BD#1
Politics & Law
Bona Dussault
1882–1953Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Alban, Quebec
Saint-Alban is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Bona Dussault, covered in 3 languages. The list has one more: the Canadian politician Michel Matte. Go 16 km to Deschambault-Grondines and the list grows to 14, with Denys Arcand at the top. The oldest name on the list belongs to Bona Dussault, born in 1882, the newest to Michel Matte, born in 1949.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bona Dussault
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1882
Bona Dussault
Youngest
1949
Michel Matte
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Alban
MM#2
Politics & Law
Michel Matte
born 1949Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 5.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Alban
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Alban?
Bona Dussault (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Michel Matte.
What is Saint-Alban known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Alban?
The earliest is Bona Dussault, born in 1882, and the latest birth listed is 1949.
Who counts as from Saint-Alban?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Saint-Alban’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly 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 (2)
- Chantal Petitclerc: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Lemay: Pinpin, 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).