ML#1
Writing & Arts
Maria Elise Turner Lauder
1833–1922Canadian author, philanthropist, teacher
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Saint-Armand, Quebec
5 famous people were born in Saint-Armand from 1773 to 1982
Maria Elise Turner Lauder is the best known, with articles in 12 languages. The next two names are Christian Guay-Poliquin and Langley Frank Willard Smith. As early as 1773, Ralph Taylor was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maria Elise Turner Lauder
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1773
Ralph Taylor
Youngest
1982
Christian Guay-Poliquin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Armand’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1830s, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Armand
CG#2
Writing & Arts
Christian Guay-Poliquin
born 1982Canadian writer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LS#3
Military
Langley Frank Willard Smith
1897–1917Canadian flying ace
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Armand is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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
The best known from each town within 20 km of Saint-Armand, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Armand
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Armand?
The top name is Maria Elise Turner Lauder (Canadian author, philanthropist, teacher), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Christian Guay-Poliquin and Langley Frank Willard Smith.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Armand?
6 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Saint-Armand known for?
They make up 40% here, compared with 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Armand?
Ralph Taylor, from 1773; the most recent birth on the list is from 1982.
Who counts as from Saint-Armand?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Saint-Armand’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (1)
- Cecil Hart: 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).