RO#1
Politics & Law
Raymond O'Hurley
1909–1970Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Gilles, Quebec
Saint-Gilles is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the Canadian politician Raymond O'Hurley the best known. The only other name is the Canadian politician Jean-Louis Béland. Philippe Boucher tops the 4 names on record in Saint-Apollinaire, 16 km away. From Raymond O'Hurley to Jean-Louis Béland, the births on the list run from 1909 to 1932.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Raymond O'Hurley
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Raymond O'Hurley
Youngest
1932
Jean-Louis Béland
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Gilles
JB#2
Politics & Law
Jean-Louis Béland
born 1932Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Apollinaire · 16 kmPhilippe Boucher & 3 moreYGSaint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage · 8 kmYanni Gourde & 2 moreFBSaint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage · 14 kmFrançois Blais & 2 more
Saint-Agapit · 9 kmAntoine Vermette & 1 moreGFSaint-Lambert-de-Lauzon · 13 kmGabriel Fontaine & 1 moreLSSaint-Flavien · 18 kmLéopold Simoneau & 1 moreJGSaint-Sylvestre · 18 kmJoseph GiguèreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Gilles
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Gilles?
By our measure the best known is Raymond O'Hurley (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Jean-Louis Béland.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Gilles?
Wikidata places 3 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Saint-Gilles known for?
100% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Gilles?
Raymond O'Hurley, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1932.
Who counts as from Saint-Gilles?
Born inside Saint-Gilles’ 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?
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)
- Philippe Boucher: phoch98, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Vermette: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).