AD#1
Politics & Law
Alfred Dubuc
1871–1947Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Hugues, Quebec
5 famous people call Saint-Hugues their birthplace
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician Alfred Dubuc. The next two names are Willie Lamothe and Cyrille Dumaine. As early as 1848, Trefflé Berthiaume was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation. The biggest group are leaders: 4.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alfred Dubuc
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1848
Trefflé Berthiaume
Youngest
1920
Willie Lamothe
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Hugues’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 1 births.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Saint-Hugues
Leaders take two of the three places.
WL#2
Film, TV & Stage
Willie Lamothe
1920–1992Canadian actor
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CD#3
Politics & Law
Cyrille Dumaine
1897–1946Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Hugues is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.6 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Hugues
Here are 2 more, born from 1848 to 1863.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Saint-Hyacinthe has the most people on record, 124 of them.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Hugues
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Hugues?
Alfred Dubuc (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Willie Lamothe and Cyrille Dumaine.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Hugues?
Wikidata places 8 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Saint-Hugues known for?
80% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Hugues?
Trefflé Berthiaume, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Saint-Hugues?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Saint-Hugues’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- David Savard: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, 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).