AB#1
Politics & Law
Alex Boissonneault
born 1979Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Alain.boucher86 · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec
5 famous people were born in Saint-Ferdinand from 1848 to 1979
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Alex Boissonneault, covered in 3 languages. Gabriel Roberge, the Canadian politician, comes second, with Guy Roberge third. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alex Boissonneault
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1848
Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette
Youngest
1979
Yann Tanguay
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Ferdinand’s famous people were born
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Ferdinand
GR#2
Politics & Law
Gabriel Roberge
1918–2006Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GR#3
Writing & Arts
Guy Roberge
1915–1991Journalist, lawyer, politician, civil servant
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Ferdinand is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.7 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Ferdinand
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Plessisville has the most on record, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Ferdinand
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Ferdinand?
Alex Boissonneault (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Gabriel Roberge and Guy Roberge.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Ferdinand?
Wikidata has 9 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Ferdinand known for?
60% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Ferdinand?
The earliest is Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette, born in 1848, and the latest birth listed is 1979.
Who counts as from Saint-Ferdinand?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Ferdinand’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?
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 (2)
- Mavrik Bourque: Cass, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Théodore Savoie: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, 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).