ÉG#1
Faith
Émilius Goulet
born 1933Canadian Catholic prelate
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Isidore, Quebec
6 famous people were born in Saint-Isidore, more of them leaders than in most towns
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian Catholic prelate Émilius Goulet. For every 10,000 residents there are 16.9 on the list, well above the typical Quebec town’s 6.1. Claude Larose, born in 1951, is the youngest, and Joseph-Octave Samson, born in 1862, the first on record. The longest list of any town in Quebec belongs to Montréal, with 5,278.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Émilius Goulet
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1862
Joseph-Octave Samson
Youngest
1951
Claude Larose
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Isidore is known for
Saint-Isidore has 3× the usual share of leaders.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Saint-Isidore
Two of the three are leaders.
#2Politics & Law
Joseph-Octave Samson
1862–1945Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Gaston Gourde
born 1950Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Isidore’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Saint-Isidore
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Sainte-Marie, with 26.
Sainte-Marie · 15 kmThomas Chabot & 25 moreJBSaint-Anselme · 12 kmJean-Pierre Blais & 7 moreVBSainte-Claire · 18 kmVictor Bouchard & 7 moreAMSainte-Hénédine · 10 kmAlfred Morisset & 2 moreYGSaint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage · 14 kmYanni Gourde & 2 more
Saint-Henri · 14 kmAlfred Tremblay & 2 morePBSainte-Marguerite · 15 kmPierre-André Boutin & 2 moreACSaint-Elzéar · 19 kmAlexandre Carrier & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Isidore
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Isidore?
By our measure the best known is Émilius Goulet (Canadian Catholic prelate); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Joseph-Octave Samson and Gaston Gourde.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Isidore?
Wikidata has 7 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Isidore known for?
They make up 67% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Isidore?
The earliest is Joseph-Octave Samson, born in 1862, and the latest birth listed is 1951.
Who counts as from Saint-Isidore?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Saint-Isidore’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list. Saint-Isidore is also the name of another municipality in Quebec: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Saint-Isidore”, so the other place can’t be ruled 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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Joseph-Octave Samson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gaston Gourde: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Boulanger: House of Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Tremblay: Unknown author, 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).