JB#1
Politics & Law
Jean Baptiste Blanchet
1842–1904Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Damase, Quebec
7 famous people from Saint-Damase, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Jean Baptiste Blanchet, the Canadian politician, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Maxime Decelles and Fabien-Zoël Decelles. As early as 1842, Jean Baptiste Blanchet was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation. The longest list in Quebec is Montréal’s, with 5,278 names.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Baptiste Blanchet
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1842
Jean Baptiste Blanchet
Youngest
1944
Marcel Lussier
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Damase is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.3 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Saint-Damase’s famous people were born
Politics & LawFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Saint-Damase
Two of the three are clergy and people of faith.
MD#2
FD#3
Faith
Fabien-Zoël Decelles
1870–1942Canadian Catholic priest
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Damase
Another 4, the earliest born in 1842.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Hyacinthe, with 124.
Saint-Hyacinthe · 13 kmDavid Savard & 123 more
Mont-Saint-Hilaire · 15 kmLouis Boileau-Domingue & 16 more
Saint-Pie · 8 kmJérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne & 4 more
Saint-Jean-Baptiste · 9 kmÉtienne Blanchard & 4 moreFJSainte-Madeleine · 11 kmFrance Jodoin & 1 more
La Présentation · 15 kmÉlisabeth Bergeron & 1 moreLNSaint-Césaire · 12 kmLouis-Paul NeveuASSaint-Paul-d'Abbotsford · 14 kmAlexandre SauretteQuestions about famous people from Saint-Damase
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Damase?
The top name is Jean Baptiste Blanchet (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Maxime Decelles and Fabien-Zoël Decelles.
What is Saint-Damase known for?
71% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Damase?
Jean Baptiste Blanchet (1842). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1944.
Who counts as from Saint-Damase?
Born inside Saint-Damase’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (5)
- David Savard: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Boileau-Domingue: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne: Presby Elite Studio, Sherbrooke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Blanchard: Laprès & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Élisabeth Bergeron: Les Soeurs de Saint-Joseph, 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).