MW#1
Writing & Arts
Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning
1918–2004Canadian novelist
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Fralambert · Public domainFamous people · Saint-André-Avellin, Quebec
Saint-André-Avellin is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Canadian novelist Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning, with an article in one language. The list has one more: the Canadian ice hockey player Xavier Simoneau. Wendover, 20 km away, has 9 on its list, the best known Benoît Pouliot. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning (1918) to Xavier Simoneau (2001).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1918
Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning
Youngest
2001
Xavier Simoneau
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-André-Avellin
XS#2
Sports
Xavier Simoneau
born 2001Canadian ice hockey player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Saint-André-Avellin is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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Questions about famous people from Saint-André-Avellin
Who is the most famous person from Saint-André-Avellin?
The top name is Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning (Canadian novelist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Xavier Simoneau.
How many famous people were born in Saint-André-Avellin?
5 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Saint-André-Avellin known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 12%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-André-Avellin?
Marguerite Whissel-Tregonning (1918). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Saint-André-Avellin?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Saint-André-Avellin’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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)
- Benoît Pouliot: Maniacduhockey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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