PC#1
Sports
Patrick Coulombe
born 1985Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sacré Marmotte · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Fabien, Quebec
From 1857 to 1985, Saint-Fabien was the birthplace of 7 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Patrick Coulombe the best known. The largest group, 4, was born between Confederation and 1913. Patrick Coulombe was born in 1985. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Coulombe
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1857
Joseph Michaud
Youngest
1985
Patrick Coulombe
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Fabien
ÉD#2
Politics & Law
Émmanuel d'Anjou
1884–1966Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JB#3
Writing & Arts
Jovette Bernier
1900–1981Canadian journalist, writer, and poet
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Fabien’s famous people were born
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saint-Fabien is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
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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Questions about famous people from Saint-Fabien
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Fabien?
The top name is Patrick Coulombe (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Émmanuel d'Anjou and Jovette Bernier.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Fabien?
Wikidata has 36 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Fabien known for?
43% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Fabien?
The earliest is Joseph Michaud, born in 1857, and the latest birth listed is 1985.
Who counts as from Saint-Fabien?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Fabien’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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.
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).