#1Sports
Marianne St-Gelais
born 1990Canadian short-track speed skater
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Roberval, Quebec
Writers and artists stand out among the 26 famous people born in Roberval
Most widely known is Marianne St-Gelais, the Canadian short-track speed skater, with articles in 15 languages. The largest group, 8, was born between 1946 and 1969. James Stanley Scott, born in 1889, is the earliest name and Samuel Girard, born in 1998, the latest. Only 48 of the 605 towns in Quebec with anyone on record list more.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marianne St-Gelais
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1889
James Stanley Scott
Youngest
1998
Samuel Girard
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
What stands out about Roberval’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Roberval is known for
Roberval has 2.2× the usual share of writers and artists.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Roberval’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 5.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageSportsBusinessFaithMilitaryMusic
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Roberval
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Sports
Samuel Girard
born 1998Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RL#3
Business
Régis Labeaume
born 1956Canadian businessman, writer and politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Roberval
A further 23 follow, born between 1889 and 1987.
Francis Verreault-Paul
born 1987Canadian ice hockey player and leader of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador
SportsWikipedia (French) ↗
Denis Lévesque
born 1958Canadian journalist and television presenter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Pierre Pagé
born 1962Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Claire France
1927–1976Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Geneviève de Francheville
1890–1978French Canadian journalist and writer
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Hélène de Billy
born 1954Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Thérèse Brassard
1926–2008Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Prime leads the towns around it, with 6 names.
Questions about famous people from Roberval
Who is the most famous person from Roberval?
Marianne St-Gelais (Canadian short-track speed skater) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Samuel Girard and Régis Labeaume.
How many famous people were born in Roberval?
Wikidata counts 39 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Roberval known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 27%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Roberval?
James Stanley Scott, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Roberval?
The list takes people born within Roberval’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?
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 (8)
- Marianne St-Gelais: TofflerAnn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Girard: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Lord: Guillaume Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges-Henri Lévesque: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Stanley Scott: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solange Harvey: Pierre Gauthier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Lyne Joncas: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Gaudreault: Martingaudreault, 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).