LM#1
Writing & Arts
Laurent Mailhot
1931–2021Québécois writer and professor
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
![Rue principale de Saint-Alexis . - [1930]](https://images.townratings.com/ca/town_images/52463023/377c4aab45ebaac4dce8.jpg)
Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Alexis, Quebec
2 famous people were born in Saint-Alexis
Laurent Mailhot, the québécois writer and professor, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The list has one more: the quebec teacher and novelist Simon Roy. The earliest on the list is Laurent Mailhot, born in 1931, and the youngest Simon Roy, born in 1968. Nearby, Saint-Jacques, 6 km away, lists 15, led by Bernard Landry.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laurent Mailhot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1931
Laurent Mailhot
Youngest
1968
Simon Roy
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-Alexis
SR#2
Science & Medicine
Simon Roy
1968–2022Quebec teacher and novelist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Alexis is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Jacques · 6 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreGGSaint-Esprit · 6 kmGilles Gilbert & 8 more
Saint-Lin--Laurentides · 15 kmWilfrid Laurier & 8 moreJJRawdon · 13 kmJean-Paul Jeannotte & 6 more
L'Épiphanie · 16 kmAntoine Dufour & 6 more
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan · 12 kmLise Thibault & 4 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 8 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 more
Saint-Paul · 17 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Alexis
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Alexis?
The top name is Laurent Mailhot (québécois writer and professor), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Simon Roy.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Alexis?
3 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Saint-Alexis known for?
50% here, set against 12% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Alexis?
Laurent Mailhot, from 1931; the most recent birth on the list is from 1968.
Who counts as from Saint-Alexis?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Alexis’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (5)
- Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfrid Laurier: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Dufour: Dandon TRJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lise Thibault: Montrealais 07:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault: William James Topley, 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).