#1Famous people · Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec
2 famous people were born in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Counted by the languages that write about them, Josée Bournival is the best known. The only other name is the Canadian editor Gaston Bellemare. For more famous names, Trois-Rivières is 17 km away: its list has 245, led by Jean Béliveau. Gaston Bellemare, born in 1942, is the earliest name and Josée Bournival, born in 1977, the latest.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Josée Bournival
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1942
Gaston Bellemare
Youngest
1977
Josée Bournival
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
#1#2Writing & Arts
Gaston Bellemare
born 1942Canadian editor
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Trois-Rivières · 17 kmJean Béliveau & 244 more
Shawinigan · 16 kmJean Chrétien & 94 more
Yamachiche · 17 kmAram J. Pothier & 18 moreÉLSaint-Maurice · 19 kmÉric Laplante & 6 moreEGSaint-Barnabé · 7 kmEmma Gendron & 3 more
Saint-Boniface · 8 kmAline Chrétien & 1 more
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel · 9 kmJacques Plante & 1 moreFPSaint-Élie-de-Caxton · 14 kmFred Pellerin & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
The top name is Josée Bournival, going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Gaston Bellemare.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Wikidata places 3 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès known for?
Here the share is 50%; across Canadian towns it is 10%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
The earliest is Gaston Bellemare, born in 1942, and the latest birth listed is 1977.
Who counts as from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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)
- Josée Bournival: Bournij4, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gaston Bellemare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Béliveau: US Embassy Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Chrétien: Michael Ignatieff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aram J. Pothier: Creator:William Cushing Loring 1879-1959, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aline Chrétien: Jean_and_Aline_Chretien.jpg : Presidential Press and Information Office derivative work: Jbarta, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Plante: 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).