#1Film, TV & Stage
John Kricfalusi
born 1955Canadian animator
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saguenay, Quebec
Clergy and people of faith stand out among the 270 famous people born in Saguenay
Articles in 22 languages make the Canadian animator John Kricfalusi the best known. Valérie Maltais and Georges Vézina follow. Among the 605 towns in Quebec with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd. 106 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
270
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Kricfalusi
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1807
Peter McLeod
Youngest
2000
Manon Feubel
Most common field
Politics & Law
72 people
What stands out about Saguenay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saguenay is known for
Set against the usual town, clergy and people of faith come out 2.1 times as common.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Saguenay’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 52 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineBusinessNotableFaithMilitary
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Saguenay
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Saguenay
267 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Denise Brassard
born 1963Canadian poet and Université du Québec à Montréal professor
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Emilie Brassard
born 1982Canadian radio host and television presenter
Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Guy Langevin
born 1954Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Jean-Philippe Wauthier
born 1979Canadian radio host and television presenter
Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Philippe-Aubert Côté
born 1981Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Rémi Ménard
1944–2002Canadian saxophonist and saxophone teacher at Université Laval
MusicWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Saint-Fulgence’s, with 2.
Questions about famous people from Saguenay
Who is the most famous person from Saguenay?
The top name is John Kricfalusi (Canadian animator), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Valérie Maltais and Georges Vézina.
How many famous people were born in Saguenay?
Wikidata places 401 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Saguenay known for?
They make up 27% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saguenay?
Peter McLeod (1807). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Saguenay?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Saguenay’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (90)
- John Kricfalusi: 48states, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valérie Maltais: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Vézina: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Gagnon: Alex Sirac, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Stasiak: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice . For further explanation, see Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Duchesne: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Eve Drolet: Sander van Ginkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Tremblay: JFT257, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Pilote: Ralston-Purina Company, makers of Chex cereals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Bouchard: Petty Officer 1st Class Joaquin Juatai, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Le Breton: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-langford/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Portal: FriseIntense, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Dumont: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ghyslain Tremblay: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. C. Tremblay: Ralrton-Purina Company, maker of Chex cereals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Villeneuve: Pascal Dumas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Lamarre: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Boivin: LG전자, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Langevin: Koshal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémy Girard: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvain Gaudreault: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Bouchard: Marty555, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Dineen: TCG Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Genest: Statwiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corno: Cornostudio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Barrette: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Guimond: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Maltais: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean James Bergeron: Stefanos Stefanos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ève Lambert: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Bouchard: service des communications de l'UQAC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Germain Gagnon: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Tremblay: Jean_Tremblay01.jpg : Khayman derivative work: Chicoutimi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn: Thorfinn Stainforth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorraine Vaillancourt: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Bouchard: Lea-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Duchesne: Monsieur Caron, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Cloutier: Reseauuq, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrée Laforest: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Villeneuve: Service des communications de l'UQAC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ratthé: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ghislain Harvey: Jean Beaudoin 3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Corneau: Kimport, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Lapointe: Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l’Université Laval, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyn Hardy: Axel Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Dufour: Jonathan Blanchet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karine Boivin Roy: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Josée Simard: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Brach: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Bédard: Domgag2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Carter: Judd Gunderson, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ménard: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denys Tremblay: Laurie543, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Latraverse: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josée Deschênes: FriseIntense, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Duguay: J11Duguay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- L. Jacques Ménard: Hibou81, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosaire Gauthier: Société Historique du Saguenay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Louis Tremblay: Citadelle de Québec - Musée Royal 22e Régiment - Canada. Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-002666, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William-Pierre Grant: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Harvey: Jules Rochon / Québec Ministry of Communications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annette Garant: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol Couture: Université de Montréal, Centrale de photographie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dany Turcotte: Martine Cormier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Fortin: Andreanne03, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denise Brassard: Yvesprairie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emilie Brassard: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Petit: English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Françoise Simard: Saralemieux, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Langevin: TG 642, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy-Philippe Wells: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hervé Gagnon: Khanrell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Philippe Wauthier: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Dufour: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis De Santis: Marisoldesantis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Girard: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Jean: Lea-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Joanne Boucher: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjolaine Bouchard: Productions Rhizome / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mélikah Abdelmoumen: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Ellis: RaphRen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrice Dubois: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter McLeod: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Laprise: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe-Aubert Côté: MarieRiv, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Demers: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Vézina: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémi Ménard: Caroline Ménard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Blackburn: René Charbonneau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russel-Aurore Bouchard: Russel-Aurore Bouchard, 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).