#1Politics & Law
Étienne Blanchard
1843–1918Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec
5 famous people were born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste from 1838 to 1957
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Étienne Blanchard, covered in 4 languages. Martin Tétreault, the Canadian DJ, comes second, with Amédée Gaboury third. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1838, Amédée Gaboury was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Étienne Blanchard
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1838
Amédée Gaboury
Youngest
1957
Martin Tétreault
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1840s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMusicFilm, TV & Stage
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste
#1
#2AG#3
Politics & Law
Amédée Gaboury
1838–1912Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Jean-Baptiste is known for
Saint-Jean-Baptiste has 2.7× 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste
2 more, from 1851 to 1945.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 8.
Mont-Saint-Hilaire · 8 kmLouis Boileau-Domingue & 16 more
Beloeil · 10 kmLouis-Philippe Brodeur & 14 more
Marieville · 9 kmJoseph Hormisdas Rainville & 12 moreJBSaint-Damase · 9 kmJean Baptiste Blanchet & 6 moreJRRichelieu · 12 kmJérémy Roy & 4 moreMOSaint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu · 11 kmMarcel Ostiguy & 3 moreFJSainte-Madeleine · 10 kmFrance Jodoin & 1 more
Saint-Basile-le-Grand · 13 kmGabriella LabergeQuestions about famous people from Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
Étienne Blanchard (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Martin Tétreault and Amédée Gaboury.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
Wikidata places 13 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Saint-Jean-Baptiste known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
Amédée Gaboury (1838). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (6)
- Étienne Blanchard: Laprès & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Tétreault: Griffu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Boileau-Domingue: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Philippe Brodeur: Castonguay, J. Alex (Jules-Alexandre) (1877-1972), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Hormisdas Rainville: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriella Laberge: Mara Lafontan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).