JP#1
Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec
3 famous people were born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian writer Jacques Poulin the best known. The Canadian politician Claude Morin ranks second, ahead of Paul-Eugène Quirion. Hélène Baillargeon tops the 4 names on record in Saint-Martin, 12 km away. Births span 1937 to 1953, from Jacques Poulin to Claude Morin.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques Poulin
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1937
Jacques Poulin
Youngest
1953
Claude Morin
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Counted by languages, Jacques Poulin is ahead of Claude Morin and Paul-Eugène Quirion: 8, 3 and 1.
CM#2
Politics & Law
Claude Morin
born 1953Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PQ#3
Politics & Law
Paul-Eugène Quirion
1939–1996Politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Questions about famous people from Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce?
The top name is Jacques Poulin (Canadian writer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Claude Morin and Paul-Eugène Quirion.
What is Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce known for?
Here the share is 67%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce?
Jacques Poulin (1937). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1953.
Who counts as from Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce?
The list takes people born within Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (1)
- Hélène Baillargeon: Photographe inconnu, 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).