Therrien: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Huguenin: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleason Belzile: House of Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Perreault: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isidore Soucy: Source: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada/Fonds Gabriel-Labbé/MUS 245/30 - Domaine public - nlc-2680, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Félix Pinault: Montminy & Cie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Gauvreau: Fonds d'archives de l'École du meuble, Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, Photo Studio V. Garcia, 1942, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Gauvreau: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Lepage: Nichole Ouellette, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Arsenault: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxime Blanchette-Joncas: Sophie Barma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxime Catellier: Monsieurnoir, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Luc Gagné: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Pesot: TRH 101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colombe St-Pierre: Paquewiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch Lepage: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Dubé: Louis Longpré, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc Lavoie: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lévesque: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Desrosiers: Ludovic Macia, 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).