AB#1
Politics & Law
André Bachand
born 1934Canadian lawyer and politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Roxton Falls, Quebec
Roxton Falls is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Canadian lawyer and politician André Bachand, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Jean-François Racine, the Canadian ice hockey player. The oldest name on the list belongs to André Bachand, born in 1934, the newest to Jean-François Racine, born in 1982. The nearest list is in Acton Vale, 8 km away: 10 names, starting with Serge Lemoyne.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
André Bachand
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1934
André Bachand
Youngest
1982
Jean-François Racine
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Roxton Falls
JR#2
Sports
Jean-François Racine
born 1982Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Roxton Falls is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 7.
SLActon Vale · 8 kmSerge Lemoyne & 9 more
Roxton Pond · 15 kmAndrew Ranger & 4 moreFMDurham-Sud · 19 kmFrancis McCrea & 2 moreJBValcourt · 19 kmJoseph-Armand Bombardier & 2 moreARSaint-Joachim-de-Shefford · 13 kmArmand RussellJCSaint-Valérien-de-Milton · 14 kmJean-Paul CabanaDBSaint-Théodore-d'Acton · 15 kmDidier Bochatay
Roxton Pond · 15 kmAndrew Ranger & 4 moreFMDurham-Sud · 19 kmFrancis McCrea & 2 moreJBValcourt · 19 kmJoseph-Armand Bombardier & 2 moreARSaint-Joachim-de-Shefford · 13 kmArmand RussellJCSaint-Valérien-de-Milton · 14 kmJean-Paul CabanaDBSaint-Théodore-d'Acton · 15 kmDidier BochatayQuestions about famous people from Roxton Falls
Who is the most famous person from Roxton Falls?
André Bachand (Canadian lawyer and politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jean-François Racine.
What is Roxton Falls known for?
50% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Roxton Falls?
The earliest is André Bachand, born in 1934, and the latest birth listed is 1982.
Who counts as from Roxton Falls?
Born inside Roxton Falls’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (1)
- Andrew Ranger: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license, 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).