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Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Famous people · Saint-Albert, Quebec
From 1872 to 1993, Saint-Albert was the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Maurice Baril, the Canadian general, with articles in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Alex Labbé and Joseph-Alcide Savoie. Nearby, Victoriaville, 11 km away, lists 59, led by Gilbert Perreault. Maurice Baril, the best known, was born in 1943.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maurice Baril
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1872
Joseph-Alcide Savoie
Youngest
1993
Alex Labbé
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-Albert
Maurice Baril, Alex Labbé and Joseph-Alcide Savoie are written about in 4, 3 and 2 languages.
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Sports
Alex Labbé
born 1993Canadian stock car racing driver
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JS#3
Politics & Law
Joseph-Alcide Savoie
1872–1933Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Albert is known for
The largest field is Military, with 1 people.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Victoriaville · 11 kmGilbert Perreault & 58 moreJHWarwick · 9 kmJean-François Hebert & 6 moreASTingwick · 17 kmAlbert Sévigny & 1 moreMKingsey Falls · 17 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 moreFGSainte-Eulalie · 17 kmFrançoise Gaudet-Smet & 1 moreJLSaint-Valère · 7 kmJean Landry
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska · 12 kmPaul TourignyQuestions about famous people from Saint-Albert
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Albert?
By our measure the best known is Maurice Baril (Canadian general); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Alex Labbé and Joseph-Alcide Savoie.
What is Saint-Albert known for?
33% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 2%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Albert?
Joseph-Alcide Savoie, from 1872; the most recent birth on the list is from 1993.
Who counts as from Saint-Albert?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Saint-Albert’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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- Gilbert Perreault: Engines On, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Tourigny: Unknown author, Public domain, 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).