#1Famous people · Saint-Basile, Quebec
6 famous people call Saint-Basile their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian musician Pépé et sa Guitare, with articles in 5 languages. 3 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. Births span 1922 to 1978, from Jean-Marie Delage to Pépé et sa Guitare. Per head, the list is long: 20.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Quebec has 6.1.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pépé et sa Guitare
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1922
Jean-Marie Delage
Youngest
1978
Pépé et sa Guitare
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Basile
Two of the three are leaders.
#1MP#2
Politics & Law
Michel Pagé
1949–2013Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
HL#3
Politics & Law
Huguette Lachapelle
1942–2021Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Basile’s famous people were born
Politics & LawMusicSportsNotableScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Saint-Basile is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Basile
Here are 3 more, born from 1922 to 1962.
Denis Pépin
born 1962NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Jean-Marie Delage
1922–2000Hematologist and professor at Université Laval
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Saint-Raymond, at 18.
LPSaint-Raymond · 15 kmLuc Plamondon & 17 moreDADeschambault-Grondines · 17 kmDenys Arcand & 13 more
Cap-Santé · 8 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 more
Neuville · 19 kmFrançois-Réal Angers & 9 moreRRDonnacona · 12 kmRémi Royer & 7 more
Pont-Rouge · 10 kmKaterine Savard & 4 more
Sainte-Croix · 17 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 more
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières · 19 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 more
Cap-Santé · 8 kmEsdras Alfred de Saint-Georges & 12 moreNeuville · 19 kmFrançois-Réal Angers & 9 moreRRDonnacona · 12 kmRémi Royer & 7 morePont-Rouge · 10 kmKaterine Savard & 4 moreSainte-Croix · 17 kmMichel-Édouard Méthot & 4 moreSaint-Marc-des-Carrières · 19 kmChantal Petitclerc & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Basile
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Basile?
The top name is Pépé et sa Guitare (Canadian musician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Michel Pagé and Huguette Lachapelle.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Basile?
Wikidata has 7 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Basile known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 33%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Basile?
Jean-Marie Delage (1922). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Saint-Basile?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Saint-Basile’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (7)
- Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Leclerc: Veilleux79, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Réal Angers: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katerine Savard: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel-Édouard Méthot: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chantal Petitclerc: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).