#1Sports
Jacqueline Gareau
born 1953Canadian marathon runner
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Rivière-Rouge, Quebec
The 4 famous people born in Rivière-Rouge, led by Jacqueline Gareau
Most widely known is Jacqueline Gareau, the Canadian marathon runner, with articles in 10 languages. The ice dancer Guillaume Gfeller ranks second, ahead of Henri Drouin. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 8.2, close to the 6.1 of the typical Quebec town. Over 74 years of births, the list goes from Henri Drouin (1911) to Guillaume Gfeller (1985).
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacqueline Gareau
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1911
Henri Drouin
Youngest
1985
Guillaume Gfeller
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Rivière-Rouge
Jacqueline Gareau, Guillaume Gfeller and Henri Drouin are written about in 10, 3 and 3 languages.
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Politics & Law
Henri Drouin
1911–1992Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge
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Through the years
When Rivière-Rouge’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 2 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Rivière-Rouge is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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-Rouge
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Rivière-Rouge
Who is the most famous person from Rivière-Rouge?
The top name is Jacqueline Gareau (Canadian marathon runner), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Guillaume Gfeller and Henri Drouin.
What is Rivière-Rouge known for?
25% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rivière-Rouge?
Henri Drouin (1911). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Rivière-Rouge?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Rivière-Rouge’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’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.
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 (2)
- Jacqueline Gareau: Gianina Lindsey, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Gfeller: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).