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Photo: Nicolas Gagnon · Public domainFamous people · Rivière-Bleue, Quebec
5 famous people call Rivière-Bleue their birthplace
Most widely known is Réal Bossé, the Canadian actor, with articles in 4 languages. Jean-Maurice Simard and Émilien Pelletier follow. 4 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. From Montcalm Simard in 1921 to Réal Bossé in 1962, the births cover 41 years.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Réal Bossé
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Montcalm Simard
Youngest
1962
Réal Bossé
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Rivière-Bleue
JS#2
Politics & Law
Jean-Maurice Simard
1931–2001Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ÉP#3
Politics & Law
Émilien Pelletier
born 1945Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Rivière-Bleue’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 2.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rivière-Bleue is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.6 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 Rivière-Bleue
2 more, from 1921 to 1925.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Rivière-Bleue
Who is the most famous person from Rivière-Bleue?
Réal Bossé (Canadian actor) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Jean-Maurice Simard and Émilien Pelletier.
How many famous people were born in Rivière-Bleue?
Wikidata counts 8 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Rivière-Bleue known for?
That is 80% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rivière-Bleue?
Montcalm Simard, from 1921; the most recent birth on the list is from 1962.
Who counts as from Rivière-Bleue?
The list takes people born within Rivière-Bleue’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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.
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).