#1Politics & Law
John Abbott
1821–18933rd Prime Minister of Canada
42 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec
John Abbott tops a list of 5 famous people born in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
John Abbott is the best known, with articles in 42 languages. Second and third on the list are Maude Abbott and François-Xavier Brunet. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first John Abbott in 1821. The list comes to 15.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical town in Quebec.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Abbott
42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1821
John Abbott
Youngest
1941
Nicole Fournier
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Counted by languages, John Abbott is ahead of Maude Abbott and François-Xavier Brunet: 42, 17 and 9.
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#2Science & Medicine
Maude Abbott
1868–1940Canadian physician
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Through the years
When Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s famous people were born
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is known for
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Everyone else born in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
2 more, from 1839 to 1941.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 7.
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Who is the most famous person from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The top name is John Abbott (3rd Prime Minister of Canada), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Maude Abbott and François-Xavier Brunet.
How many famous people were born in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
8 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil known for?
40% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
John Abbott, from 1821; the most recent birth on the list is from 1941.
Who counts as from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’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 (7)
- John Abbott: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maude Abbott: Wm. Notman & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Xavier Brunet: L. J. A. Peloquin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Lowe: LoweNicholsMandel.jpg : Mack Male derivative work: Connormah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Walsh: CanadiansAbroadLA, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Paul L'Allier: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald McDonald: 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).